Current Openings

Position Description:  The graduate student selected will conduct research on the effects of prescribed burning on coastal vegetative communities in southern Texas.  Project goals include determining changes in coastal grassland communities, specifically nearest-neighbor relationships, brought about by burning in either winter or summer with either short or long return intervals.  The successful candidate will pursue a M.S. degree in Range and Wildlife Management with the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute and Dept.

Position Description: Tenure-track faculty position at the assistant or associate professor level, depending on qualifications, with the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Department of Rangeland and Wildlife Sciences, Dick and Mary Lewis Kleberg College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Texas A&M University-Kingsville. This is a 75% research and 25% teaching, tenure-track, 9-month appointment with potential for summer salary.

Position Description: Perform independent or supervisory roles in research and communications activities requiring an advanced level of knowledge in a field of science or learning, are predominantly intellectual and varied in character, and require consistent use of discretion and judgment. Prepare, record, and edit podcast episodes, operation of computer and recording equipment, supervision of graduate students and other lab/field personnel on assigned projects. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The Assistant Director of Texas Natives Seeds (TNS), under general direction, assists in directing and supervising the TNS Project in Midland, Texas.  Oversees the daily management and operations of facilities, including evaluation sites with state, federal, and private partners, and research and demonstration projects with private landowners and agencies. Maintains close working relationships and educational focus with private landowners, and cooperating agencies.