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FACULTY POSITION
STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY AND
NEOTECTONICS, LAMAR UNIVERSITY
The Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Lamar University, Beaumont,
Texas is inviting applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor to Associ-
ate position depending on qualifications. Beaumont is a community of approxi-
mately 117,000 people, located in Southeast Texas, 90 minutes from Houston
and Johnson Space Center and 30 miles from the Louisiana border. Being 20
miles north of the Gulf of Mexico, southeast Texas has a balmy subtropical
climate. The Department of Earth and Space Sciences engages in a breadth of
research activities including geophysics, GIS, coastal processes, stratigraphy,
paleontology, and planetary science. The department homes the Lamar Geo-
spatial Center (LGC), a state-of-the art GIS center running ESRI products. The
LGC also runs high-end geophysical software, including Petrel and Kingdom
Suite. The Department also has membership in UNAVCO and IRIS.
We seek a person with primary interest in structural geology and neotec-
tonics. Knowledge and experience in GIS is also highly desirable. Responsi-
bilities include teaching structural and physical geology as well as co-teach-
ing of field camp. Minimum qualifications include: Ph.D. degree at time of
appointment, demonstrated potential to start and maintain an active research
program through securing external grants, demonstrated potential to publish
and otherwise disseminate results of research, and demonstrated potential to
perform teaching duties. Applicants should submit a vitae or resume, names
and addresses of four references who may be contacted for written evaluations,
and a letter of application including a statement of the applicant’s teaching and
research capabilities and plans. Application materials should be sent to Human
Resources, P.O. Box 11127, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas 77710, Position
Number 699697, Attn.: Dr. Joseph Kruger, Earth and Space Sciences Search
Committee Chair. Review of the material will begin in February and will con-
tinue until the position is filled. Lamar University is a member of the Texas
State University System and an AA/EEO Employer.

FACULTY POSITION
GROUNDWATER HYDROLOGY
THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
The University of Arizona (UA) seeks a faculty member (level open) in
Groundwater Hydrology to join the Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric
Sciences (HAS) in the UA College of Science. The newly created HAS depart-
ment (www.has.arizona.edu) merges the previous Department of Atmospheric
Sciences with the Department of Hydrology and Water Resources.
The new, tenure‐eligible, faculty position will build upon UA’s historical
strengths in ground‐ and surface‐water hydrology, water quality, and systems
analysis, and on its synergistic new programs in Terrestrial Hydrometeorology,
climate variability and the coupled human‐land atmosphere system.
Required Background: The successful candidate will have a strong quanti-
tative understanding of the physics of groundwater flow and transport, as well
as the motivation to apply groundwater science towards addressing societal
challenges related to water resources (e.g. climate change and environmental
contamination), especially in the desert Southwest where groundwater is criti-
cally important to our very existence. Candidates with expertise in any area of
quantitative groundwater hydrology are encouraged to apply. However, we are
particularly interested in applicants who use innovative analytical, quantitative
and/or computational tools to investigate the flow of water through saturated
and unsaturated geologic media and the interaction of this flow with atmo-
spheric, biological and/or chemical processes.
Expectations: The new faculty member will be expected to build a comple-
mentary research group to pursue collaborative and ambitious new projects, to
strengthen the UA’s ability to compete for funding, and to help define scientific
priorities for the community. In addition, she/he will be expected to provide
innovative and quality teaching, advising and mentoring of students at the grad-
uate and undergraduate levels (including those from underrepresented back-
grounds), provide opportunities for student engagement in research, internship
and professional training, participate in service and outreach, and promote the
UA’s goals for broad representation among its students and workforce. In this

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