EES NEWSLETTER
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 19, 2024
PLEASE NOTE: THE EES MAIN OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED DURING THE FALL BREAK, 12/25 - 12/29
ENVIRONMENTAL GEOPHYSICS CANDIDATE TALKS THIS WEEK
CANDIDATE: Tuesday, November 19, 3:30 - 4:30PM, PBB S121 (Pappajohn Business Building) - General Seminar
CANDIDATE: Thursday, November 21, 1:30 - 2:30PM, 140 BHC (Blank Honors Center) - Technical Talk
CANDIDATE: Friday, November 22, 3:30 - 4:30PM, TH 125 (Trowbridge Hall) - General Seminar
REMINDERS
- Early Registration - Winter ‘24 & Spring ‘25: 11/11 - 11/30
- Single Thesis Deposit Due By 5pm CST: 12/9
- Close Of Classes: 12/13
- Final Exam Week: 12/16 -12/20
EES / GSS CANDIDATE MEET AND GREETS
Student Commons (109 TH) will be temporarily closed on the following dates and times for ESS and GSS grad students to meet with faculty candidates. Graduate students are strongly encouraged to attend these informal sessions.
11/22/2024: 1:30 – 2:15PM - Environmental Geophysics Faculty Candidate
12/2/2024: 2:30 - 3:15PM - Instructional Track Faculty Candidate
12/6/2024: 1:30 - 2:15PM - Instructional Track Faculty Candidate
12/10/2024: 9 - 9:45AM - Instructional Track Faculty Candidate
12/12/2024: 11:15AM - 12:00PM - Instructional Track Faculty Candidate
12/17/2024: 9:45 - 10:30AM - Instructional Track Faculty Candidate
EES FACULTY & STAFF NEWS
Congratulations to Tiffany Adrain, Maya Monk, and the mastodon team for winning second place in the Faculty category of the 2024 Capture Your Research Photo Competition with their photograph "Maya and the Mastodon" https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/eng/events/capture-your-research/capture-your-research-2024/2024-award-winners/
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
UNDERGRAD/ENTRY LEVEL
We are seeking a graduate student for an NSF-funded project to examine the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary in Antarctica through sediment coring and surface sampling. The project is led by Dr. Tom Tobin and Dr. Becky Totten, both in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Alabama, as well as collaborators at other institutions around the country.
The position will be funded (stipend, tuition waiver, benefits) by a mix of GRA (Graduate Research Assistant) and GTA (Graduate Teaching Assistant) support, and students may be eligible for internal fellowship awards. We are looking for a student to enroll in Fall 2025, and participate in field work planned for Spring 2026. Specific research areas include sedimentology, sedimentary and invertebrate geochemistry, and micropaleontology.
More information, including a form to express interest in the position, are available at: https://ttobin.people.ua.edu/csi-antarctica.html
GRAD STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES AT CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY - CLEVELAND, OH
Graduate Student Opportunities at Case Western Reserve University. Students with backgrounds in geology, physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, and related fields are encouraged to apply for our PhD and MS programs in Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences. Areas of active research in the Department include planetary geology and geodynamics, high-pressure mineral physics and geochemistry, core and mantle processes, chemical oceanography, biogeochemistry, geomicrobiology, paleoclimate and paleoceanography, sedimentary geology, and the geology of human origin sites. For more information, please visit https://eeps.case.edu/graduate-programs/ or write to eeps-gradinfo@case.edu. Financial assistance is available. Application deadline: 1/15/2025.
GRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES - UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY, DEPARTMENT OF GEOSCIENCES - LOGAN, UT
The Department of Geosciences at Utah State University invites applicantions for multiple PhD and MSc positions. Graduate research opportunities coalesce around two themes:
EARTHQUAKE SCIENCE, HAZARDS, AND FORECASTING:
- Dr. Alba Rodriguez Padilla (alba.rodriguez@usu.edu) seeks two MSc students to investigate the effect of geometrical complexity on earthquake rupture length in the Intermountain Seismic Belt and controls on fault damage using high resolution spatial and temporal datasets.
