Two Tenure-Track Positions: Marine Physiologist and Biological Oceanographer

Target Audience(s): Faculty


Institution: Eckerd College

Institutional Web Link: http://www.eckerd.edu/academics/marinescience/

Position Description: Eckerd College invites applications for two tenure-track positions at the assistant professor level beginning September 2016. For both positions, we seek broad-thinking scientist-educators who are strongly committed to teaching and mentoring undergraduates, and training them through example and participation in their own significant program of research and publication. Applicants must have a Ph.D., preferably with postdoctoral and teaching experience.

We seek a Biological Oceanographer who studies pelagic ecosystem processes in coastal habitats or in the open ocean. Teaching responsibilities consist of seven course equivalents per academic year (3-1-3), including biological oceanography, upper level courses in the marine science curriculum, and a January Term. Secondly, we seek a Marine Physiologist whose specialty complements existing faculty expertise. Annual teaching load also consists of seven course equivalents including comparative physiology, biological
oceanography, a January Term, and upper level courses for the biology and marine science programs.

Participation in an interdisciplinary, values-oriented general education program is required for both positions, including a regular rotation in the two-semester freshman program.

Eckerd College is an outstanding college of the liberal arts and sciences with an enrollment of approximately 1800 students. It is the only independent national liberal arts college in Florida and has a tradition of innovative education and teaching and mentoring excellence. The college is situated on a 108-ha waterfront campus on Tampa Bay, allowing direct access to an extraordinary diversity of marine and estuarine species in a wide range of coastal habitats including sea grass beds, sand flats, beaches and mangroves. These ecosystems are easily accessible by our fleet of vessels. The Galbraith Marine Science Laboratory provides excellent teaching and research facilities that are available for maintaining marine organisms year round, and for carrying out a variety of field and laboratory studies. The Center for Molecular and Life Sciences, housing the biology and chemistry departments, features the latest in laboratory instrumentation. Eckerd is part of a large research community located in St. Petersburg, Florida, which includes the USGS Coastal and Marine Science Center, Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Florida Institute of Oceanography, NOAA Fisheries Service Southeast Regional Office, and the University of South Florida’s College of Marine Science.




Position Type: Permanent Position

Funding Source(s): Other


How to Apply: Submit letter of application, CV, graduate and undergraduate transcripts, statement of teaching philosophy, teaching evaluations, description of research plans, and contact information for three references to http://eckerd.hirecentric.com/jobs/. Applicants who would like to be considered for both positions need only to submit one application. All materials must be submitted by October 15. Inquiries may be sent to Dr. Nancy Smith (smithnf@eckerd.edu). Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States for the College. EOE. Applications from women/minorities encouraged.


Application Closing Date: 10/15/2015