[ES_JOBS_NET] Environmental Health and Risk Assessment Faculty Position at NC State University

[Owen Duckworth]

*North Carolina State
University
                                *


*Department of Applied Ecology Environmental Health and Risk Assessment
Faculty Position*

*Job description:*

The Department of Applied Ecology within the College of Agriculture and
Life Sciences (CALS) at NC State University (NCSU) seeks a tenure-track
Assistant Professor of Environmental Health and Risk Assessment.  The
position is a 12-month tenure-track appointment with 80% Extension (within
NC Cooperative Extension), 10% research, and 10% academic (teaching)
duties. The new faculty member will integrate with our Extension Toxicology
focal area, and provide expertise and collaboration that will benefit CALS
and our stakeholders.  In particular, this person will fill a major gap in
current expertise in *human health and risk assessment* by extending
research, translation, and mitigation strategies related to contemporary
topics of concern to NC citizens (and people throughout the region and
nation) such as coal ash, PFAS, harmful algal blooms, pharmaceuticals and
personal care products, endocrine disrupting compounds, excess nutrients
and microbes, and aquatic diseases. North Carolina faces immediate and
long-term challenges connected to a substantial number of agricultural and
environmental contaminants and there is a strong need to better communicate
with our stakeholders and the general public to help them understand,
manage and mitigate associated risks.  The new faculty member will be
instrumental in the process of connecting stakeholders with NCSU scientists
in times of crisis (e.g., major storms that lead to flood events and spread
contaminants), as novel concerns are identified and studied (e.g., GenX),
and as ongoing changes to our environment influence human and environmental
health and well-being.  For example, home garden plants, row crops, or
livestock being grown with contaminated soil or contaminated water could be
assessed and communicated by this new faculty member.  This person will
bridge CALS focal areas in water, soil, and food production (crops,
livestock, fish) and will bring the human health risk expertise to our
existing strengths in aquatic health risk assessment.  The new faculty
member will compete for extramural funding in the National Institute for
Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and other federal or state-related
programs that are currently outside of our purview, but needed by CALS.

*Required qualifications:*

A Ph.D. in environmental toxicology, epidemiology, public health, ecology
or related area.  Exposure assessment and environmental chemistry
experience is desired. Preference will be given to individuals with
experience in scientific communication and outreach.

For full announcement and to apply online visit:
https://jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/121642

*The Department of Applied Ecology is a growing, vibrant and productive
unit within the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and a supportive,
collaborative academic setting. Faculty strengths are in the areas of
ecology, fisheries, aquaculture, conservation biology, environmental
toxicology, and related fields. Research in these fields drives a strong,
well-funded graduate program, effective extension and outreach, and
graduate and undergraduate mentoring, teaching and advising. The Department
hosts the U.S. Geological Survey’s NC Cooperative Fish and Wildlife
Research Unit and the Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center and
faculty of NC State University’s Center for Marine Sciences and Technology.*

 *Raleigh and the Triangle area are consistently ranked among the top
communities to live, work and raise a family, and we are one of the fastest
growing regions in the country.  Drawing from three nationally acclaimed
research universities, and the success of the Research Triangle Park, we
are home to a diverse mix of large and emerging life sciences and
technology companies.  Centrally located in the middle of the state,
Raleigh is just a few hours from the beach and the mountains. Like the more
than 100,000 moving to NC each year, once you’re here, you’ll never want to
leave.*

-- 
Owen Duckworth
Professor of Soil Biogeochemistry
University Faculty Scholar
3208 Williams Hall, 101 Derieux Street
Campus Box 7620
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7619, USA
https://duckworth.wordpress.ncsu.edu/
Phone: (919) 513-1577
Fax: (919)  515-7959
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