- Dr. Kelian Dascher-Cousineau (kelian.dascher-cousineau@usu.edu) seeks graduate students to investigate earthquake interactions using modern earthquake catalogs, earthquake forecasting models to advance early warning techniques and aftershock forecasting, and quantifying the limits of earthquake predictability.
- Dr. Srisharan Shreedharan (srisharan.shreedharan@usu.edu) is looking for a PhD student to work on experimental studies of rock and sediment frictional strength and stability, and/or numerical modeling of quasi-static and dynamic processes associated with earthquakes.
- Dr. Tony Lowry (tony.lowry@usu.edu) seeks a graduate student to apply geophysical remote sensing of the mineralogy and ductile-rheological properties of the lower crust and upper mantle in the Cordilleran US, using seismic imaging, potential fields inversion, and isostatic analysis, to explore long-term fault dynamics.
CLIMATE, CRITICAL ZONE PROCESSES, AND BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING:
- Dr. Derrick Vaughn (derrick.vauhgn@usu.edu) seeks two PhD students to study blue carbon ecosystems and quantifying carbon export in the Florida Everglades, and seasonal and anthropogenic carbon cycling in Utah lakes and rivers.
- Dr. Don Penman (donald.penman@usu.edu) seeks graduate students to reconstruct warming, acidification, and hydrology of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum using inorganic geochemistry in new marine (IODP) and terrestrial (Uinta Basin, UT) sedimentary records.
- Dr. Tammy Rittenour (tammy.rittenour@usu.edu) has multiple new projects including reconstructing glacial advances in SW Alaska, investigating mega-fauna and stratigraphy along the southeast US coast, and exploring fingerprints of fire in sediment and soil records in the western US.
- Dr. Carol Dehler (carol.dehler@usu.edu) seeks graduate students to work on field mapping in the Bear River Range and the Uinta Mountains, UT; geochronology of Tonian and Cryogenian strata in the western US; and Neoproterozoic and Cambrian Earth systems studies in Grand Canyon region.
USU and the Geosciences department are committed to cultivating an inclusive learning and research environment. If interested, please contact the respective faculty member(s) associated with the projects above. Review of applications starts the first week of January 2025. More information about the application process can be found here: https://www.usu.edu/geo/graduate-program/future-graduates
PROFESSIONAL / POST-GRAD
The Michigan State University (MSU) Department of Integrative Biology (IBIO) and MSU Museum invite applicants for the position of Tenure System Assistant Professor and Curator of Vertebrate Collections. Although preference is for candidates at the Assistant Professor rank, we will also consider exceptional, early-stage Associate Professors. The IBIO Department’s core mission is to advance understanding of the function, stability, resilience, and adaptation of complex biological systems via research, teaching, and outreach while striving to recruit and retain a diverse, vibrant, and inclusive community of scholars (https://integrativebiology.msu.edu). The MSU Museum (https://museum.msu.edu/) maintains a collection of over 117,000 vertebrate specimens (birds, fish, herps, mammals, and paleontological), and has a long history of supporting faculty and student engagement via teaching, outreach, and collections-based research.
This tenure-stream position comprises research, teaching, and curation components. The applicant is expected to have an independent, specimen-based research program with strong potential (or record, in the case of the more senior applicants) for external funding. The research program should contribute to the growth of the vertebrate collections and provide research opportunities for students. The applicant will also teach an upper-level course in their area of expertise.
As Curator of Vertebrates, the successful candidate will work with the Collections Manager to facilitate the use of collections for research and education, oversee growth of the collections, write proposals to support collections care and digitization, and provide expertise to the campus community and to state and local authorities. The MSU Museum is currently undergoing a large-scale renovation project to implement state-of-the-art climate control systems, among other improvements (https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2024/msu-museum-begins-18-month-renovation-project).
We will consider applicants whose work focuses on any vertebrate taxonomic group and with expertise in any of a variety of fields including global change, phylogenomics, functional morphology, macroevolution, conservation biology, and evolutionary biology.
