22 Geology/Earth & Ocean Sciences jobs

Visiting Instructor of Geology - Search # 12139 College of Science and Mathematics/Department of Geology and Geography The Department of Geology and Geography in the College of Science and Mathematics at Georgia Southern University has an opening for a non-tenure track visiting instructor of Geology for the Spring 2022 semester. Founded in 1906, Georgia Southern University is a Carnegie Doctoral/R2 institution with a focus on public-impact research, serving about 27,000 students on three beautiful campuses in Statesboro, Savannah, and Hinesville, and via a growing online program. Through our degree offerings at the associate's, bachelor's, master's and doctoral levels, Georgia Southern offers a distinctive combination of community collaboration, world-class scholarship, innovative teaching, and hands-on learning opportunities. To equitably serve a fast growing and highly diverse student body and to fulfill the University's commitment to promoting diversity, equity, and...

  Assistant Professor-Geochemistry   The George Mason University Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Earth Sciences (AOES) invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position starting August 2022. Priority will be given to those at the rank of Assistant Professor, but applications from those at the rank of Associate Professor or Full Professor may be considered. George Mason University has a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of excellence and diversity among its faculty and staff, and strongly encourages candidates to apply who will enrich Mason’s academic and culturally inclusive environment.   Responsibilities: We seek an innovative scholar with broad expertise in low-temperature geochemistry. Preferred research areas include, but are not limited to: paleoclimatology, marine chemistry/paleoceanography, aqueous geochemistry, isotope geochemistry, and/or the critical zone, particularly...

  Dalhousie University Limited Term Appointment, Marine Affairs Program https://dal.peopleadmin.ca/postings/7891 The Marine Affairs Program in the Faculty of Science invites applications for a 24-month, Limited Term Appointment (100% FTE), at the rank of Assistant Professor, commencing 1 July 2022. Candidates should have experience in community-engaged research and collaborative learning approaches. As Canada’s leading interdisciplinary program in marine management, Marine Affairs is committed to diversity, inclusion, and outreach. With active participation from six faculties (Science, Management, Arts and Social Science, Architecture & Planning, Law, and Engineering), and alumni from over 60 countries, Marine Affairs is an international leader in ocean research and teaching. Marine Affairs offers the Master of Marine Management (MMM) degree, a sixteen-month graduate program that provides a cross-cultural learning environment to advance the...

  The  Department of Climate and Space  Sciences  and Engineering (CLaSP)  in the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor together with the  Space Physics Research  Laboratory  form a world-leading research environment known both for numerical modeling and space instrumentation development and use. The Department invites applications for a tenure track faculty position in the field of space science and engineering , targeting candidates with strong interest and expertise in upper atmosphere and/or plasma processes of the Sun-Earth space environment. We seek candidates interested in advanced numerical methodologies and models, the analysis of data from related space science instruments, or the development and operation of space instrumentation and missions focused on Heliophysics research. We are seeking candidates capable of developing an internationally recognized research program, successfully...

Assistant Professor of Geology —Search # 67893 College of Science and Mathematics / Department of Geology and Geography The Department of Geology and Geography in the College of Science and Mathematics invites applications and nominations for the tenure-track position of Assistant Professor of Geology. Founded in 1906, Georgia Southern University is a Carnegie Doctoral/R2 institution with a focus on public-impact research, serving about 27,000 students on three beautiful campuses in Statesboro, Savannah, and Hinesville, and via a growing online program. Through our degree offerings at the associate's, bachelor's, master's and doctoral levels, Georgia Southern offers a distinctive combination of community collaboration, world-class scholarship, innovative teaching, and hands-on learning opportunities. To equitably serve a fast growing and highly diverse student body and to fulfill the University's commitment to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion, we actively...

  The Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (EOAS) at the University of British Columbia (UBC) invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position as an Assistant Professor of Teaching in Geological Engineering. The position provides the opportunity to pursue a career based on excellence in teaching and educational leadership in one of the top programs of its kind. The successful candidate will teach core subjects in geological engineering, including geology for engineers and site investigation, and will oversee a fourth-year capstone engineering design project course. Applicants must possess a Master’s degree or PhD, and be eligible for registration as a Professional Engineer in the Province of British Columbia (see EGBC ). Candidates are also expected to have industry design experience in one or more areas related to geological engineering, and competence in geological science and its application to engineering challenges. The position...

