<div dir="ltr"><br clear="all"><div><span style="font-size:13px">From: Sherry Gonzalez <</span><a href="mailto:sherry.gonzalez@UCR.EDU" style="font-size:13px">sherry.gonzalez@UCR.EDU</a><span style="font-size:13px">></span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">Subject: Sr. faculty opening-UC Riverside-Director and Endowed Chair-Environ. Dynamics and Geoecology Inst.</span><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">Please share this position announcement with your colleagues-thank you.</span><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">DIRECTOR AND ENDOWED CHAIR, Environmental Dynamics and GeoEcology Institute</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE</span><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">The College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (CNAS) invites application=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">s for a tenured senior rank position for Director of the new Environmental =</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">Dynamics and GeoEcology (EDGE) Institute. The position will occupy a newly =</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">endowed chair and will include a tenured faculty position in one of the dep=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">artments of CNAS. The successful candidate will lead a diverse group of fac=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">ulty working in environmental change, global change biology, paleoecology, =</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">earth sciences, and conservation biology over both deep and contemporary ti=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">me scales. The successful candidate will be expected to strengthen interdis=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">ciplinary collaborations, develop new funding initiatives, and become fully=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"> engaged in the research and teaching mission of the institute and the coll=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">ege.</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">The candidate is expected to develop an independent and innovative research=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"> program exploring the impacts and mechanisms of environmental change in ar=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">id or semi-arid regions. Appropriate areas of expertise include, but are no=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">t limited to: geological/geochemical approaches to address the patterns and=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"> drivers of climatic and paleoclimatic change, arid land dynamics, desertif=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">ication or the global change processes related to arid land expansion, land=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">scape ecology, biogeography or ecosystem ecology in the context of global c=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">hange.</span><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">Applications must include a curriculum vita, statements of research and tea=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">ching interests, a perspective on leadership for a new institute, and full =</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">contact information for three to five referees. All application materials m=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">ust be submitted through AP Recruit at:.</span><br style="font-size:13px"><a href="https://aprecruit.ucr.edu/apply/JPF00236" target="_blank" style="font-size:13px">https://aprecruit.ucr.edu/apply/JPF00236</a><span style="font-size:13px">.</span><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">For more information about the position, please contact Prof. Mary Droser, =</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">Chair EDGE Institute Director Search, Department of Earth Sciences, Univers=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">ity of California, Riverside, California. 92521. E-mail contact: mary.drose=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><a href="mailto:r@ucr.edu" style="font-size:13px">r@ucr.edu</a><span style="font-size:13px"><mailto:</span><a href="mailto:mary.droser@ucr.edu" style="font-size:13px">mary.droser@ucr.edu</a><span style="font-size:13px">>. Review of applications will begin mi=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">d January,2015, and will continue until the position is filled. Information=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px"> about EDGE and the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at UCR is =</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">available at </span><a href="http://edge.ucr.edu/" target="_blank" style="font-size:13px">http://edge.ucr.edu</a><span style="font-size:13px"> and </span><a href="http://cnas.ucr.edu/" target="_blank" style="font-size:13px">http://cnas.ucr.edu</a><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">The University of California is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity emp=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">loyer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment w=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">ithout regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disabili=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">ty, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.</span><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">Sherry Gonzalez</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">Academic Personnel Services Center</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">University of California</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">Riverside, CA 92521</span><br style="font-size:13px"><a href="tel:951%20827%203997" value="+19518273997" style="font-size:13px">951 827 3997</a><br style="font-size:13px"></div><div class="gmail_signature"><br><br></div>
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