Ecology (includes organismal and environmental science)

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= NO NEWS: =

SEPTEMBER 2007 DEADLINES>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>


 * Appalachian Laboratory (Global Change Ecologist) 9/1

OCTOBER DEADLINES>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>


 * Clark University (Verte biologist) 10/15
 * Cabrini College (Ecology/Env Science) 10/15
 * George Mason New Century College (Life Sciences) 10/30
 * Iowa State University (Microbial Ecologist) 10/19
 * Linfield College (Plant Evolutionary Biologist) 10/15
 * Randolph-Macon (2 positions, 1 ecology and 1 evolution) 10/31
 * Slippery Rock University (Plant Biology) 10/5
 * Temple University (Environmental Science) 10/15
 * Texas Christian University (Animal Physiologist) 10/1
 * University of Alberta (Microbial ecology) 10/15
 * University of Denver (Microbial Ecology/Evolution) 10/15
 * University of Evansville (Vertebrate) 10/19
 * University of Nevada - Reno (Cons Biology) 10/15
 * University of Nevada - Reno (Ecology) 10/15
 * University of Rochester (Evolutionary Genomics) 10/15
 * University of Saskatchewan (Evolutionary Biology) 10/1

NOVEMBER DEADLINES>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>


 * Arcadia University (aquatic zoloogy or animal behavior and neuroscience) 11/15
 * Bentley College (Global and Environmental Sustainability) 11/15
 * Clarion Univ (Forest Ecology) 11/1
 * Clayton State University (Biology) 11/15
 * Clemson University (Vertebrate physiology) 11/9
 * Earlham College (Animal physiology) 11/1
 * Georgia College and State U (Ecology) 11/15
 * Grand Valley State University (Evolutionary Biology) 11/19
 * Hood College (Ecology) 11/15
 * Hood College (Evolutionary Biologist) 11/15
 * Lenoir-Rhyne College 11/1
 * LSU (Systems physiology) 11/1
 * Michigan State University (Plant Functional Ecologist) 11/30
 * Princeton University (STEP Program, Woodrow Wilson School) 11/15
 * Rutgers University (Plant Physiological/Ecosystem Ecologist) 11/15
 * Salisbury University (Zoology/Entomology) 11/1
 * Soka University (Environmental Geology/Geography) 11/30
 * Soka University (Landscape/Environmental Ecology) 11/30
 * SUNY Oneonta (Vertebrate Zoology) 11/1
 * Texas Tech University (Aquatic/Fisheries Biology) 11/15
 * Tufts University (Molecular Evolution) 11/15
 * UC San Diego (Molecular Evolution) 11/1
 * University of Arkansas (Physiological ecology) 11/1
 * University of California, Merced (Ecology) 11/12
 * University of California, Santa Barbara (Land Use/Land Cover Change), 11/30
 * University of Dayton (2 positions, Enviro. Ecologist, Community Ecologist) 11/15
 * University of Mary Washington (Env Science) 11/2
 * University of Nebraska (Complex phenotypes) 11/5
 * University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (Ecology) 11/16
 * University of North Texas (evolutionary biology) 11/26
 * University of Puerto Rico (Systematics/Biodiveristy/Macroecology) 11/1
 * University of Windsor (Ecology) 11/30
 * Washington and Lee (Environmental studies) 11/15
 * Wright State Univ (Global Change Ecologist) 11/30
 * Yale University (Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology) 11/15

DECEMBER DEADLINES>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>


 * Case Western Reserve (Evolutionary Ecologist) 12/21
 * Catawba College 12/1
 * Edgewood College (Plant Ecology) 12/14
 * Emory University (Environmental Studies) 12/14
 * Fort Lewis College (Botanist) 12/10
 * Michigan Tech (Sustainability) 12/7
 * North Dakota State University (Evol. Ecol.) 12/3
 * Siena College (ecology, dev bio, genetics, or functional morphology) 12/7
 * Widener University (Invertebrate Zoology) 12/1
 * University of Alaska - Juneau (invertebrate biologist) 12/7
 * University of California, Berkeley (Forest Ecosystem Management) 12/1
 * University of California, Berkeley (Restoration Ecology)12/1
 * University of Illinois, Chicago (Landscape Ecology)12/15
 * University of Maryland (Evolutionary Biologist) 12/1
 * University of New Orleans (Ecology/Evolutionary Biology) 12/1
 * University of Wyoming (Neuroscience)
 * University of Utah (Physiological Ecology)12/14

