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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/get_redirect.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/get_redirect.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/get_redirect.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