Assistant Professorship at UNC Chapel Hill

Assistant Professorship - Tenure-Track
Department of Geological Sciences, UNC-Chapel Hill

Geodesy / Seismotectonics / Geodynamics

The Department of Geological Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in the areas of geodynamics, seismotectonics or geodesy. We seek candidates whose interests lie in understanding regional to continental scale active tectonics, crust-mantle interaction, viscous and fluid flow in the mantle and crust, orogenic processes, and the origin and evolution of stress in the lithosphere. We encourage application of candidates with experience in geodynamical data acquisition and analysis, including the use of InSAR, GPS, seismology, and potential fields, as well as those whose interests lie in numerical modeling of geodynamic processes.

Applicants must hold a Ph.D. at the time of appointment and postdoctoral and teaching experience is highly desirable. The successful candidate will be expected to establish a vigorous, externally funded research program and to demonstrate excellence in teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate level.

Applicants must submit a letter of application, names, addresses, e-mail and phone numbers of four references, statements of teaching and research interests, and their vitae to Chair, Search Committee for Geodynamics, Department of Geological Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3315.

The deadline to receive letters of application is December 20, 2006. Members of the Department will be present at the AGU meeting in San Francisco. Please contact Patricia Bigelow (pcbigelo@email.unc.edu) to arrange an interview at AGU. For more information on the Department and the University please visit our web page at www.geosci.unc.edu.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.