Assistant or Associate Professor
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080100 - FWRC - Forestry
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Main Campus - Starkville, MS
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Open until filled |
Tenure-track Assistant/Associate Professor, Department of Forestry, College of Forest Resources, Forest and Wildlife Research Center, Mississippi State University. The anticipated start date is January 1, 2025, but shall be no later than August 16, 2025. Responsibilities will include participation in the Department’s teaching, research, and service activities. The successful candidate will be expected to teach on-campus and distance-learning undergraduate and graduate courses including Spatial Technologies in Natural Resources Management, Remote Sensing Applications, GIS for Natural Resources Management, and a graduate course in the candidate’s area of expertise. The successful candidate will also be expected to develop an extramurally funded research program in areas such as geospatial assessment of natural resources, precision forestry, or quantification of carbon storage and ecosystem services using passive (e.g., spectral reflectance) and/or active (e.g., LiDAR) sensors. Opportunities exist for research collaboration with the USDA Forest Service and other federal agencies, state agencies, forest industry, non-governmental organizations, forest landowners, and land and resource managers. |