  Southern Methodist University (SMU) announces four faculty positions in the area of earth hazards and national security. These tenure-track positions are in the areas of atmospheric science and climate change; optical remote sensing; big data analysis and machine learning; and the socio-economic impacts of earth hazards, including environmental justice. Candidates will be expected to develop an outstanding research program and effectively teach and advise a diverse student body of graduate and undergraduate students. The multi-faculty hire represents an ambitious program to develop large-scale collaborative research projects responding to some of humankind’s most daunting challenges. These positions will begin in the Fall of 2022.  As part of these hires, the Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences at Southern Methodist University invites applications for two positions at the level of assistant or associate professor in the areas of atmospheric...

  Assistant Professor, Climate Applications  The George Mason University, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Sciences (AOES) invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor in Climate Applications. George Mason University has a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of excellence and diversity among its faculty and staff, and strongly encourages candidates to apply who will enrich Mason’s academic and culturally inclusive environment. Responsibilities: The successful applicant will demonstrate the potential to conduct original research and teach graduate and undergraduate courses on current and future climate changes, current and projected impacts and impact assessments, and adaptation and mitigation measures. The incumbent will work with faculty in AOES focused on climate dynamics and other Mason experts in communication, ecosystems, engineering, and public policy to make climate information useful...

  The Faculty of Geosciences and the Environment (FGSE) of the University of Lausanne invites applications for a professorship in 4D digital field and structural geology , to be based in the Institute of Earth Sciences (ISTE).  We are looking for a candidate capable of leveraging remote sensing technologies (e.g., UAV mapping, structure from motion, LiDAR, hyperspectral and thermal cameras, inSAR, airborne imagery, geophysics) to advance field-focused structural geology research. We are particularly interested in research aiming at understanding the formation of mountains, their transformations and rock deformation through space and time (4D) by linking surface observations with, for example, deep structural constraints offered by geophysics, structural geology concepts or process-based modelling. The ideal candidate has a strong collaborative spirit and is willing to develop scientific collaborations over multiple domains of expertise within the Earth...

  Oakton Community College, a caring community of educators dedicated to excellence in teaching and learning, seeks to fill one tenure track faculty opening in Physical Sciences. For Fall  2022. Founded in 1969, Oakton is a comprehensive two-year community college offering associate's degree programs and non-credit courses in northern Cook County, Illinois. Oakton's 147-acre main campus sits in a forest preserve in Des Plaines, Illinois. A second campus in Skokie serves residents on the eastern side of the District and is home to the Art, Science, and Technology Pavilion. The College also offers continuing education classes at off-campus locations throughout the region, and many students pursue studies at home through our distance learning program. The College is undertaking a five year, $68.5 million Master Plan which included the construction of a new Science and Health Careers building on the Des Plaines campus. Oakton is accredited by the Higher Learning...

Young Investigator Award at the Environmental Research Institute of the State of São Paulo (IPA-SP) - Community-based Strategies for Disaster Risk Reduction Job description The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) intends to establish one Young Investigator Award to be carried out at the Environmental Research Institute of the State of São Paulo (IPA-SP) (embrace former Geological Institute of the State of São Paulo) on the subject of Development of Community-based Strategies for Disaster Risk Reduction. The Environmental Research Institute (IPA) is a research institution linked to the Infrastructure, and Environmental Secretariat of the Government of the State of São Paulo, which mission is related to the accomplishment of scientific researches in the environment, including Geosciences, Disaster Risk, among other areas, generating necessary knowledge to the implementation of public policies in the State of São Paulo....

  The Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering (CEGE) at The Ohio State University (OSU) invites applications for a tenure-track or tenured position in the field of Geotechnical Engineering. Areas of interest broadly include, but are not limited to smart sustainable geo-systems; geo-hazard sensing and modeling; risk and resilience of geo-systems; energy foundations; ground improvement; geosynthetics; geoenvironmental engineering; coastal geotechnics; biogeotechnics; and areas at the intersection of geotechnical engineering and infrastructure equity. Methodologies of interest include, but are not limited to, geomechanics and advanced physics-based computational modeling; characterization of properties and phenomena by experimental, in-situ testing, remote sensing and geophysical methods; and advanced data science/analytics in geotechnics. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to complement existing department strengths around climate...

  The Department of Geosciences at Princeton University is seeking applications for a tenure-track assistant professor faculty position in geology, broadly defined.  Possible fields of specialty include, but are not limited to, petrology, geochemistry, volcanology, tectonics, glaciology, geomorphology, sedimentology, Earth history, and paleontology.  We are particularly interested in interdisciplinary scientists who could interact productively with existing faculty across the department. Diversity and inclusion are central to Princeton University's educational mission and its desire to serve society. Members of the Geosciences department have a deep commitment to being inclusive. We believe that commitment to principles of fairness and respect for all is favorable to the free and open exchange of ideas, so we seek to reach out as widely as possible in order to attract the best-qualified individuals as students, faculty, and staff. In applying this...

