Position Announcements
Faculty Positions in Continental Margins and Coastal Environments
Faculty Positions in Continental Margins and Coastal
Environments
Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) at UC San Diego
(http://sio.ucsd.edu) is committed to academic excellence and
diversity within the faculty, staff, and student body. SIO is a
world renowned center of marine research with approximately
200 principal investigators leading research programs on all
aspects of earth, ocean and atmospheric sciences.
Coastal Processes #10-439: We seek outstanding candidates
with complementary interests in the physical oceanography of
the coastal environment. Topics of interest are focused on the
shelf, inner shelf, and near shore, including tidal inlets,
estuaries, river mouths, beaches, and headlands. Some
examples of physical interest are: surf zone processes; surf
zone-inner shelf exchange; sediment, chemical, and biological
transport; waves (internal and surface); and coastal response
to sea level changes or human activity.
Coastal Ecology #10-440: We seek outstanding candidates
with expertise in the biology and ecology of the coastal
environment. Areas of interest broadly include the
interactions of marine organisms with one another and with
their physical and chemical environment. Research topics may
include the ecology of benthic and pelagic organisms,
ecological processes and regulatory mechanisms, population
recruitment and connectivity, response to habitat changes and
disruptions, bio(geo)chemistry and genomic adaptation.
Research programs that integrate observational, experimental
and modeling approaches in the field and laboratory are
encouraged.
Geological, Geophysical and Geochemical Studies of
Continental Margins #10-441: We seek outstanding
candidates from throughout the Earth sciences with
complementary skills targeting continental margin
development, evolution, and physical/chemical exchange
across a variety of spatial and temporal scales. An emphasis
on the marine portion of the system is envisioned, but
candidates investigating onshore aspects of margin processes
that cross the shoreline will also be considered. We encourage
applicants whose research bears on key processes at margins,
including geochemistry, geophysics, dynamics, seismology,
tectonics, structural geology, geodesy, petrology, geochemical
exchange (high- and low-temperature), geomorphology,
glaciology, and ice-margin studies.
All successful candidates will be expected to teach classes,
supervise research at both the graduate and undergraduate
level and contribute to leadership on issues of equity and
diversity. The positions require a PhD degree and a
competitive record of publication, as well as evidence of the
ability to conduct and fund an active research program
consistent with the opportunity to have done so at this career
level. The successful candidates will also have demonstrated
the highest standards of scholarship and professional activity,
or for junior scholars to have the potential thereof. The
department is interested in candidates who have
demonstrated commitment to excellence by providing
leadership in teaching, research or service towards building an
equitable and diverse scholarly environment.
Our preference is for hiring at the level of assistant professor
for all positions, however appointments at all ranks may also
be considered. Salary will depend on the experience of the
successful applicant and will be based on the UCSD pay scales.
Completed applications received by October 15, 2012 will be
assured of consideration. Each position requires separate
submission. All applications and related materials must be
submitted electronically via Academic Personnel On-Line
RECRUIT at: (https://apol-recruit.ucsd.edu). Emailed
applications will not be accepted. Applicants should provide a
current CV, cover letter including descriptions of their
teaching experience, research interests, state if authorized to
work in the U.S., and the names of three potential referees,
along with their complete institution address, email address,
phone and fax numbers, and a separate personal statement
summarizing past or potential contributions to diversity (see
http://facultyequity.ucsd.edu/Faculty-Applicant-C2D-Info.asp
and http://sio.ucsd.edu/Diversity/ for further information).
Questions about submission of applications may be addressed
to Leslie Costi, (lcosti@ucsd.edu).
UCSD is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer
with a strong institutional commitment to excellence through
diversity.