Washington State University, Pullman, WA: Integrative Animal Physiology - Tenure Track

Company: Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology
Location: Washington
Posted on: November 1, 2024

Job Description:

The School of Biological Sciences (SBS) at Washington State University invites applications for a permanent, full-time, nine-month (academic year), tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Pullman, WA, with a specialty in Integrative Animal Physiology. We seek an animal physiologist who uses experimental, quantitative, and/or theoretical approaches across levels of biological organization to address fundamental questions about central physiological systems that mediate animals' responses to changes in biotic or abiotic environmental factors, thus contributing to SBS' strength in physiology and global change biology. We expect the successful candidate to perform hypothesis-driven research that connects physiological mechanisms to cell/molecular, ecological and/or evolutionary processes. We seek candidates who will contribute to high quality education and training of undergraduate and graduate students, while also contributing to SBS efforts to enhance equitable and inclusive educational experiences.
It is anticipated that the successful candidate will begin the appointment on August 16, 2025.
Job duties:

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• Develop and maintain an active, hypothesis-driven research program in integrative animal physiology, pursuing research questions that examine organism function at multiple levels of biological organization and/or organism-environment interactions in any animal study system, with support from extramural funding sources.
  
• Recruit and mentor graduate and undergraduate students.
  
• Teach graduate and undergraduate courses in biology, which could include, but are not limited to, Human and Mammalian Physiology and Anatomy, Human Nutrition, Genome Biology, or one of the taxon-focused courses (e.g., Invertebrate Biology, Herpetology, Ichthyology, Ornithology, Mammalogy).
  
• Participate in service at the department, college, and/or university level.
  
• Advance SBS and WSU efforts to enhance equitable and inclusive educational experiences, research, and community outreach.
  
• The workload for this position is 40% teaching, 40% research, and 20% service.
  
  Required Qualifications:
  
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  • Earned PhD in biology or related discipline and 6 months of postdoctoral research experience prior to the anticipated start date.
    
  • Record of research accomplishment in integrative physiology, as demonstrated by publications and presentations at scientific meetings.
    
  • Effective communication skills with both students and colleagues.
    
  • Demonstrated ability to engage in productive collaborations with other scientists.
    
  • Demonstrated record of or potential for providing equitable and inclusive educational experiences, in alignment with WSU's land grant mission.
    
  • Record indicating past teaching effectiveness or the potential for effective teaching of undergraduate and graduate courses in biology.
    
  • Experience with or potential for quality mentoring of undergraduate or graduate students undertaking independent research projects.
    
  • Evidence of seeking or being awarded intramural or extramural funding.
    
    Salary/Benefits: $85,000-$95,000 per nine-month academic year.
    In accordance with RCW 49.58.110, the above salary reflects the full salary range for this position. Individual placement within the range is based on the candidate's current experience, education, skills, and abilities related to the position or as mandated by a U.S. Department of Labor prevailing wage determination. WSU offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes paid sick and vacation leave; paid holidays; medical, dental, life and disability insurance package for employees and dependents; retirement; deferred compensation and optional supplemental retirement accounts. For a more detailed summary of benefits offered by WSU for Faculty visit: .
    To Apply: Visit wsu.edu/jobs, select your appropriate employment status, and search for R- 12408. Applicants must upload the following required documents to their online application:
    
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    • A cover letter addressing qualifications for this position.
      
    • Teaching and mentoring statement (3 page maximum) that describes how the candidate's teaching experience and philosophy fulfill the criteria listed above, which may incorporate experience from formal or informal teaching and mentoring opportunities.
      
    • Research statement (2 page maximum) that explicitly outlines how the candidate's past and future research in the field of integrative animal physiology fulfill the criteria listed above.
      
    • Two reprints of published or in press papers that best represent the candidate's integrative animal physiology research.
      
    • Names, addresses, and contact information for at least three references that can address history of and potential for research, teaching, and service (letters will be requested at a later time).
      
      Inquiries should be directed to Erica Crespi, sbs.search@wsu.edu, with subject "Integrative Animal Physiologist."
      Posting Close Date: Applicants must submit their completed application by October 15 at 11:59 p.m.
      About WSU, Pullman, CAS, and School of Biological Sciences: Washington State University is a land grant, multiple-campus Research 1 institution. This position will serve on the Pullman campus, which has an enrollment of around 20,000 students and is located in Southeastern Washington on the homelands of the Nim--ipuu (Nez Perce) Tribe and Palus people. For more information about the region, please see .
      WSU acknowledges that its locations statewide are on the homelands of Native American peoples, who have lived in this region and have been caretakers of the land from time immemorial. The Morrill Act of 1862 established our land-grant institution by providing public and federal lands that are traced back to the disposition of Indigenous lands. For that, we extend our deepest apologies. We owe our deepest gratitude to the Native peoples of this region and maintain our commitment towards reconciliation. And as a land-grant institution, WSU is deeply committed to the land-grant mission and its Memorandums of Understanding with Native tribes in the region.
      Washington State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Educator and Employer. Members of ethnic minorities, women, special disabled veterans, veterans of the Vietnam-era, recently separated veterans, and other protected veteran, persons of disability and/or persons age 40 and over are encouraged to apply.
      WSU is committed to excellence through diversity and faculty-friendly policy action, including partner accommodation and NSF ADVANCE Institutional Transformation programs ().
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