ForPath Users:
Copied below and attached is a position announcement.
Please pass onto anyone that you believe would be interested.
I apologize for any duplicates due to cross posting on the ForEnt Listserve.
Have a good day.
Scott Enebak
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POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT
Assistant/Associate Professor - Forest Health
Auburn University's School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences invites nominations and applications for the position of Assistant/Associate Professor in the area of Forest Health and the interactions of introduced and native fungi and insect vectors in forest ecosystems located in the southern US. This is a 12-month, tenure-track position, with 80% research and 20% teaching responsibilities. Additional information about the School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences and its programs can be found at our website: https://sites.auburn.edu/academic/sfws/Pages/default.aspx
Women and Minorities are Encouraged to Apply
Responsibilities: The incumbent is expected to develop a significant research program through active pursuit of extramural funding, recruitment of graduate students, and publications in high-quality refereed journals. The incumbent also is expected to teach a core undergraduate course in the forestry curriculum and develop one graduate course in their area of expertise.
Qualifications: PhD in Entomology, Pathology, Forestry, Biology or a closely related field is required. We seek candidates with research/teaching interests focused on contemporary research and how forest management practices influence stand/ecosystem health. Those with a strong forest pathology and entomology background and having worked in an applied decision-making context on habitat restoration, risk mapping systems and habitat restoration are preferred. Experience in working with southern pine ecosystems is desirable. Evidence of collaboration at the international level on forest declines would be desirable for Associate level. The incumbent must present evidence of the potential for teaching excellence and a solid record of research productivity including ability to obtain extramural grants and publish findings in high-quality refereed journals. The selected candidate must be able to meet eligibility requirements for work in the United States at the time of appointment and continue working legally for the proposed term of employment. Excellent communication skills required.
Review of applications will begin April 1, 2012 and will continue until a successful candidate has been identified.
Application: To apply, submit a letter of application, curriculum vita, official transcripts, and names, e-mail addresses, and telephone numbers of three references to Mrs. Pam Beasley (beaslpa(a)auburn.edu) School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, 3301 Forestry and Wildlife Sciences Building, 602 Duncan Drive, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849-5418.
For additional information contact: Dr. Art Chappelka, Chair, Search Committee, phone 334-844-1069, fax 334-844-1084, or e-mail: chappah(a)auburn.edu
Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer
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Scott Enebak
Professor & Director
Southern Forest Nursery Management Cooperative
Forest Health Dynamics Laboratory
602 Duncan Drive
Auburn University, AL 36849
334.844.1028 Office
334.844.1084 Fax
Dear all!
Please note a vacant position in the Finnish Forest Research Institute. It will be filled from September 3rd, 2012 in
Suonenjoki Unit<http://www.metla.fi/su/>, Juntintie 154, 77600 Suonenjoki, Finland.
http://mesi.metla.fi/metti/ilm_tyopaikatmetla/2042/haku-138-astiapply-by-13…
The researcher to be hired will work on problems related to alien forest pathogens and tree diseases in forest nurseries. He/she is expected to produce scientific data on tree diseases to be used in evaluating the risks they cause to the Finnish forestry, and to solve practical problems associated with pathogens in forest nurseries. The researcher will also disseminate new scientific knowledge to practical forest nurseries.
We expect the hired researcher to have a doctoral degree in a relevant field for the position. In order to succesfully manage the job, balanced many-sided skills in the modern forest pathology research are needed, and an overall control of research process is necessary. Also good social skills are needed.
In addition to normal scientific criteria, we appreciate experience in working with practical forest nurseries as well as experience on international scientific networks.
The salary will be based on the level 11 of the Metla payroll system, composed of basic salary (3612.61 euros) and personal increment based on the succesfulness of the employee in his/her job.
The deadline will be August 13, 2012 at 16.00 Finnish time.
The applications are expected to the electric recruitment system<http://www.valtiolle.fi/valtiolle/fi/index.jsp>, but applications may also be sent to
Metsäntutkimuslaitos
PL 18/ Jokiniemenkuja
01301 Vantaa
Finland
Please include both in the application itself and on the envelope identifier "työavain 400-132-12"
Further information
Professor Jarkko Hantula<http://www.metla.fi/pp/JHan/>, p. +358 29 532 5419, +358 40 801 5419
The 5th Sudden Oak Death Science Symposium is next week, June 19 to 22, 2012!
For those of you who aren’t able to attend the conference in person, we will be providing a live video stream of the indoor talks on our UStream channel : http://www.ustream.tv/channel/fifth-sudden-oak-death-science-symposium.
In conjunction with the talks, we will also have a live chat and blog with real-time summaries and discussions.
You can check out the link now and find it again on our conference page (http://ucanr.org/sites/sod5/) when video streaming begins on Wednesday, June 20 and Thursday, June 21 from approximately 8:00 am to 5:15 pm, Pacific Daylight Time.
Please forward this message to anyone that might be interested.
Regards, Susan
Susan J. Frankel
Biologist, Sudden Oak Death Research
Urban Ecosystems and Social Dynamics Program
USDA-Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station
Mailing address:
PO Box 245
Berkeley, CA 94701
Street address:
800 Buchanan Street, West Annex Building,
Albany, CA 94710-0011
Phone: 510-559-6472 FAX :510-559-6440
sfrankel(a)fs.fed.us
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Dear FORENT, FORPATH and FORCLIMAIR subscribers,
First, let me apologize for cluttering the inboxes of those of you not interested in IUFRO matters. I know these lists are well-used for other useful stuff, so if you are not interested in IUFRO you might want to delete this message right now...
To my IUFRO colleagues, I want to share some information about a shift in leadership that we anticipate here in Division 7, "Forest Health". I was honored to be selected to serve as coordinator of Division 7 and in August, 2010 I started my term in that position. However 9 months later I was notified by my employer, the USDA Forest Service that I must resign because USDA "ethics" officers revoked their approval and decided that my service in this role was "unethical" stating it would amount to an implicit endorsement of IUFRO by the USDA Forest Service. Personally, I disagreed with their assessment but I did not receive support for my service in IUFRO from US Forest Service headquarters and they insisted that I resign. We anticipated that this rule would be relaxed, but after over 1 year of waiting, that has not happened so among IUFRO leaders, we decided that the Division 7 coordinator position should not remain empty any longer.
It turns out that there is a very happy solution to this story, namely Dr. Ecki Brockerhoff from Scion (Forest Research Institute), New Zealand has agreed to take on the Division 7 coordinator position. Ecki is currently coordinator of IUFRO Research Group 7.03 "Entomology" and if Ecki's nomination is approved later this month by the IUFRO Board (I anticipate this will be the case), then he will become the new Division 7 coordinator, and I will switch back into Ecki's position as coordinator of Research Group 7.03. I'm sure many of you know Ecki and agree that he will make an excellent Division coordinator. Personally, I'm thrilled that he can do this.
I apologize for any confusion that this episode may have created. It is a source of personal embarrassment and it certainly does not make me proud of the USDA Forest Service. I want to thank all of the great people I've had a chance to work with during my very brief stint as Division Coordinator and I'm looking forward with great excitement to returning to serve as Entomology Research Group leader. Thanks!
-Sandy
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Andrew Liebhold http://sandyliebhold.com
Northern Research Station 304-285-1512
USDA Forest Service 304-285-1505 FAX
180 Canfield St. 724-317-8668 mobile
Morgantown, WV 26505 USA
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