Faculty Positions Announcement: “Multipurpose Biomaterial Utilization ” area and “Forest Ecosystem Health and Services” area
Faculty Positions Announcement
The School of Forestry and Resource Conservation, National Taiwan University, currently has one opening position in each of the following areas:
1. Multipurpose Biomaterial Utilization
2. Forest Ecosystem Health and Services
Position Type:
Full-time Professor, Associate Professor, or Assistant Professor to begin on February 1, 2027.
Qualifications:
1. Applicants must hold a Ph.D. degree in a related field of specialization. Teaching experience or postdoctoral research experience is highly desirable. For the position in “Forest Ecosystem Health and Services,” applicants with expertise in forest vegetation ecology will be given priority.
2. Applicants must have published papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals. At least one paper must have been published (including electronic publications with assigned volume, issue, and page numbers) on or after February 1, 2022, in an SCI (or SSCI, A&HCI) journal, with the applicant as the first author or corresponding author.
Applicants are required to prepare the following documents (all in electronic format):
1. A cover letter and curriculum vitae, specifying the field of specialization applied for and the academic rank applied (i.e., Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor).
2. Certified copy of Ph.D. degree certificate.
3. Applicants for the Assistant Professor level must submit official academic transcripts from all graduate schools. If the graduate institution does not require coursework, a statement signed by the advisor should be provided.
4. List of publications submitted for review (following the format specified by the department's website) and full-text electronic files of all submitted publications. The submitted publications must be peer-reviewed journal papers published on or after February 1, 2020. Applicant must designate one publication as the representative publication in the above list of publications, which must meet all of the following criteria:
(1)The content must correspond to the applied field of specialization.
(2)Must be a research paper published in an SCI (or SSCI, A&HCI) journal.
(3)The applicant must be the first author or corresponding author.
(4)Published on or after February 1, 2022, with assigned volume, issue, and page numbers in print or electronic form.
(5)Should there be one or more co-authors with the representative publication, the applicant must submit a consent form signed by the co-authors.
(6)Applicants for the position at the rank of Assistant Professor may designate their doctoral dissertation as their representative publication, provided that the dissertation was completed after February 1, 2022.
5. Applicants for the Assistant Professor level must also submit an electronic copy of the Ph.D. dissertation.
6. A summary of research accomplishments and future research objectives.
7. Applicants must submit at least one course syllabus related to the area of the applied of specialization, as follows:
(1)Multipurpose Biomaterial Utilization: Forest Products, Introduction to Forest Biomaterials, Wood Chemistry and Laboratory, Advanced Wood Chemistry, Introduction to Chemical Utilization of Forest Resources, Principles of Instrumental Analysis in Forest Chemistry, Natural Product Biosynthesis and Extraction from Forests, Advanced Wood Processing Technology.
(2)Forest Ecosystem Health and Services: Forest Ecology, Forest Health and Management, Forest ecosystem services, Forest Protection, Statistics.
8. Two letters of reference (please have the recommender send the reference letter directly to the email address below)
Application Deadline:
Please submit all required documents via email to the designated email address by April 30, 2026: chient@ntu.edu.tw
Contact Information:
Tel: +886-2-3366-4609
Fax: +886-2-2365-4520
Email: chient@ntu.edu.tw
For downloading relevant forms and further information, please visit the department’s website:
https://www.fo.ntu.edu.tw/?locale=en
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Faculty Positions Announcement
Form of Publications List (英文版僅供參考)
Verification of Co-author’s Contribution to the Applicant’s Representative Publication (英文版僅供參考)
Statement of Representative Publication (英文版僅供參考)
List of Recusal Personnel for Manuscript Review (英文版僅供參考)
Syllabus Format for Faculty Positions Applicant (英文版僅供參考)