The Geology Department at Middlebury College invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor that will begin in September, 2010. We desire an individual with expertise in the interactions between climate, tectonics and Earth surface processes. The successful applicant will teach both introductory and upper-level undergraduate courses, advise undergraduate research, and develop a research program in their area of expertise. The department runs a field-oriented program complemented by a wide array of instrumental capabilities located in a new state-of-the-art science facility (see instrumentation list below) as well as a year-long required senior thesis program. Some of these theses are published as papers co-authored by the student and their faculty mentor(s). Additional information on the geology department, including recent student theses, curriculum, facilities and faculty research interests can be accessed at: http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/ump/majors/geol/
Candidates should submit a statement of teaching and research interests, curriculum vitae, graduate transcripts, a sample of scholarly work, and three current letters of recommendation, at least two of which speak to teaching ability to: Peter Ryan, Geology Department Chair, McCardell Bicentennial Hall, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753. Review of applications will begin November 9, 2009 and end when the position has been filled. Pre-interviews can be conducted at the national GSA and AGU meetings. Middlebury College is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to hiring a diverse faculty to complement the increasing diversity of the student body.
Updated List of Geology Department Instrumentation Leco TGA-701 for high-precision, automated measurements of moisture, organic matter, and carbonate content through LOI.
Horiba LA920 Laser Diffraction Particle Size Analyzer with autosampler
Konica-Minolta CM2600d color spectrophotometer with SpectraMagic NX software.
Thermo-Elemental IRIS 1000 DUO Inductively Coupled Plasma – Atomic Emission Spectrometer (ICP-AES) for geochemical analysis.
Siemens D-500 X-ray diffractometer with Jade software for studies of mineralogy.
Zeiss Model 940A Scanning Electron Microscope with EDS analyzer.
Thermo Flash EA1112 Soil Combustion Carbon/Nitrogen/Sulfur Analyzer with dual range analytic balance and Eager 300 software
Dedicated research vessel outfitted with modern oceanographic equipment including a CTD profiler, Edgetech Chirp sonar, Klein 3000 side-scan sonar, numerous piston and gravity corers, ADCPs, and LISST profilers.
Quantachrome Ultrapycnometer 1000 (UP) with PycWin software for precise determinations of sediment volume and density.
10 x 12-ft walk-in cold room for cold storage.