JANUARY 2008 DEADLINES>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>


 * Princeton University (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) 1/7
 * San Jose State University (Environmental Studies) 1/1
 * University of Colorado, Boulder (Computational biology and bioinformatics) 1/15
 * University of Florida (Computational genomics / phylogenomics) 1/7
 * Williams College (Environmental studies) 1/31
 * York University, Toronto (Evolutionary Genetics/Genomics) 1/15 (Deadline extended from 11/30)

= PRELIMINARY SCREENING: = (short list has been made; references being contacted; interviewing will begin soon)

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OCTOBER 2007 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>


 * Agnes Scott College (vertebrate ecology) 1st cut made, refs. requested 10/18
 * Clark University (geography) letters of reference requested 10/19
 * Colorado State University (Quantitative Ecologist) 1st cut made, refs. requested 10/12
 * Institute of Ecosystem Studies - reference letters requested 10/25
 * Michigan Technological University - SFRES Dept (wetland ecology) 10/1 campus interviews start 11/12
 * Purdue (Forest Ecologist) First cut made. Didn't make it, was notified via email 10/13
 * Purdue University (Human Dimensions of Natural Resources) reference letters requested 10/31
 * University of Nevada - Reno (Wildlife Ecology - Department of Natural Resources (not Biology)) 10/31 (notified via e-mail)
 * University of Oregon (Center for Ecology & Evolution - interviews start in early Nov.) 10/15
 * Utah State University (Wetland Ecology) 10/1 campus interviews start 11/12

NOVEMBER >>>>>>>>>>>>>>


 * Brown University (Environmental Change Initiative) 11/30 asked for publications
 * Elizabethtown College (Ecology) 1st cut made, letters sent out 11/8
 * Iowa State University (Plant Ecologist/Evolutionary Biology) 11/10
 * Michigan State University (Wetland Ecology and Management) letters requested 11/21
 * Middle Tennessee State U (Plant Biologist) 11/27 short list made, asked for references
 * Purdue Univ (Fisheries bio) first cut, didn't make it, letter sent 11/27
 * Purdue University (Ecological Impacts of Climate Change) 11/1
 * Rutgers University (Evolutionary Biologist) (deadline:11/1) refs requested from 50 of >200 applicants (11/21 email)
 * SUNY Purchase (Environmental Studies) 11/27 first cuts made, additional information requested
 * University of Hawaii, Honolulu (Evo-devo), letters requested 11/16
 * University of North Carolina - Wilmington (Conservation Biology) 11/21 short list made, asked for references.
 * University of North Carolina, Asheville (Stream Ecology) 12/18 short list made, phone interviews in early January
 * University of Washington (2 positions, biology) 11/1 letters requested 11/7
 * Vanderbilt University (Evolutionary Ecology), letters requested 11/14
 * Washington State University (Hydroecolgoist) 11/12

DECEMBER >>>>>>>>>>>>>>


 * Appalachian State University (Ecosystem Ecologist), contacting short list candidates 12/6
 * Arizona State (Sustainability Science) 12/17, contacting short list, letters requested
 * Florida International University, (Wetland Ecosystem Ecologist), letters requested 12/5
 * Lehigh University (Earth System Scientist), letters requested 12/4
 * LSU (Ichthyologist), letters requested 12/4
 * Smithsonian Institution (Research Zoologist) requesting letters for short list 12/3
 * Truman State University (Ecological Genetics), short-list made 12/3
 * UC Santa Barbara (Land Cover/Land change) letters and publications requested 12/4
 * University of Rhode Island (GSO - Marine Life Science) Letters requested 12/11
 * University of South Alabma/Dauphin Island (Marine Science) Letters requested 12/11
 * Vassar College (Integrative Animal Behavior) contacting references of short listers 12/6
 * Wright State University (Evolutionary Ecology) letters requested for short list 12/10
 * University of Maryland (Evolutionary Biology) letters requested from "top 25% of applicants" 12/12
 * Warren Wilson College (Environmental Studies) those that made first cut were notified by email 12/17

JANUARY 2008 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

= PHONE INTERVIEWS: = (this should only be used when the candidates have been contacted)

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OCTOBER 2007 >>>>>>>>>>>
 * Washington and Jefferson (botany/plant ecology) phone interview 12/4
 * Baylor University (Animal Physiology) phone interview 10/29
 * Clark University (geography) 10/31-11/5
 * Illinois Wesleyan University (Vert. Biologist) 10/12 - phone interview on 10/29
 * Muhlenberg (Animal Physiology) phone interview 10/26
 * The College of New Jersey (Animal Physiology) phone interview 10/22
 * University of Memphis (Plant Evol. Ecology) 10/29 - 11/12
 * Ursinus College (Ecology) phone interviews being conducted, notified on 10/15 via email
 * Washington State University, Vancouver (Molecular genetics) 11/26 phone interviews being conducted