Required Degree
Doctorate -PhD in Evolutionary Biology, Integrative Biology, Zoology, or related field (or equivalent international degree)
Required Application Materials
Application materials should be submitted to the MSU Applicant Page (MAP) for faculty positions (online at https://jobs.msu.edu; posting number 1001794) as a single, concatenated PDF document containing the following elements (each clearly designated with a title):
- A cover letter (1 page maximum) describing interest in the position
- A curriculum vitae with academic appointments, professional experience, funded grants, publications, curation and service roles, and courses taught
- A 5-page reflective statement (no less than 12 pt font and one-inch margins), divided into three sections: research, curation, and teaching. Candidates should describe their experiences and accomplishments in all these areas. DEI experiences and accomplishments should be described for at least one of the areas. Additionally, candidates should address how they plan to further DEI principles and practices in research, curation, or teaching. Candidates should also describe their role in past collaborations in the research and/or teaching section.
- Research: include key publications, grants and/or fellowships, and future research directions
- Curation: include past experience, vision for future use of collections in candidate’s research, and recommendations for how to encourage use of collections by other MSU faculty and students
- Teaching: including research mentoring experience, past activities in academic instruction, and reflection on educational commitment.
- The names and contact information of three references. Letters will not be requested until the search committee has narrowed the pool of applicants.
Deadline for Receipt of Applications
All materials should be assembled into one PDF and uploaded to the job posting at careers.msu.edu. Review of applicants will begin November 27th, 2024 and will continue until the position is filled. Late submissions will be considered if suitable candidates are not identified by the deadline.
Special Instructions
Contact Information
Questions regarding the position may be sent to the Chair of the search committee, Dr. Catherine Lindell (lindellc@msu.edu).
DIRECTOR, ENERGY GEOSCIENCES DIVISION - LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY - BERKELEY, CA
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory seeks an outstanding scientific leader and researcher to serve as the Director of the Energy Geosciences Division. Reporting to the Associate Laboratory Director for Earth & Environmental Sciences, the Energy Geosciences Division Director is responsible for providing vision and leadership for the research and operations activities of the Division, overseeing an annual budget of approximately $45 to $50 million and a staff of 105 employees and 110 affiliates. The Director has responsibility and accountability for all areas of management within the division, including scientific research, operations, finance, human resources, and environment, health and safety. The Director establishes a culture of excellence, equity, and inclusion, providing outstanding scientists and professional staff with a supportive work environment, skillful mentoring, and ongoing development to be successful in their careers. A key responsibility is to enhance existing research programs, facilitate the development of new programs, and empower scientists to pursue strategic funding opportunities that help grow the research portfolio in line with the Division’s strategy. In addition, the Director is expected to build and maintain an active portfolio of research aligned with one of the Energy Geoscience Division’s research priorities.
The Director will serve as a member of the executive team for the Earth & Environmental Sciences Area, comprising the Climate & Ecosystem Sciences Division, Energy Geosciences Division, and Area Operations team. As a member of Berkeley Lab's management, the Director is expected to build collaborative partnerships and programs within the Earth & Environmental Sciences Area, with other Divisions across Berkeley Lab, academia and the broader ecosystem that includes industry partners, other national laboratories, and state and federal agencies. The Energy Geosciences Division’s research program is funded by multiple programs within the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as well as through Strategic Partnership Projects with industry partners; the Division’s fundamental science investigations are supported by the Basic Energy Sciences program in the Office of Science, whereas the applied science portfolio is mainly supported by DOE’s Geothermal Technologies Office, by the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, and the Office of Nuclear Energy. The Director will serve as the spokesperson for the Division in interactions with DOE and other government agencies. The Energy Geosciences Division Director will contribute to the strategic leadership of large-scale Laboratory initiatives and responsible stewardship of the Lab’s research, people and assets.
Qualifications:
- Advanced degree or equivalent education/experience in geochemistry, geophysics, hydrogeology, geomechanics, or a related field, and at least 10 years of professional experience.
- Recognized expert and leader in scientific field with an internationally recognized record of research accomplishments.
- Significant experience and demonstrated competence in the management of scientific projects and collaborative science, including maintaining an active research program.
