LIMNOGEOLOGIST. The Department of Geology and Geophysics at the Winchell School of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor, tenure-track/tenured associate professor or tenured full professor position from outstanding researchers with a proven track record to help focus the department’s interdisciplinary efforts in paleolimnology and global environmental change. We seek a candidate who is rigorously trained in current Earth science research techniques utilizing lake sediment archives to reconstruct global climatic and environmental changes. The successful applicant is expected to participate fully in the department's undergraduate and graduate course offerings. The choice of courses is flexible and will take into consideration the applicant’s as well as existing faculty’s specialties. The successful applicant will greatly benefit from the Limnological Research Center which includes "LacCore"—a NSF-funded national repository of lake sediment cores, a multi-disciplinary analytical core laboratory modeled after integrated ocean sediment research facilities, and operating core systems for small and large coring expeditions. Existing faculty in Geology and Geophysics and affiliated units provide excellent opportunities for cooperative research in related disciplines like sedimentology, paleontology, geochemistry and sediment magnetism. Interested applicants are invited to visit our web site (http://www.geo.umn.edu/). At the Twin Cities campus the Winchell School of Earth Sciences also includes the Institute for Rock Magnetism and the Minnesota Geological Survey. The College of Biological Sciences includes the Department of Ecology and Behavioral Biology, and other departments with strong research programs linked to geologic studies. The Graduate School administers the Large Lakes Observatory on the Duluth campus, which is actively involved in chemical, physical and biological studies of lake systems.

Applicants are expected to have a PhD at the time of appointment. To apply send a curriculum vitae, statements of teaching and research interests, and names, addresses, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses of five references to Chair, Limnogeologist Search Committee, University of Minnesota, Department of Geology and Geophysics, 310 Pillsbury Dr SE., Minneapolis, MN 55455. Review of files will begin on October 1, 2001. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. The start date is expected to be Fall 2002. Questions may be addressed by e-mail to Professor W.E. Seyfried, Head of Winchell School of Earth Sciences at wes@umn.edu.