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    <h1>Professor of Phytoplankton Viability Studies</h1>
    <h1><o:p></o:p></h1>
    <p class="MsoNormal">The Department of Oceanography at Dalhousie
      University, Canada’s leading school of oceanography, is seeking
      applicants for the position of Professor of Phytoplankton
      Viability Studies. The successful candidate will be an outstanding
      and innovative researcher whose accomplishments have made a major
      impact in this field. The candidate must lead and grow an
      innovative, interdisciplinary, and technically demanding research
      program of the highest quality that would attract excellent
      trainees, students, and future researchers, high levels of
      external research funding, and strong international partnerships.
      In addition to research leadership, the successful candidate will
      be expected to contribute to the teaching and service mandate at
      Dalhousie.<o:p></o:p></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal">Funding for this position will come, in part,
      from Trojan Technologies, a Dalhousie industrial partner and a
      leader in the application of ultraviolet radiation (UV) for
      treatment of drinking water and wastewater.  Trojan is striving to
      develop markets for its environmentally safe and effective systems
      for treating the ballast water of ships. 
      <span lang="EN-US">The key challenge for Trojan is to demonstrate
        — to ship-owners, regulatory bodies and the general public —
        that UV treatment achieves its intended goal of removing the
        threat of invasive microbes or phytoplankton in ballast water. 
        The successful candidate will work with Trojan to research the
        efficacy of UV treatment for treatment of ballast water,
        conducting research of the highest caliber and reporting the
        results widely. Intimate familiarity with the effects of UV
        disinfection on microbes, particularly phytoplankton, is
        essential. The needs for research results are immediate, so the
        successful candidate must have demonstrated expertise in the
        measurements of phytoplankton viability now recognized or being
        considered by regulatory bodies: most probable numbers, vital
        stains, and assays based on chlorophyll fluorescence.  The
        successful candidate, therefore, must have demonstrated
        expertise in phytoplankton physiology, phytoplankton ecology,
        and phytoplankton optical properties. Demonstrated leadership in
        studies of the physiological ecology of phytoplankton will be
        fundamentally important to the Professor’s broader mission in
        fundamental research and teaching. 
        <o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The successful candidate
        will head Dalhousie’s Phytoplankton Laboratory. This impressive
        facility is key research infrastructure for the Department and
        broader university community.  The Phytoplankton Laboratory has
        a long and continuing history of providing technically
        sophisticated training to a large group of graduate and
        undergraduate students in the Marine Biology and Ocean Sciences
        BSc degree programs at Dalhousie. The successful candidate will
        be expected to continue these vital training activities.  The
        laboratory provides contracted services to researchers at
        Dalhousie and to the broader community, and these services are
        expected to continue under the leadership of the successful
        candidate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">The
        successful candidate will have a Ph.D. in oceanography or a
        related field, and will be appointed at the rank of Associate
        Professor or higher with tenure if qualifications and experience
        warrant in the Department of Oceanography.  Anticipated start
        date is 1 January, 2017 or as negotiated.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">The
        application should include a detailed <i>curriculum vitae</i>,
        brief description of the current research program,
        accomplishments, at least five representative publications in
        the last five years, the names of three references</span><span
        style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA" lang="EN-US">, and a
        completed Self-Identification Questionnaire (which is available
        at
      </span><a href="http://www.dal.ca/becounted/selfid"><span
          style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA;text-decoration:none"
          lang="EN-US">http://www.dal.ca/becounted/selfid</span></a><span
        style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA" lang="EN-US">).</span><span
        style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">  Please send the complete
        application to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span
        style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span
        style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Search Committee Chair,
        Professor of Phytoplankton Viability Studies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span
        style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Department of Oceanography
        <o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span
        style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Dalhousie University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span
        style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">PO Box 15000<o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span
        style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Halifax, Nova Scotia  B3H 4R2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span
        style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Canada<o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><u><span
          style="color:#222222;border:none windowtext
          1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">E-mail:
        </span></u><a href="mailto:Oceanchr@dal.ca"><span
          style="border:none windowtext
          1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Oceanchr@dal.ca</span></a><u><span
          style="color:#222222;border:none windowtext
          1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">;  Subject:
          Phytoplankton Viability Selection Committee</span></u><span
        style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span
        style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Review
        of applications will begin October 31, 2016, but applications
        will continue to be accepted until the position is filled.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
    <span style="color:black;background:white">Dalhousie is committed
    </span>to fostering a collegial culture grounded in diversity and
    inclusiveness.  The university encourages applications from
    qualified Aboriginal people, persons with a disability, racially
    visible persons, women, persons of minority sexual orientations and
    gender identities, and all qualified candidates who would contribute
    to the diversity of our community.  All qualified candidates are
    encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will
    be given priority.
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