Assistant Professor

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rAbout This Role:

The Division of Biology at Kansas State University invites applications
for a tenure-track, nine-month position at the Assistant Professor
level, beginning in the 2025/2026 academic year. We seek an individual
who has a commitment to work with a wide range of constituents, a
diverse student body, and will establish a strong, extramurally funded
research program. The area of research expertise is broadly defined
under conservation biology that will complement our current research
strengths in wildlife and grassland ecology. Potential areas of
expertise could include: avian ecology or evolution, wildlife biology,
landscape ecology, conservation and management of populations,
population genetics, physiological ecology or movement ecology. The
position includes a competitive salary and start-up package. The
appointee will be expected to participate in undergraduate and graduate
teaching, with emphasis on our undergraduate wildlife, fisheries,
conservation and environmental biology curriculum. Courses taught might
include ornithology, conservation biology and/or landscape ecology.

Why Join Us:

A strong group of highly collaborative faculty members with research
interests related to conservation biology are active within the Division
of Biology. Relevant researchers have active programs in wildlife
biology, vertebrate ecology, evolutionary biology, population biology,
population genetics, community ecology and ecosystem ecology; for more
information on faculty research interests see www.ksu.edu/biology. The
Division is a large and diverse unit with an excellent record of
research productivity and funding. Relevant faculty members are also
found in the Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
(www.ksu.edu/kscfwru) within the Division and other departments on
campus.

Kansas State University (www.ksu.edu) is located in the city of
Manhattan (www.ci.manhattan.ks.us), a pleasant community of about 50,000
individuals in the Flint Hills of north central Kansas, 2 hours from
Kansas City. The Konza Prairie Biological Station (www.konza.ksu.edu) is
a tallgrass prairie reserve that is the site of an NSF-funded long-term
ecological research program. Konza is 6 miles from the University and
provides numerous opportunities for ecological or evolutionarily
oriented research activities.

Kansas State University offers a comprehensive benefits package that
includes health insurance, life insurance, retirement plans, paid time
off – vacation, sick, and holidays. To see what benefits are available,
please visit:
https://apptrkr.com/getredirect.php?id=5671491&targetURL=. The Division
is a large and diverse unit with an excellent record of research
productivity and funding. Relevant faculty members are also found in the
Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit (www.ksu.edu/kscfwru)
within the Division and other departments on campus.

Kansas State University (www.ksu.edu) is located in the city of
Manhattan (www.ci.manhattan.ks.us), a pleasant community of about 50,000
individuals in the Flint Hills of north central Kansas, 2 hours from
Kansas City. The Konza Prairie Biological Station (www.konza.ksu.edu) is
a tallgrass prairie reserve that is the site of an NSF-funded long-term
ecological research program. Konza is 6 miles from the University and
provides numerous opportunities for ecological or evolutionarily
oriented research activities.

Kansas State University offers a comprehensive benefits package that
includes health insurance, life insurance, retirement plans, paid time
off – vacation, sick, and holidays. To see what benefits are available,
please visit:
https://apptrkr.com/getredirect.php?id=5671491&t rgetURL=) is located
in the city of Manhattan (www.ci.manhattan.ks.us), a pleasant community
of about 50,000 individuals in the Flint Hills of north central Kansas,
2 hours from Kansas City. The Konza Prairie Biological Station
(www.konza.ksu.edu) is a tallgrass prairie reserve that is the site of
an NSF-funded long-term ecological research program. Konza is 6 miles
from the University and provides numerous opportunities for ecological
or evolutionarily oriented research activities.

Kansas State University offers a comprehensive benefits package that
includes health insurance, life insurance, retirement plans, paid time
off – vacation, sick, and holidays. To see what benefits are available,
please visit:
https://apptrkr.com/getredirect.php?id=5671491&targetURL=), a pleasant
community of about 50,000 individuals in the Flint Hills of north
central Kansas, 2 hours from Kansas City. The Konza Prairie Biological
Station (www.konza.ksu.edu) is a tallgrass prairie reserve that is the
site of an NSF-funded long-term ecological research program. Konza is 6
miles from the University and provides numerous opportunities for
ecological or evolutionarily oriented research activities.

Kansas State University offers a comprehensive benefits package that
includes health insurance, life insurance, retirement plans, paid time