NOVEMBER >>>>>>>>>


 * California State Channel Islands (Behavioral Ecologist) 11/30
 * California State Long Beach (Evolution) 11/5-11/6
 * California State Los Angeles (Plant Biology) 11/21
 * California University of Pennsylvania (Mammalogist) notified on 11/16 for interview on 11/30
 * Earlham Collge (Avian Ecologist) 11/1 - interview on 12/14
 * Hillsdale College (Biologist/Population Geneticist) 11/15
 * Humboldt State University (Restoration Ecology) - phone interview on 12/10
 * Kennesaw State Univ (Env Science) 11/16
 * Loyola Marymount University (Ecologist) 11/28
 * Nebraska Wesleyan University (Vert. Zoologist) 11/15 - phone interview on 12/13
 * University of Idaho (Riparian Ecologist) 11/28
 * University of Wisconsin Parkside (Plant Biology) 11/15
 * Wayne State College - Nebraska (Animal Biology) 11/16

DECEMBER >>>>>>>>>


 * North Central College (Plant Ecology) 12/5 contacted via email for phone interview
 * Ohio Wesleyan University (Animal Behavior) 12/10-12/14.
 * Simpson College (Field Biology/Ecology) 12/11-12/12
 * University of Arizona (Simpson Postdoctoral Fellowships) 12/10 phone interviews being scheduled (via email)
 * Valdosta State University (environmental tox) 12/14-12/17.
 * Wichita State (Community or Ecosystem Ecologist) 12/7 phone interviews being scheduled
 * Upper Iowa University (Vertebrate Biologist) phone interviews start 12/17

JANUARY 2008 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

= CAMPUS INTERVIEWS: = (this should only be used when the candidates have been contacted)

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SEPTEMBER 2007 >>>>>>>>>>


 * Institute for Ecosystem Studies (Terrestrial Ecologist) 9/1 (interviews late december)
 * UCLA (Ecology & Evolution) 9/29
 * University of Chicago (Quantitative/Theoretical Ecologist) 9/15 (interviews appear to be on web site)
 * Yale (Ecology) 9/15

OCTOBER >>>>>>>>>>>>


 * Colgate University (plant or ecosystems ecology) 10/16; 3 applicants interviewed late Nov/early Dec
 * Creighton University (environ. phys.) campus interviews 10/3-10/4; 3 applicants invited to interview 10/27
 * Ursinus College (Ecologist) 5 applicants invited to interview 10/30
 * Ursinus College (E Studies) 6 applicants invited to interview 10/30
 * Muhlenberg (Animal Physiology) 3 applicants invited to interview on 11/2
 * St. John Fisher College (Botany/Ecology) 10/15 - interviews in January
 * San Diego State University (Marine Ecology) 10/8 4 applicants to interview
 * San Diego State University (Functional biologist) 10/8
 * Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo (animal physiology) 10/28; phoned 11/28, interviews 01/08
 * UC Davis (quantitative geneticist plant sciences) 10/29
 * University of Georgia (Evolutionary Ecologist) 10/15 interviews start in early Nov.
 * University of Georgia (Population Ecologist) 10/15 interviews start in early Nov.
 * Linfield College (Conservation Biology) 10/22; 3 applicants interviewed in Dec
 * University of Iowa (Environmental Geography) 10/29 - interviews Nov/early Dec

