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TITLE: SOIL GEOMORPHOLOGIST / PEDOLOGIST
RANK: Assistant Professor (Tenure track, academic year
appointment)
AVAILABLE: August 2003
LOCATION: Department of Agronomy (www.agry.purdue.edu)
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2054
RESPONSIBILITIES:
The successful candidate will conduct research that relates soils to landforms
and landscape scale processes. This position is part of a larger commitment
by Purdue to hire several positions in spatial systems research. The candidate’s
expertise and research will complement existing programs by providing
expertise in soil geomorphology and pedology, particularly in addressing
complex, environmentally important issues such as surface and ground water
quality, land resource management, global climate change, and the identification,
preservation, and creation of wetlands. The ability to address these problems
quantitatively at the field and watershed scale is expected. Expertise
in pedology (soil genesis, morphology, classification, and survey) and
geomorphology is essential, and knowledge of glacial geology and/or ecology
is desirable. We are particularly interested in individuals whose research
couples theory and practice and who enjoy working in a highly interdisciplinary
and collaborative environment. As a faculty member in the Agronomy Department,
the individual will be expected to contribute to disciplinary degree programs,
as well as to work with faculty in other departments or units such as
the Environmental Sciences and Engineering Institute (engineering.purdue.edu/
ESEI/index2) and the USDA National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory (topsoil.nserl.purdue.edu/nserlweb/).
The individual will be the Purdue University liaison with the USDA-NRCS
Cooperative Soil Survey Program. The successful candidate is expected
to establish a creative, extramurally funded research program in pedology
and soil geomorphology, teach graduate and undergraduate-level courses
in pedology, soil geomorphology, or related areas, advise undergraduate
and graduate students, and participate in outreach activities that include
Indiana’s high school education programs and continuing education
for Indiana’s Soil Scientist Registration program. Interest and/or
experience in international dimensions of the discipline is desirable.
QUALIFICATIONS:
A Ph.D. degree in Agronomy, Soil & Water Science, Geosciences or related
fields with an emphasis on pedology and geomorphology, is required. Excellent
communication skills are essential. Post-doctoral and teaching experience
is desired.
SALARY:
Salary commensurate with qualification and experience. Excellent fringe
benefits include: TIAA-CREF retirement program, medical, life and disability
insurance, and sabbatical leave program.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE:
Screening of applicants will begin on November 15, 2003 and will continue
until a suitable candidate is selected. Qualified persons are requested
to send a letter of application including a statement of research goals
and teaching philosophy, curriculum vitae; transcripts of all university
degrees, and the names, addresses, telephone phone numbers, and email
addresses of four references to:
Dr. Darrell G. Schulze
Agronomy Department
Purdue University
915 W. State St.
West Lafayette IN 47907-2054
For more information contact Dr. Darrell Schulze (search committee chair)
at 765-494-8062, (dschulze@purdue.edu)
or Dr. Craig Beyrouty (department head) at 765-494-4774 (beyrouty@purdue.edu).
PURDUE UNIVERSITY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/EQUAL ACCESS/
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION UNIVERSITY
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