Tenure-track Faculty Position
Paleontology-Geobiology - University of Minnesota
The Department of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Minnesota invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professorship beginning Fall semester 2000 in the general area of paleontology/geobiology. Applicants must have a doctoral degree or equivalent at the time of appointment and demonstrate strong potential for creative research and excellent teaching. The research area could range from fossil-based study of the Earth and the history of life to interactions between biologic and geologic processes on all scales. The successful candidate will be expected to establish a vigorous, externally funded research program and to teach courses for graduate and undergraduate students, including nonmajors. We are particularly interested in a broad and creative scientist, and encourage applicants to explore research links within the department and the university. The Department of Geology and Geophysics has 24 faculty members, 25 research associates and post-doctoral fellows, and about 60 graduate students encompassing a broad range of geoscience research. Existing strengths in the School of Earth Sciences include the Minnesota Geological Survey, the Limnological Research Center, and the Institute for Rock Magnetism, along with energetic research groups in the Department in isotope and low-temperature geochemistry, solid-earth geodynamics, rock/mineral physics, structural geology/tectonics, hydrogeology, paleoclimatology, and sedimentary geology.
We also maintain a wide array of modern analytical, experimental, and computational facilities and host a paleontology collection for teaching and research. We also have strong ties with the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory (environmental fluid mechanics) and the Large Lakes Observatory (UM-Duluth), and potential ties with the Bell Museum of Natural History. Interested applicants are invited to visit our web site
(http://www.geo.umn.edu) to learn more about the School of Earth Sciences.Applicants should send a resume, a bibliography and a statement of teaching and research interests, as well as the names and addresses of at least three referees to Search Committee (Paleontology-Geobiology), Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA (Phone: 612/624-1333; Fax: 612/625-3819). Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Review of files will begin on January 15, 2000.
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