NOVEMBER >>>>>>>>>>>


 * Coastal Carolina University (Vert. Biologist) 11/1 - interviews in January
 * Colorado State (Quantitative Ecology) 11/20 interviews on website
 * Florida Institute of Technology (ecologist) 11/29 - interviews in January
 * Hillsdale College (Biologist/Population Geneticist) 11/16
 * Institute of Ecosystem Studies (Disease Ecologist) 11/20 interviewing candidates Nov/Dec
 * LSU (quantitative ecology) 11/1 - interviews Nov/Dec
 * Macalester College (Environmental Science)
 * Michigan Technological University - (Wetland Scientist) Interviews in late Nov - early Dec
 * Rice University (Evolutionary Biology) - interviews late Nov/early Dec
 * Roanoke College (Vert. Biologist) 11/10 - interviews in late Nov/early Dec (n=4)
 * Simon Fraser University (Applied Conservation Ecology) Interviews in January
 * Sonoma State University (Plant Physiologist) 11/6
 * The College of New Jersey (physiology) 3 applicants invite interview 11/7
 * Troy University (environ biol) on campus interviews end of Nov-early Dec. 11-6
 * UC Davis (Quantitative Plant Conservation Ecologist) 11/14 interviews in January
 * University of California, Santa Barbara (Ecotoxicologist), 11/20 interviews in January
 * University of Arkansas School of Forest Resources (Spatial Inform Syst) 11/15 (Faculty meet Dec. 7, offers expected mid-dec.).
 * University of Colorado, Boulder (evo-devo) - interviews Nov/Dec
 * University of Otago (Wildlife Management/Conservation Ecology) interviews Dec 17-20
 * University of San Diego (ecol/evol) 11/15 interviews in Dec
 * University of the South/Sewanee (Genomics/Molecular Genetics/Evolution) 11/8, interviews in early Dec.
 * University of Texas, Arlington (Genetics & Genomics) 11/14 interviews late Nov/Dec
 * University of Texas, Austin (Ecologist) 11/21 inviting candidates for Nov/Dec interviews (about 65 applicants)
 * UW-Madison (Geography: Global Change Biogeography) interviews announced on web page ca. Nov 26
 * Virginia Commonwealth Univ. (Vert. Ecol) 11/30
 * Wayne State University (ecologist) 11/29 - interviews in January
 * Wellesley College (developmental biology, endocrinology, behavior) 5 interviews in Nov/Dec
 * Western Washington (Ecological geneticist) - interviews in late Nov/early Dec

DECEMBER >>>>>>>>>>>


 * Columbia University (Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Studies) - campus interviews in Dec/Jan
 * Dartmouth College (mol evol/pop gen/genomics) campus interviews in Dec (on website)
 * James Madison University (Freshwater Ecology) 12/6, campus interviews starting Jan 15
 * Murray State (Aquatic Insect Ecologists) 12/7 - interviews in January
 * Oklahoma State University (Quantitative Ecologist) 12/04, interviews in January
 * Penn (Genomics) 12/06 - interviews in January
 * SUNY Fredonia (Aquatic Ecologist) 12/10 - interviews Jan/Feb
 * Texas A&M - Kingsville (Quantitative Ecologist) 12/01 - interviews in Jan/Feb
 * UC Davis (pollination) - interviews in December and January
 * University of California San Diego (ecologist) 12/04 - 6 candidates; interviews in December/January
 * University of South Carolina (Marine Benthic Ecology / Invertebrate Zool) 12/1 - interviews in January/February
 * University of Connecticut (Landscape Ecology) 12/06 - interviews in January
 * University of Hawaii, Honolulu (Evo-Devo) 12/14 - interviews late Jan to early March
 * University of Maryland, Baltimore County (E Science) 12/12 - interviews Jan/Feb
 * University of Nebraska (Complex phenotypes) 12/14 - interviews in Jan/Feb
 * University of Pittsburgh (Biology - 2 positions) 12/12 - interviews in January
 * University of Rhode Island (Marine Genomics) 12/12 - interviews Jan/Feb
 * University of South Carolina (Ecological Forecasting) 12/09 - interviews in January
 * University of Toronto (Community/Ecosystem Ecology)
 * University of Toronto (Scarborough) (Community Ecology)
 * Stanford (Land Use/Land Cover Scientist) - interviews scheduled for Jan/Feb
 * UC Davis (Quantitative phylogenetics) 10/15 - interviews in January
 * University of California, Berkeley (Microbiology) - interviews Jan
 * Stanford (Ecologist) 12/14 - 6 candidates invited, interviews late Jan through early March
 * Humboldt State University (Restoration Ecology) 12/17 - interviews in Jan/Feb
 * Hood College (Evolution) 12/17 - interviews scheduled for mid Jan
 * Georgia Southern University (Ecological Modeler) 12/18 - interviews in Jan/Feb
 * Westminster College - Missouri, 12/18 - interviews in Jan

JANUARY 2008 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

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12/18: I dont' know when it changed to "deadline" dates. It makes no difference to me, but I assume someone had some reason for doing this. I do like it divided up by months, but could care less whether those months are deadlines or the date you got the news. I really think we need to evaluate whether our frustration with the wiki is really with the wiki, or is it our frustration with trying to find a permanent slot. I do not think there can be a more stressed out group of people than those using this wiki!!! We all need to keep that in mind when we move things around continuously. Most of us simply are frustrated, and exhausted form the employment search and are just looking for a simple fast way to check things out. So, if someone feels compelled to change something, at least ask ahead of time and then afterwards leave a note stating why it was done so others understand, assuming there was a sensible reason! :)

12/18: Was the UT Austin rejection letter by snail mail?

