[Taxacom] Professor position in Plant Population Biology and Biogeography

[Gerald M. Schneeweiss]

Dear list members,

at the University of Vienna, Austria, a full professorship position 
for Plant Population Biology and Biogeography has been opened, 
application deadline being the 15th June 2008.

The Faculty of Life Sciences of the University of Vienna announces 
the position of a

Full Professor of Population Biology and Biogeography of Plant

(full-time permanent position under private law). The University of 
Vienna intends to increase the number of women on its faculty, 
particularly in high-level positions, and therefore specifically 
invites applications by women. Among equally qualified applicants 
women will receive preferential consideration.

The candidate should have an excellent international track record in 
modern research in the area of plant population biology related to 
plant biogeography. The research should focus on processes and 
functional traits determining the formation of distribution limits 
from a local via a regional to a global scale including causes and 
mechanisms of human-mediated shifts of distribution area, population 
size and density of plant species. Readiness for close co-operation 
with researchers of  related departments - e.g., in the areas of 
animal population biology, community ecology, vegetation and 
landscape ecology, conservation biology, evolutionary biology - is expected.

Successful candidates will have the following qualifications:

- PhD and post-doctoral experience at a university or other research 
institution.
   (Austrian or equivalent international academic degree in the 
relevant  field)

- Outstanding research and publication record, with an excellent reputation as
   an active member in the international academic community 
(Habilitation (venia
   docendi) or equivalent international qualification in the relevant field is
   desirable)

- Experience in designing, procuring and directing major research projects, and
   willingness and ability to assume the responsibility of team leadership

- Experience in university teaching, and willingness and ability to 
teach at all
   curricular levels, to supervise theses, and to further the work of junior
   academic colleagues

The University of Vienna expects the successful candidate to acquire, 
within three years, proficiency in German sufficient for teaching in 
Bachelor programmes and participation in committees

The full text of the announcement can be found at 
http://personalabteilung.univie.ac.at/index.php?id=13483&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=5802&tx_ttnews[backPid]=11909&cHash=ebec40e245

Best regards,
Gerald Schneeweiss





Gerald M. Schneeweiss, PhD
Department of Biogeography
Institute of Botany
University of Vienna
phone: +43 1 4277 54062
fax: +43 1 4277 9541
http://www.botanik.univie.ac.at/plantchorology/schneewe.htm