Nate Swenson

Seedling growing in the forest

University of Birmingham, UK, are advertising a permanant position (Assistant or Associate Professor) in *Forests under Global Change*. A wide net has been cast - ecology, physiology, modelling, remote sensing, functioning, biodiversity, management... 🌲🌱🌳🌳🦌🌳🛰️🐿️🌲🔬🌳
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Faculty job ad for a position in Plant Synthetic Biology for Strategic Resources Research in the Department of Plant Biology at the University of Georgia.

We're hiring! Please spread the word. We have an opening for an Assistant Professor in Plant Synthetic Biology for Strategic Resources Research. See ad for details – and apply to join us here in Athens, GA! 🪴 #PlantBiology #SyntheticBiology #PlantScience #AcademicJobs #UGA

We are searching for a Forest Ecophysiologist (tenure track Assistant or Associate Professor) to join the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia Faculty of Forestry. Please share! Details are here: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjobs

Notre Dame opens applications for 2026 Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship program The University of Notre Dame is accepting applications for the next cohort of…

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An exciting opportunity for postdocs here at Notre Dame. I would excited to mentor anyone outstanding candidate in temperate or tropical forest ecology. Pass along to folks looking for a position in 2026!

Looking for a #postdoct for a NSF project integrating ecosystem productivity, hyperspectral remote sensing and airborne LiDAR to test prominent hypothesis of the effect of #biodiversity on #forest #productivity @fluxnetecn.bsky.social @ngaps.bsky.social Apply at: jobs.colostate.edu/postings/165...

Assistant Professor, Environmental Data Science & Biostatistics | Michigan Technological University Explore career opportunities at Michigan Technological University located in Houghton, MI. Browse and filter job listings to find the perfect fit and learn more about each position.

New Tenure Track Position in Data Science or Biostatistics with us here at MTU is live.

We have great people here in a fantastic location that is probably a lot cooler (temperature-wise) than wherever you live during summer!

www.employment.mtu.edu/en-us/job/49...

Here we go again - remember that breathing wildfire smoke isn’t good for your lungs, heart, or brain. www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...

Europe can capture the US brain drain — if it acts fast Countries must cooperate to seize a once-in-a-generation opportunity to become the top destination for scientists.

Countries must cooperate to seize a once-in-a-generation opportunity to become the top destination for scientists, says Maria M. Mota

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Great news - we will be searching for a tree physiologist (tenure track) to join the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, UBC Forestry, later this year. Stay tuned! (Please share.)

Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...

The Spencer Foundation is offering rapid response bridge funding for those who lost NSF research grants.

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Trump funding cuts threaten the lives of plant libraries Plant libraries hold essential clues about climate change -- but with funding cuts aimed at research and education, their future is at stake.

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More details surface in Trump administration plan to cut national forests Memos from the Trump administration are increasing pressure to cut more national forests for timber and forest health.

"The memo from the secretary of agric has the effect of declaring 60% of all national forestlands to be in a 'state of emergency', thereby lifting requirements for public comment & protection of endangered species & cultural resources before logging." 🌏 www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Ten week paid #NSF #REU #internship at the HJ Andrews #LTER in Oregon working on forest #microclimate and fungal symbiont effects on seedling success. Hosted by @osubpp.bsky.social. Review begins 4 April.

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Newest round open:

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Aarhus University is seeking a head of the Department of Biology at the Faculty of Natural Sciences (NAT) - Vacancy at Aarhus University Vacancy at Department of Biology, Aarhus University

Want to lead a world-leading #biology department - see open position to head our dept international.au.dk/about/profil... @aarhusuni.bsky.social 🐋🌴🦇🦠 #ecology #evolution #physiology of #animals & #plants #aquaticbiology #microbiology #botany #conservation #rewilding #restoration, #ecosystems🐎🌐🌸🪰💩🌦️🐻‍❄️

Late-breaking job ad: The Department of Plant and Microbial Biology at North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC, USA) is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Plant Evolutionary Biology!!! More details below. Please repost!

A photo of a mountain road covered in snow with a rock wall on the right side and tall conifer trees on both side of the road. A bright orange sunset is in the background of the photo. Taken on Mt. Lemmon in the Santa Catalina Mountains above the city of Tucson, Arizona.

🧪 Join us in Tucson! We will begin reviewing applications on December 9 for our tenure track faculty position on the genomics of resilience @uofa-eeb.bsky.social! Apply here: arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

I am accepting applications for a PhD student to join my lab at the University of California, Riverside. If you are interested in plant community ecology, ecosystem function/stability, global change, or restoration, please contact me. Fully funded position available. See my website for more details.

An afternoon at the Art Institute of Chicago. Pictures of people taking pictures of a picture that some are trying to look at in real life! Choose your own adventure for making a memory 🧐

Director of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History at University of Oxford Recruiting now: Director of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board

Job alert! Director of Oxford University Museum of Natural History: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKV017/d...

The functional underpinnings of tropical forest dynamics—Functional traits, groups, and unmeasured diversity In this review, we discuss fundamental life history trade-offs that have been elucidated via traits, how these may or may not be linked to tropical tree “guilds” or functional groups, and how this in...

My latest with Vanessa Rubio on the functional ecology of tropical forests - groups, traits and 'omics, oh my!

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Exciting updates! In January 2025 I will start at University of Liverpool as a Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellow. I will build a team to work on montane forests across the tropics! Several positions (tropical and temperate) coming up soon! Join our growing forest ecology group at Liverpool!