- Ability to interact effectively with funding agencies, and demonstrated ability to initiate substantial new research efforts and collaborations.
- Demonstrated scientific and strategic leadership ability applicable to running a large, diverse, team-oriented organization with a multidisciplinary group of scientists and engineers.
- Management experience in effective people, project, and program oversight, displaying creativity in decision-making and problem-solving in complex organizations.
- Proven track record in advancing inclusion, diversity, equity, and accountability.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, and the ability to interact at the highest level of management internally and externally in a constructive and collaborative manner that appropriately represents the Laboratory.
Application Guidelines:
- For full consideration, please submit your CV and cover letter by January 15, 2025.
- In the cover letter, please highlight your: (i) Interest and vision ideas for the position; (ii) Relevant research experience and accomplishments, including research interests you would pursue; (iii) Relevant organizational leadership experience, including size of teams managed; and (iv) Personal contributions to inclusion, diversity, equity, and accountability. Please limit your letter to 2 to 3 pages.
- This position is expected to pay $300,000 to $365,000, which fits within the full salary range of $231,528 to $480,552 for the Scientific Division Director job classification. It is not typical for an individual to be offered a salary at or near the top of the full range for a position. Salary for this position will be commensurate with the final candidate’s qualifications and experience, including skills, knowledge, relevant education, certifications, as well as aligned with the internal leadership peer group.
Want to learn more about working at Berkeley Lab? Please visit: careers.lbl.gov
How To Apply
Apply directly online at http://50.73.55.13/counter.php?id=293261 and follow the on-line instructions to complete the application process.
INTERNSHIP, RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP, FELLOWSHIP, & GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
RESEARCH
GEORGIA TECH EAS REU PROGRAM - SUMMER 2025
The School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS) at Georgia Tech is now accepting applications for our Summer 2025 REU program. Please share this information along with the attached flyer with your students.
The program is 10 weeks long, starting on Sunday, May 18th, 2025 and ending on Friday, July 25th, 2025. The application is due Saturday, February 15th, 2025.
This REU program is designed for undergraduate students interested in acquiring research experiences within one or more of the following fields - note that students do not have to have any prior experience within these fields to be eligible for our research program:
·Atmospheric Chemistry
- Dynamics of Weather and Climate
- Biogeochemistry
- Geophysics
- Oceanography and Climate
- Paleoclimate
- Space and Planetary Science
- Remote Sensing
Selected participants will receive a $7,000 stipend along with housing on campus throughout the duration of the 10-week program.
To apply, please visit EAS REU website: https://easreu.eas.gatech.edu/
If you have any questions, please feel free to email Zachry Handlos: zachary.handlos@eas.gatech.edu
UPCOMING EVENTS
CAMPUS EVENTS
A webinar featuring employers who represent our Environment & Sustainability career community.
Industry Insights is a new webinar series of employer panels hosted by the Pomerantz Career Center aimed at providing UIowa students, staff, and faculty with valuable perspectives on various industries. Designed to help bridge the gap between academic learning and real-world industry experience, these webinars will feature the expertise of employer partners as they provide invaluable industry insights to attendees, helping you to understand the current trends, challenges, and opportunities in the field. For our final Industry Insights webinar of the semester, we will be hosting employers who represent our Environment & Sustainability career community.
This event includes an optional networking breakout session for students!
See our panelists and register here: https://uiowa.careers/iienv
OFF-CAMPUS EVENTS/WEBINARS
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY EARLY CAREER PROGRAMS WEBINAR
For this event, there will be a host of Department of Energy Offices sharing their many career opportunities stemming from internships, apprenticeships, federal pathways opportunities, and more! Offices in attendance will include but is not limited to, Office of State and Community Energy Programs, Bonneville Power Administration, Western Area Power Administration, Office of Electricity, Office of Nuclear Energy – Idaho, Office of Fossil Energy & Carbon Management, and Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE). If this interests you, please feel free to register using the link below or visiting DOE Early Career Programs (Federal, Stipend-Based, & National Labs) Tickets, Thu, Nov 21, 2024 at 1:00 PM | Eventbrite
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