<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2017 06:50:00 -0400</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">From: =?windows-1252?Q?Brian_</span><wbr style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Roberts?= <</span><a href="mailto:broberts@LUMCON.EDU" style="font-size:12.8px">broberts@LUMCON.EDU</a><span style="font-size:12.8px">></span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Subject: Coastal and Marine Science Faculty Positions in Physical and Chemical Oceanography at LUMCON</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">The Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium for Research and Education=20=</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">(LUMCON) seeks to hire at least one new Assistant Professor in the second=</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">=20</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">phase of a multi-year faculty expansion. Candidates should have strong fi=</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">eld-</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">based research programs with notable research achievements, demonstration=</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"> of=20</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">or potential for funded research, and a commitment to education and outre=</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">ach.=20</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Our research vessel fleet and proximity to the coast facilitate the use o=</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">f a=20</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">broad mix of traditional and innovative instruments and observational=20</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">techniques to make measurements in many settings, from open-ocean to coas=</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">tal=20</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">regions. Specifically, we are looking to hire a physical oceanographer an=</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">d/or=20</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">chemical oceanographer.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">1) Physical oceanographer-We invite scientists that address a wide range =</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">of=20</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">fundamental problems in ocean and coastal sciences, as well as=20</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">interdisciplinary research questions, using observations, modeling, theor=</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">y,=20</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">and laboratory experiments. We specifically seek individuals with experti=</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">se=20</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">in: 1) air-sea interactions, 2) decadal-scale climate variability, 3) coa=</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">stal=20</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">dynamics and circulation, and/or 4) oceanic scale circulation with an=20</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">emphasis on the Gulf of Mexico.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"> 2) Chemical oceanographer-We invite well-qualified chemical oceanographe=</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">rs=20</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">as well as scientists from the broader fields of environmental or analyti=</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">cal=20</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">chemistry to apply. We are interested in scientists that address a wide r=</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">ange=20</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">of fundamental problems in ocean and coastal sciences, as well as=20</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">interdisciplinary research questions, using observations, modeling, theor=</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">y,=20</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">and laboratory experiments. Specialties of interest include but are not=20=</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">limited to: 1) ocean acidification, 2) marine inorganic carbon chemistry,=</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"> 3)=20</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">carbon cycle-climate interactions.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">The LUMCON DeFelice Marine Center (</span><a href="http://www.lumcon.edu/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">http://www.lumcon.edu</a><span style="font-size:12.8px">), located at the=</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">=20</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">upper end of Terrebonne Bay in the Mississippi River deltaic plain betwee=</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">n=20</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">the Atchafalaya and Mississippi rivers, is in close proximity to numerous=</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">=20</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">habitats including extensive marshes, estuaries, rivers large and small, =</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">and=20</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">the open Gulf of Mexico. The Center facilities include a seawater system,=</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">=20</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">multiple wet labs, a racetrack flume, Doppler wind profiler, state-of-the=</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"> art=20</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">environmental chambers, extensive aquaculture facilities and toxicology l=</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">ab,=20</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">a marsh mesocosm facility under development, and a fleet of research vess=</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">els.=20=20</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">In addition, LUMCON represents a consortium of universities and colleges=20=</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">across the State of Louisiana. Preference will be given to candidates who=</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"> can=20</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">clearly demonstrate a research program that maximizes the locality and=20=</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">research assets of the DeFelice Marine Center and the strengths of the=20=</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">consortium.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">The position carries a 9-month salary. The initial appointment is for thr=</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">ee=20</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">years; following a review, the contract may be renewed for three more yea=</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">rs.=20</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">A six-year review similar to a tenure review is conducted for promotion t=</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">o=20</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Associate Professor, but LUMCON is not a tenure-granting institution.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">=20</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Submit electronic copies of 1) a letter of interest; 2) curriculum vita; =</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">3)=20</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">research statement; 4) education and outreach statement; 5) a statement o=</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">f=20</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">how your research program would use the location of LUMCON's DeFelice Mar=</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">ine=20</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Center and its assets, develop collaborations with faculty at both the Ma=</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">rine=20</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Center and at consortium member universities, and collaboratively utilize=</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"> the=20</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">resources of the consortium member universities; and 6) the name,=20</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">affiliation, address, phone and email address of three references to=20</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="mailto:hr@lumcon.edu" style="font-size:12.8px">hr@lumcon.edu</a><span style="font-size:12.8px"> with the subject LUMCON FACULTY HIRE. Specific questions ab=</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">out=20</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">the positions can be directed to Dr. Craig R. McClain, Executive Director=</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">,=20</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="mailto:cmcclain@lumcon.edu" style="font-size:12.8px">cmcclain@lumcon.edu</a><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><a href="tel:%28985-851-2801" value="+19858512801" style="font-size:12.8px">(985-851-2801</a><span style="font-size:12.8px">).=20</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">=20</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Review of applicants will begin </span><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0" style="font-size:12.8px"><span class="gmail-aQJ">October 15, 2017</span></span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> and will continue until=20=</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">position is filled.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">=20</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">LUMCON is an AA/EO employer.</span><a href="http://eswnonline.org" target="_blank"><br></a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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