The Department of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Minnesota invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professorship in surficial processes, beginning Fall semester 2000. Applicants must have a doctoral degree or equivalent at the time of appointment and demonstrate strong potential for creative research and excellent teaching. The general theme area is evolution and dynamics of landscapes and surface processes. The successful candidate will be expected to establish a vigorous, externally funded research program and teach a course in geomorphology as well as other courses for graduate and undergraduate students, including nonmajors. The research area is open and could include terrestrial, extraterrestrial, and submarine systems; dynamics of glacial and periglacial regions; interplay of surface processes and tectonics; and links between climate and landscape. 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 have strong ties with the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory (environmental fluid mechanics) and the Large Lakes Observatory (UM-Duluth). Interested applicants are invited to visit our web site (http://www.geo.umn.edu) to learn more about the School of Earth Sciences.