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Open Rank Faculty Position
Department of Statistics, Oregon State University
The Department of Statistics at Oregon State University invites applications for a 9-month (1.0 FTE) tenure-track or tenured faculty position at the Assistant/Associate/Full Professor rank, starting September 16, 2014. Requirements include a Ph.D. in Statistics or Biostatistics, evidence of excellence in teaching and in independent and collaborative research in statistics. The successful candidate will be expected to teach at undergraduate and graduate levels. To be considered at the Associate Professor or Professor level, the candidates must have teaching experience, research experience and publications commensurate with those levels to be granted the same rank at Oregon State University. Preference will be given to candidates with a demonstrable commitment to promoting and enhancing diversity.
The Statistics Department has 14 faculty members and roughly 60 graduate students, and offers M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Statistics. Current research interests of the faculty include Bayesian methods, environmental statistics, high dimensional data analysis, statistical ecology, sampling, statistical bioinformatics, and spatial statistics. The Statistics Department receives support for its academic program from the College of Science with supplemental funding provided by the College of Agricultural Sciences for research and consulting activities. Strong collaborative research ties are also maintained with the U.S. EPA Corvallis Environmental Research Lab, the Linus Pauling Institute, the Environmental Health Science Center, the Center for Genomic Research and Biocomputing, and several state and federal agencies involved with natural resource monitoring. For more information about the Department and the city of Corvallis, see http://www.stat.oregonstate.edu
To ensure full consideration, all applications materials must be received by December 31st 2013. However, screening of applicants will continue until the position is filled. All applicants should submit a cover letter, current curriculum vitae with contact information for three references, research and teaching statements, on-line at http://oregonstate.edu/jobs with posting number #0011405. Tenure-track applicants should also submit a copy of transcripts online and arrange for three letters of recommendation submitted to search@stat.oregonstate.edu or Search Committee, OSU Statistics Department, 44 Kidder Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331. For applicants interested in tenured position (Associate/Full), letters of recommendation will be solicited after an initial screening.
Inquiries about the position may be directed to Dr. Lan Xue at 541-737-1982 or e-mail xuel@stat.oregonstate.edu. OSU is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer, and has a practice of being responsive to the needs of dual-career couples.
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Alix Gitelman
Associate Professor
Oregon State University
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