CareerPlan

Assistant or Associate Professor of Multifunctional Landscapes

Penn State University ParkFull-time2025-02-06 → 2026-11-11
Based in United States

Core

Researching multifunctional landscapes to balance human needs (food, water, energy, timber, recreation) with the needs of fish, wildlife, and other non-human species at landscape scales.

Role type

Assistant or Associate Professor (Tenure-line)

Builds

Adaptive and resilient ecosystems to mitigate climate change impacts

Domain

Environmental Science / Ecology / Forestry

Deliverable

production ML models | research

Required skills

Remote sensing, GIS, spatial statistics, landscape modeling, extramural research funding acquisition

Preferred skills

Forested systems expertise, regional/national/global spatial scale analysis

Technologies

Remote sensing tools, GIS, mobile platforms (planes, drones, gliders)

Responsibilities

Conduct landscape-scale research on the water-energy-food nexus, design landscapes for carbon storage and disaster buffers, teach undergraduate and graduate courses in remote sensing

Seniority

Assistant or Associate Professor (Tenure-track)