Apply for Faculty or Postdoc Affiliation

The heart of the Ecology program is our people – students, postdocs and faculty members. Members of the program become part of a community of scientists who share interests in ecology as an interdisciplinary field. The program also provides an outstanding pool of applicants to graduate school as well as resources for current students (research grants, travel funds, a few assistantships as well as a supportive community and professional development opportunities).

Members of the Ecology program provide their expertise to the community, and are expected to participate in events as much as possible through attending our seminars and socials, participating in the Front Range Student Ecology Symposium (e.g., serving as a judge, attending talks, posters). Faculty members also contribute to teaching courses (ECOL courses and seminars, and departmental courses with substantial ecological content). Members of the program, like all of our CSU community, are expected to follow CSU’s Principles of Community. See our Principles of Community page for details.

We have four types of membership:

Faculty member: To be eligible for this status, you must have been granted authority by a CSU academic department to act as a primary major advisor (committee chair) for graduate students and can do so for GDPE students as well.  Ecology faculty members are typically employed at CSU as faculty members.

Faculty affiliate: To be eligible for this status, you must have a formal faculty affiliate status with an academic department, and have been assigned a CSU NetID. Faculty affiliates can serve as a voting member on a graduate student committee as long as they have a degree equivalent to (or higher than) the degree program level of the student. These are typically non-CSU scientists.

Associate: These are MS or PhD scientists who do not have an affiliate appointment with a CSU academic department, and do not have a CSU NetID. Affiliates may serve as non-voting members on graduate student committees.

Postdoc associate: These are PhD scientists who have a postdoctoral appointment at CSU or elsewhere. Postdocs may serve as non-voting members on graduate student committees.

  • Descriptions of these faculty membership types are found just above.
  • For people from outside CSU, an affiliation with a regular department is required prior to joining GDPE.
  • For example, assistant professor – full professor, affiliate faculty member, postdoc
  • Can you serve as advisor, co-advisor, committee member?
  • Please write a short paragraph about your interest in joining the GDPE program.
  • Please write a short paragraph telling us about your experience with mentoring students.
  • Accepted file types: doc, pdf, Max. file size: 41 MB.

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