12/18 Do you mean that the news updates are really sorted by when the original deadline was? That doesn't make any sense at all. Why not just use the date of the new information (or simply coalesce the months, putting the newest events at the bottom?)

12/18 I don't understand the deadline sorting either. I don't even remember the deadlines for apps I sent away a while back. Now that I'm at it, I vote against the alphabetical sorting too. I like looking at the bottom of each section to find the new stuff (and, no, I don't use Firefox. I use Opera.). The list has gone from insecure to micro-managed and over-sorted.

12/18 I don't understand the point of sorting interviews by the month of the application deadline. Doesn't it make more sense to sort it by the month in which the new news occurred? (this is in response to the Stanford interviews being moved to November)

12/18: Please make sure to include the present date (e.g. 12/18) each time you move or add an entry in the sections above. That way it is very easy to find updates by using the browser search function (control + F) to find changes for a particular day. With easy searching, the order issue (chronological vs. alphabetical) is not so important.

12/17 How can it be that Arizona State (Sustainability Science) was contacting a short list on 12/1 when their application deadline wasn't until 12/3. Or am I reading this wiki incorrectly? '''It looks like it was a typo. Someone has corrected the date to 12/17.'''

12/17 Anyone have any information on Merced? '''Nope. (12/18)'''

12/17 I just heard today from a school, so I don't think it is over until Friday the 21st.

12/17 Does everyone think we are done hearing from schools until after the holiday break? Will we hear any more before then? Your thoughts....?

12/17: Has anyone heard from the University of Washington's Burke Museum Genetics Resources Curator/Assistant Professor of Biology search committee yet? I don't see it above and applications were due on Nov. 15.

12/17: Regarding Bucknell - I got rejection letter a month ago. I think that was the first round--anything new?

12/17: What about the University of Connecticut job - landscape to global scale ecologist? I don't see it up here, but it was on the old the site. Any news?

12/17: Thanks for the scoop on Pitt.. good luck! do we know if this is both positions or only one scheduled so far?

12/17 Has anyone heard anything from James Madison (freshwater ecologist) or Murray State (aquatic ecologist)? Reply: They're both listed under scheduled campus interviews

12/17: Are there any wiki options for job offer packages/negotiations? It's sort of rude to ask people about job offer packages, details, dollar amounts - but I feel totally in the dark about these things and have no idea what to ask for when negotiating. If you're not at an institution with a large consortium of postdocs, you're sort of on your own. Would anyone find it useful to have a totally anonymous place where people can post the type of university and info about their package, what to ask for, maybe ballpark dollar amounts so that we're all a little better prepared? '''This is a great idea, perhaps we should start an offshoot of this site. It should be linked to a specific field of study (i.e., ecology) since starting salaries are likely to differ from other fields of biology.''' THIS ALREADY EXISTS. CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION OFFERS A "TOOL AND RESOURCES" SECTION THAT GIVE STARTING SALARIES BASED ON RANK FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (SEE WWW.CHRONICLE.COM). START-UP PACKAGES ARE LIKELY TO BE SO SPECIFIC TO THE POSITION AS TO BE USELESS UNDER MOST CIRCUMSTANCES. IF YOU ARE IN THE DARK YOU SHOULD ASK YOUR PEERS OR YOUR ADVISOR AND COMMITTEE FOR THEIR ADVICE. THEY SHOULD KNOW WHAT THE CURRENT MARKET IS LIKE IN YOUR FIELD.

12/17 Has anyone heard from Bucknell?

12/17: Thanks for that -- and congratulations!

12/17: I received a call on 12/12 from UMBC to interview.

12/16: Re.. the University of Maryland Baltimore County position in environmental science: Can someone confirm they have scheduled interviews? I had heard from the search chair not long ago but had not heard that they had selected finalists.

12/16: and what about that wellesley job. they advertised for behavior, development and endocrinology. can any of the interviewees tell us what they ended up going for?

12/15: I'm one of the interviewees at U. Pitt. - my field is evolution.

12/15: Thanks for that link, I've seen that so that's how I know it was an open search. I was wondering if the interviews were for specific fields (i.e. they've scheduled interviews for one field, ecology, and not for others so that they're only interviewing for one of the two positions).

12/15: Anyone know what field of biology the U Pitt jobs are for? Are both jobs up for interviews in Jan or they only interviewing for ecology positions? Thanks. Here is a link to the department's job listings [Faculty Recruitment - Bio Dept. U. Pitt]

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