[ES_JOBS_NET] Georgia Tech - Multiple Tenure-Track Positions in Coastal Processes and/or Ecology

[Robel, Alexander A]

The Georgia Tech College of Sciences is searching for multiple open-rank tenure-track faculty positions in ecology and coastal processes (separately). Application review will begin December 1, 2026 though the application will remain open until the position is filled. You can find the full description below and at the following link along with the application submission page: https://tinyurl.com/GT-eco-coasts. Please reach out to search chair Dr. Joel Kostka (joel.kostka at biology.gatech.edu) if you have any questions.

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As part of a new College of Sciences initiative, Georgia Tech for Georgia’s Tomorrow (GT2), the Georgia Institute of Technology invites applications for two tenure-track faculty positions in: 1) ecology and 2) coastal processes, with a preference to the rank of Assistant Professor. The U.S. Southeast region, including Georgia, is undergoing rapid environmental and land use change that have far-reaching effects on human and ecological systems.  Thus, GT2 was created to address major challenges at the intersection of environmental and community resilience, by aligning discovery science, technological innovation, and AI-enabled decision tools to address urgent challenges.

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values. These values include academic excellence, freedom of expression and inquiry, innovation, collaboration, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

Job responsibilities
In Ecology, we seek candidates who will make fundamental contributions to understanding how organisms respond to environmental change, with a particular interest in research that incorporates a behavioral perspective. Relevant research might investigate how human land use changes (e.g., urbanization) or climate change shape animal behavior, movement, foraging, and social dynamics in ways that affect biodiversity and ecosystem function. This hire will advance our ability to use adaptively manage ecosystems to maintain biodiversity and continue to provide ecosystem services to people.

For Coastal Processes, we are seeking candidates who will make fundamental contributions in the broadly-defined area of coastal processes through a range of methodological approaches, and whose research program addresses coastal resilience and solutions. Areas of particular interest include, but are not limited to, coastal and nearshore oceanography, physical hydrology of surface and subsurface water, coastal geomorphology, and coastal hazards such as flooding and subsidence.

Minimum Qualifications
An earned doctorate is required by the start of the appointment.

Preferred Qualifications
The successful candidates will complement the existing expertise within the College of Sciences (https://cos.gatech.edu/). Strengths in computational modeling, artificial intelligence and machine learning, and remote sensing are highly desirable. Applicants will be considered at all ranks with priority given to exceptional candidates at the assistant or early-associate professor stage. Candidates are expected to demonstrate an exceptional commitment to the teaching and mentoring of students.



Application Requirements
Applicants should submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae, a statement of research interests, a description of teaching/ mentoring philosophy including the potential for contributions to GT’s mission and values, and the names and contact information for at least three references. In their application, faculty candidates should describe how they will contribute to GT2 by performing research that boosts resilience, reduces risk, and enables growth, with a demonstrative impact on communities of the U.S. Southeast region. Application materials should be submitted as one PDF file via the Georgia Tech online portal https://hr.gatech.edu/careers.  An earned doctorate is required by the start of the appointment, and a background check must be completed prior to beginning employment.


Contact
Requests for information may be directed to search chair Dr. Joel Kostka. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

Location
Atlanta, Georgia

About Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values
Georgia Tech’s mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.


USG Core Values
The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 26 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct.

Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.

Equal Employment Opportunity
The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The University is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all. To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and University policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and/or employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in institutional programs, activities, or services.  Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities.

Georgia Tech prohibits discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, on the basis of race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status in its programs, activities, employment, and admissions.  This prohibition applies to faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including affiliates, invitees, and guests. Further, Georgia Tech prohibits citizenship status, immigration status, and national origin discrimination in hiring, firing, and recruitment, except where such restrictions are required in order to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or Attorney General directive, or where they are required by Federal, State, or local government contract.

More information on these policies can be found here: https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/c2714  Board of Regents Policy Manual | University System of Georgia (usg.edu).

Background Check
The candidate of choice will be required to pass a pre-employment background screening.

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Alexander Robel, PhD
Jean “Chris” Purvis Associate Professor
Ice, Climate & Coasts Group<https://iccl.eas.gatech.edu/>
Director, Rising Tide Program<https://sciences.gatech.edu/rising-tide>
Georgia Institute of Technology
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