Assistant/Associate Professor, Quantitative Fisheries and Ecosystem Modeling

This is a 12-month tenure-accruing position that will be 40% teaching (College of Agricultural and Life Sciences), and 60% research (Florida Agricultural Experiment Station), available in the School of Forest Resources and Conservation (SFRC) Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, at the University of Florida. This assignment may change in accordance with the needs of the unit. Duties will include building a strong research program in innovative modeling approaches that can inform management of recreational and commercial fisheries and aquatic ecosystems. Research focus should include single and multi-species modeling to evaluate sustainability of fisheries resources and ecosystem attributes. The successful candidate is expected to acquire external funding to support her/his program. The successful candidate is expected also to contribute to the unit’s teaching program and will teach a graduate course in “Advanced Fisheries Stock Assessment”, one undergraduate course, and participate in one or more team taught courses, some of which may contribute to the revised Natural Resources Conservation major.