Open Positions
Department of Biology
University of North Dakota

THE POSITION
The Biology Department at the University of North Dakota is a dynamic department with an energetic, collegial, and collaborative faculty. We currently have one open faculty position in Animal Physiology. Our positions are advertised in Science and the Chronicle of Higher Education. Also see the job advertisement here. See below for additional information about the position, Biology Department, University, and community.

EXPECTATIONS
The department provides substantial resources and has high hopes and expectations for new faculty members. We strongly support pre-tenure faculty members to allow the establishment of strong programs in both teaching and research. We encourage and expect all faculty members to build active research programs that include the acquisition of extramural funding and the training of graduate students.

EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES
The department has numerous facilities and is well equipped to support research activities in many areas. The department maintains shared and core facilities and has a substantial amount of equipment available to all faculty members. There are also shared facilities and equipment available elsewhere on campus including the following at the UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences: the Light and Electron Microscopy facilities, the Mass Spectroscopy Center, and the Proteomics Core Facility.

THE REGIONAL LANDSCAPE
The University of North Dakota lies near the eastern edge of the northern Great Plains. The landscape has been heavily influenced by glaciation and includes extensive grasslands, prairie-pothole wetlands to the west, and kettle lakes amidst mixed hardwood-conifer forest to the east. The Biology Department retains two parcels of land close to the university, which have been operated as biological field stations for the purposes of research and education. Collectively, the Biology Field Stations offer opportunities for research in most of the major ecosystem types available in the region, including wetlands, prairies, riparian woodlands, and streams.

The Oakville Prairie Field Station is composed of approximately 1000 acres of relatively pristine native prairie with over 200 species of native plants. Less than 0.1% of native tall-grass prairie remains in North Dakota, making this field station a model grassland ecosystem.

The Forest River Field Station is a 160-acre tract of natural riparian habitat along the Forest River. This area serves as models of riparian and stream ecosystems.

THE BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT
The Biology Department is one of 14 departments in the College of Arts and Sciences. The department faculty includes 17 tenure-track members and a number of research scientists with expertise in a diversity of areas. The department is strongly committed to both teaching and research.  We offer outstanding programs in Biology at the undergraduate level and graduate degrees in Biology, including both the M. S. and Ph. D. 

The department has a strong commitment to research. North Dakota is an EPSCoR funded state and most biology faculty members have received funding from that program. This program has been particularly valuable in providing startup funding and seed grants to new faculty members. Other major sources of funding for research within the department include the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, North Dakota Game and Fish Department, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, the Smithsonian Institution, and many others.  Four members of the department have been recent recipients of NSF CAREER awards.

Descriptions of the research interests of faculty in Biology can be found on the department's web page, on the Evolution and Ecology Graduate Group web page, and the Cellular, and Molecular, and Developmental Biology Graduate Group web page.  There is high potential for research collaboration with other Biology faculty members, members of the Geography Department with expertisein GIS, and members of the University of North Dakota School of Medicine in the following units: Departments of Anatomy and Cell Biology; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Microbiology and Immunology; and Pharmacology, Physiology, and Therapeutics; and the Center for Neuroscience. 

SERVICES AND INFORMATION FOR NEW FACULTY

Research

University Research

Research, Development, and Compliance

Teaching

Alice Clark new-faculty mentoring program

Office of Instructional Development

 

Other

Human Resources

Era Bell Thompson Multicultural Awareness Center

University Children's Center

Student Life                                      

Student Organizations

THE UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY

The University of North Dakota is located in Grand Forks, in eastern North Dakota.  The greater Grand Forks area (Grand Forks, Grand Forks Air force Base, East Grand Forks, MN, and surrounding area) has a population of nearly 80,000. The University was founded in 1883 and is the largest and oldest institution of higher education in the state. The current enrollment is about 14,000, of which 14% are in the Graduate School.

Greater Grand Forks Links:

                 City of Grand Forks        

                 Grand Forks Visitor Center                             

                 Grand Forks Quality of Life                             

                 Grand Forks Herald   

         Arts and Entertainment:

                  Chester Fritz Auditorium                   

                  North Dakota Museum of Art           

                  Empire Arts Center                             

                  Alerus Center
                  Ralph Engelstad Arena