tenure track faculty position

[Lowell]

                              ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
                      PLANT BIOLOGIST:  ANATOMY/MORPHOLOGY

The Department of Biological Sciences invites applications for a tenure-track
assistant professor position specializing in contemporary plant
anatomy/morphology.  Areas of interest include, but are not limited to,
experimental approaches to the role of plant structure in evolution,
developmental processes in plants, functional anatomy and morphology, plant
fungal/microbe interactions, and plant cell biology.  Maintenance of an
extramurally supported research program, supervision of graduate students, and
teaching in the area of specialization and in the general biology program are
expected.  Review of applications will begin September 27, 1999 and will
continue until a suitable candidate is identified.  Qualifications require a
Ph.D. or equivalent degree and interest in teaching a course in plant anatomy.
Preference will be given to applicants with postdoctoral experience.  Send
curriculum vitae, selected reprints, statement of research and teaching
interests, three letters of recommendation, and an outline for a course in plant
anatomy at the senior/graduate student level to:

                             Dr. L. Urbatsch, Chair
                 Plant Biology Search Committee, Ref. Log # 210
                       Department of Biological Sciences
                            508 Life Sciences Bldg.
                           Louisiana State University
                             Baton Rouge, LA  70803
                              email:  leu at lsu.edu
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