Tenure-track assistant professor in Earth surface processes

Tenure-track assistant professor in Earth surface processes

The Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Dalhousie University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor or Associate Professor position in the broad area of Earth surface processes. A Ph.D. is required, and previous academic or professional experience is considered favourable.

Candidates should use and develop a combination of novel field and computational methods. The position will enable us to strengthen research and teaching in terrestrial natural hazards. These hazards include, but are not limited to, those applicable to the Atlantic and Arctic regions such as wildfire, stream flooding, intraplate tectonics, tsunamis, sea-level change, glacial lake outburst floods, permafrost thawing, mass wasting, coastal erosion, and anthropogenic geohazards such as those related to mining. Experience with geospatial analysis including remote sensing would be an asset but is not required. We seek energetic and collegial candidates with exceptional prospects for maintaining externally-funded graduate research programs, international scholarly leadership, and teaching and supervisory excellence at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Supporting this position are existing and growing departmental research and teaching strengths and graduate supervision in geophysics, biogeochemistry, (paleo)climatology, stable isotope geochemistry, geochronology including cosmogenic isotopes, atmospheric radionuclides, and thermochronology, and an emphasis on experiential learning. Our demographically youthful earth and environmental sciences department is growing in areas of environmental sciences and core earth sciences fields (three other new positions this year). Strategic research and teaching goals for our Faculty of Science and university focus on global problems and anthropogenic impacts on our terrestrial environment. Dalhousie University is the largest and highest ranked research-intensive university in Atlantic Canada and consistently ranks in the top ten best medical/doctoral universities in Canada, and 4-10 out of 63 in Canada for earth sciences.

All applications are to be submitted via PeopleAdmin: https://dal.peopleadmin.ca/postings/17268.

Applicants will submit:

· A cover letter outlining their fit with our department and ability to meet the job requirements.

· A Curriculum vitae.

· A statement describing their proposed research program emphasizing its potential for securing research funding from public and private sectors in Canada.

· A statement (maximum three pages) detailing their teaching experience and/or philosophy including their ability and willingness to teach a third-year process geomorphology course and two other courses.

· A one-page statement affirming their commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility.

· The names and contact information (including phone number) of four referees, at least one who is not co-author.

Review of applications will commence on October 1, 2024, and applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

Dalhousie University commits to achieving inclusive excellence through continually championing equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility. The university encourages applications from Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island (especially Mi'kmaq), persons of Black/African descent (especially African Nova Scotians), and members of other racialized groups, persons with disabilities, women, persons identifying as members of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities, and all candidates who would contribute to the diversity of our community. In accordance with our Employment Equity Policy, preference will be given in hiring processes to candidates who self-identify as members of one or more of the equity-deserving groups listed above. For more information, including details related to our Employment Equity Policy and Plan and definitions of equity-deserving groups please visit www.dal.ca/hiringfordiversity.

If you require any support for the purpose of accommodation, such as technical aids or alternative arrangements, please let us know of these needs and how we can be of assistance. Dalhousie University is committed to ensuring all candidates have full, fair, and equitable participation in the hiring process. Our complete Accommodation Policy can be viewed here.