Physical hydrology position:
The Department of Geological Sciences (https://geology.ufl.edu/) in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Florida invites applications in all areas of physical hydrology (groundwater and/or surface water) for a full-time, nine-month, tenure-accruing position at the rank of Assistant Professor, beginning August 16, 2023. We encourage applicants with research interests related to the fundamental scientific understanding of all aspects of physical hydrology, including but not restricted to sources, fluxes, and flowpaths of water, solutes, or other fluids (e.g. gases, hydrocarbons, and other non-aqueous phase liquids) from microscopic to regional and global scales. Research methods used by applicants are open and could include geophysical, experimental, and modeling approaches; Earth and space-based observations and monitoring; and machine learning/artificial intelligence that could take advantage of the HiPerGator supercomputer (https://www.rc.ufl.edu/about/hipergator/). The successful candidate will (1) have initiated a strong research program, (2) provide a compelling plan for future research, (3) demonstrate the ability to contribute significantly to graduate education and mentoring undergraduate, MS, and Ph.D. students, and (4) be able to fill curricular needs for students in Geological Sciences through teaching existing courses (e.g., Groundwater Geology, Hydrogeologic Modeling) or by developing new courses. Opportunities for teaching and research collaboration exist across campus through the UF Water Institute (https://waterinstitute.ufl.edu/), which administers the Hydrological Sciences Academic Concentration.
The University of Florida (UF) Department of Geological Sciences (https://geology.ufl.edu/) invites applications for a full-time tenure-accruing position in Climate/Environmental Change at the rank of Assistant Professor, beginning August 16, 2023. We are interested in candidates who study interactions among and within components of the Earth system, with a focus on geosphere-hydrosphere-cryosphere-biosphere interactions, and how those processes affected past, present and/or future climate/environment. Approaches to studying these interactions are open and could include, among others, analyses of chemical and isotopic records of geologic materials, such as marine and lake sediments, corals, speleothems, (micro)fossils, soils and paleosols, and/or mineral inclusions, as well as numerical modeling. State-of-the-art facilities within the department include laboratories for organic and inorganic geochemistry, light stable isotope mass spectroscopy, paleomagnetism, experimental petrology, and geochronology, among others. For more information on department facilities visit: https://geology.ufl.edu/research-and-facilities/facilities/. Other analytical campus resources include FE-EPMA, Ga and Xe source FIB-SEM, SEM-EBSD, FTIR, Raman spectroscopy, nano-XCT, and TEM (https://rsc.aux.eng.ufl.edu/) in addition to computational resources such as high-performance computing clusters on the HiPerGator through UF Research Computing (https://www.rc.ufl.edu/about/hipergator/). The successful candidate will (1) have initiated a strong research program, (2) provide a compelling plan for future research, (3) demonstrate the ability to contribute significantly to graduate education and mentoring undergraduate, MS, and PhD students, and (4) be able to fill curricular needs for students in Geological Sciences and/or Marine Sciences through teaching existing courses (e.g., Oceans and Global Climate Change, Stable Isotope Geochemistry) or by developing new courses. Opportunities for teaching and research collaboration exist across other UF departments, colleges, and interdisciplinary institutes and centers, including the Florida Climate Institute, UF Water Institute, School of Natural Resources and Environment, Thompson Earth Systems Institute, and Land Use and Environmental Change Institute.
High-temperature geochemistry/petrology position:
The University of Florida (UF) Department of Geological Sciences invites applications for a full-time, tenure accruing position in High-Temperature Geochemistry/Petrology at the Assistant Professor Level. We are interested in candidates in the broadly defined areas of petrology and high-temperature geochemistry with research interests including, but not limited to, the origin and evolution of Earth and terrestrial planets, the formation of igneous rocks, isotope systematics, geochronology, and/or solid-state metamorphic reactions. The successful candidate will demonstrate potential to initiate a strong externally funded research program that includes mentoring graduate students and teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in their area of expertise. We are particularly interested in candidates with the potential to utilize and enhance existing geochemistry/geochronology facilities and engage in interdisciplinary research with groups in the department, college, and/or university. The Department of Geological Sciences (https://geology.ufl.edu/) resides in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and includes faculty with a wide range of expertise in solid Earth and planetary processes. Available resources in the Department of Geological Sciences include state-of-the-art facilities including MC-ICP-MS, LA-ICP-MS, TIMS, noble gas and stable isotope mass spectrometers, experimental petrology apparatus, clean laboratory, SEM with SDD-EDS, XRD, XRF. For more information on department facilities visit: https://geology.ufl.edu/research-and-facilities/facilities/. Other analytical resources available for use on campus include FE-EPMA, Ga and Xe source FIB-SEM, SEM-EBSD, FTIR, Raman spectroscopy, nano-XCT, and TEM (https://rsc.aux.eng.ufl.edu/), and the Hipergator supercomputer (https://www.rc.ufl.edu/about/hipergator/).
