<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear colleagues,</div><div><br></div><div><div>There is active open search for the next <span class="gmail-il">Director</span> of the Earth Systems Science Interdisciplinary Center (<span class="gmail-il">ESSIC</span>) at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.</div><div><br></div><div>The full description is at <a href="https://ejobs.umd.edu/postings/116088" target="_blank">https://ejobs.umd.edu/postings/116088</a></div><div><br> </div><div>The date for best consideration is March 24, 2024. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards,</div><div>Sinead L. Farrell</div><div><br></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in">*************<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">The
College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences (CMNS) at the
University of Maryland is conducting an open search for the <span class="gmail-il">Director</span> of its Earth Systems Science Interdisciplinary Center (<span class="gmail-il">ESSIC</span>).
The Center is a partnership among CMNS, the College of Behavioral and
Social Sciences (BSOS), and includes three partner departments
(Atmospheric and Oceanic Science and Geology in CMNS, and Geographical
Sciences in BSOS).</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">The
Center partners with the NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center (GSFC)
and NOAA through two Cooperative Agreements which support research on
all aspects of the Earth System using Satellite-based measurement and
analysis. The Center supports over 200 research scientists, 20
administrative staff, with an annual research income of approximately
$60M. <span class="gmail-il">ESSIC</span> shares professorial appointments
with itw three partner departments; currently, there are four split
appointments with Atmospheric and Oceanic Science and three with
Geology.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">The
Master Grant with Goddard supports four major research areas: Earth
system variability and change; atmospheric composition and processes;
the global carbon cycle (including terrestrial and marine
ecosystems/land use/cover change) and the global water cycle (including
the cryosphere). The NOAA Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth
System Studies (CISESS), led by <span class="gmail-il">ESSIC</span> in
collaboration with North Carolina State University, supports NOAA’s
mission to understand and predict changes in climate, weather, oceans,
and coasts, and to conserve and manage coastal and marine ecosystems and
resources. <span class="gmail-il">ESSIC</span> scientists also work with other agencies on both basic and applied Earth System Research, including the NSF, USDA, DOE and EPA.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span class="gmail-il">ESSIC</span> has
a major role to play in the University of Maryland’s Strategic Plan to
focus our education, research, scholarship, and service to accelerate
solutions to humanity’s grand challenges, including climate change. The <span class="gmail-il">ESSIC</span> <span class="gmail-il">Director</span> will support the strategic plan by building on <span class="gmail-il">ESSIC</span>’s
partnerships with other units in the university, strengthening the
relationships with NASA and NOAA, and engaging new external partners
from universities, federal agencies, the State of Maryland and the
private sector, thereby continuing to raise the national and
international profile of the University.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Further information, contact:<br></span></p><div> Andrew Harris, Ph.D. | Professor and Chair</div><div> Department of Astronomy | University of Maryland </div><div> Chair, Search Committee ESSIC Director<br> <a href="mailto:aharris1@umd.edu">aharris1@umd.edu</a><br><br><br><br><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span class="gmail-gI"><span class="gmail-qu" role="gridcell" tabindex="-1"><span class="gmail-go"><br><span aria-hidden="true"></span></span></span></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"></p></div></div></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font size="1">----------------------------------------------<br></font><div><font size="1">Sinéad Louise Farrell, Ph.D.<br></font></div><div><font size="1">Associate Professor<br></font></div><div><font size="1">Geographical Sciences<br></font></div><div><font size="1">and Atmospheric & Oceanic Science<br></font></div><div><font size="1">University of Maryland<br></font>
<font size="1"><br></font></div><div><font size="1">c/o NOAA - NCWCP - E/RA3 <br></font></div><div><font size="1">5830 University Research Ct., Rm 3748<br></font></div><div><font size="1">College Park, MD, 20740, USA<br><br>Tel: <a value="+13016833332">+1 301 683 3332</a><br></font></div><div><font size="1">Email: <a href="mailto:sinead.farrell@noaa.gov" target="_blank">sinead.farrell@noaa.gov</a></font><br>
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