  St. Lawrence University seeks a broadly trained structural geologist/shallow-Earth geophysicist to teach courses in geology/geophysics and its application to shallow-Earth studies. We are particularly interested in someone who can develop one or more general education courses emphasizing the application of geophysical methods to contemporary problems and topics of scientific inquiry. Teaching responsibilities will include a major core course with a lab in structural geology with elective courses in shallow-Earth geophysics, introduction to remote sensing, and courses in the candidate’s area of interest. Core and elective courses should include a field component and encourage students to consider geophysical approaches to study and research. The successful candidate will be expected to participate in the University’s First Year Program, where students develop their writing, speaking and research skills in a broad-topic course of the instructor’s...

    Adjunct Faculty Title Earth Science Instructor Department Earth Science Job Type Adjunct Faculty Employee Type Part Time Academic Year Fall Course(s) Earth Science Anticipated Schedule Varies Location Main Campus Pay Rate Information Per adjunct contract Position Start Date 08/09/2021 Position End Date Position Introduction  McHenry County College seeks an Adjunct (part-time) instructor to teach college Earth Science courses.  The individual selected for this position must be available to provide in person instruction.  Courses includes Intro to Earth Science, Global Environment, Physical Geology and/or Natural Hazards and Disasters. Position Summary McHenry County College seeks an Adjunct (part-time) instructor to teach college Earth Science courses. Courses includes Intro to Earth Science, Global Environment, Physical Geology and/or Natural Hazards and Disasters.  Essential Responsibilities Including but are not limited...

  Princeton University invites applications for the newly established Future Faculty in the Physical Sciences (FFPS) Fellowship. We aim to appoint a diverse cohort of early career scientists who will conduct research in physics, broadly defined to include the subdisciplines of astrophysics, biophysics, and geophysics and planetary physics, independently or in collaboration with Princeton faculty, postdoctoral researchers and students. The Fellowship aims to increase excellence at Princeton by bringing scholars with unique backgrounds and insights, whose work will contribute to the promotion of groups that have been historically, and are presently, under-represented in physics and related fields. Candidates who have demonstrated a strong commitment to remedying the historical under-representation of people of color and women in physics (or the physical sciences more generally) through work promoting inclusion, equity, and diversity through teaching, advising, mentoring,...

Environmental and Ocean Sciences Laboratory Technician I Join a team of 3 staff and over 12 faculty working in the University of San Diego Department of Environmental and Ocean Sciences. On the top of a scenic mesa with breathtaking views of the bay and the ocean, the department offers both field- and laboratory-intensive courses and student-centered engagement in laboratory and field-based marine and environmental research. We seek a laboratory technician to provide a) general support of teaching labs and student-faculty research, b) laboratory equipment operation, maintenance and training, and c) environmental field equipment and field sampling support and training. Minimum experience includes a bachelor's degree in natural sciences and one year of related experience. (Up to 23.97/hr.) The University of San Diego offers a very competitive benefits package, to include medical, dental, vision, a retirement contribution given to you by the University (with a three-year...

  The Department of Earth Sciences at Carleton University invites applications from qualified candidates for a preliminary (tenure-track) appointment in Environmental Sedimentary Geochemistry at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning July 1, 2022. The Department is interested in candidates that integrate sedimentary systems and surficial materials (soils, glacial tills, mine tailings) research with applied environmental geochemistry to document inorganic or biogeochemical processes occurring at or near the sediment-water interface and governing the mobility or sequestration of metals, metalloids or organic compounds in soils; sediments from terrestrial, lake, peatland or other environments; or mine waste. The candidate will be committed to effective teaching of core course offerings in Environmental Geochemistry and an Environmental Field course at the undergraduate and graduate level, launch a vigorous research program through which graduate students will be...

  The Department of Earth Sciences at Carleton University invites applications from qualified candidates for a one-year appointment in Geophysics at the rank of Instructor. The candidate will be expected to teach courses, preferably starting in January 2022, in geophysics and natural disasters at the second-, third- and fourth-year levels, and to co-supervise undergraduate Honours student research projects and independent studies. The undergraduate offering of the Department of Earth Sciences, which features a strong fieldwork component, includes B.Sc. programs (Honours, Major and General), as well as a Concentration in Geophysics (Honours). Geophysics courses form an essential core requirement of six Earth Sciences programs, combined programs or concentrations, as well as a key component of the well subscribed and increasingly popular B.Sc. Honours program in Earth Sciences with a Concentration in Geophysics. At the graduate level, the Department offers M.Sc....