Month: September 2020

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The International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) and U.S. Science Support Program (USSSP) are now accepting applications for scientific participants from U.S. institutions to join Expedition 396 Mid-Norwegian Continental Margin Magmatism, scheduled for 6 August to 6 October 2021 aboard the JOIDES Resolution. Expedition 396 is a scientific ocean drilling project that seeks to understand the nature, cause and climate implications of excess magmatism during the northeast Atlantic continental breakup. Competing geodynamic end-member hypotheses exist for the formation of this excess magmatism, but their relative importance remains unresolved: (1) elevated mantle potential temperatures associated with mantle plume processes, (2) enhanced material flux through the melt window during rifting caused by small-scale convection at the base of the lithosphere, and (3) mantle source heterogeneity that may contribute to anomalously high melt production during continental breakup. Voluminous magmatism also coincides with the global greenhouse climate in the early Paleogene and has been proposed as a driver of both short-term (Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum) and long-term (early Eocene Climate Optimum) global warming. However, the timing of the magmatism is not sufficiently constrained. Improved constraints on melting conditions, timing of magmatism, magmatic fluxes in time and space, eruption environment, sedimentary proxy data, and relative timing of climate events are required to resolve these linked controversies. Expedition 396 is based on IODP Proposals 944-Full2 and 944-Add2 and will target volcanic and sedimentary sequences at nine primary sites along and across the mid-Norwegian margin.

This expedition will address five primary objectives: (1) determine the conditions of mantle melting; (2) determine spatial and temporal variations in along axis volcanic fluxes to test predictions made by fundamentally different geodynamic models for volcanic rifted margin formation including segmentation; (3) determine variations in the depositional environment (sub-aerial vs sub-marine) of inner and outer lava flows to test correlations between magma genesis and dynamic thermal support during late syn-rift, break-up, and early post-rift oceanic spreading; (4) assess the temporal evolution of the styles of volcanic and magmatic activity in relation to paleoclimate proxies to test the relationship between large-scale volcanism and climate change events; and (5) investigate the relative importance of environmental consequences of two key processes during the initial opening of the North Atlantic: direct volcanic degassing and explosive thermogenic gas release through hydrothermal vent complexes that expel fluids derived from contact metamorphism. The expedition will also address two important secondary objectives: (1) early Eocene hot-house and fresh water incursions into the Atlantic, and (2) carbon capture and storage in basalt provinces.

For more information about the expedition science objectives and the JOIDES Resolution expedition schedule, please see http://iodp.tamu.edu/scienceops/. This site includes links to individual expedition web pages with the original IODP proposal(s) and expedition planning information.

EXPERTISE SOUGHT: We encourage applications from all qualified scientists. The JOIDES Resolution Science Operator (JRSO) is committed to a policy of broad participation and inclusion, and to providing a safe, productive, and welcoming environment for all program participants. Opportunities exist for researchers (including graduate students) in most shipboard specialties, including but not limited to sedimentologists, volcanologists, petrologists, igneous geochemists, inorganic and organic geochemists, micropaleontologists, paleomagnetists, physical properties specialists, and borehole geophysicists. Good working knowledge of the English language is required.

COVID-19 PROTOCOL: The JRSO has created a protocol to safely operate during the COVID-19 pandemic. If pandemic conditions have not improved by mid-2021, the expedition may need to sail with a reduced shipboard contingent. However, all participants will maintain their designation as science party members regardless of whether they sail or not, and will have equal access to all expedition data and core materials. The protocol is available here: http://iodp.tamu.edu/scienceops/JR_COVID-Mitigation-Protocols-2020-07-02.pdf.

U.S.-affiliated scientists interested in participating in this expedition should apply to sail through the U.S. Science Support Program. Visit http://usoceandiscovery.org/expeditions or click here to review the application process and link to the USSSP Application Portal. The deadline to apply to sail is 11 October 2020.

Questions? Email the U.S. Science Support Program Office at usssp@ldeo.columbia.edu.

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1) Reginald A. Daly Postdoctoral Research Fellowship – Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Harvard University

2) MS or PhD  opportunities in crustal deformation – Kansas University

3) President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program – The University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering

4) Post-Doctoral Scholarship – Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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1) Reginald A. Daly Postdoctoral Research Fellowship – Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Harvard University

The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard University invites applicants for the Reginald A. Daly Postdoctoral Research Fellowship.

The Department seeks candidates in the broad field of Earth and Planetary Sciences including but not limited to: geology, geochemistry, oceanography, Earth history, geobiology, hydrology, mineralogy, mineral physics, paleomagnetism, atmospheric dynamics, atmospheric chemistry, climate science, seismology, structural geology, geodynamics, petrology, geophysics, and planetary sciences. We welcome methodological approaches that span field observations, lab-based science, theory, and computation.
These honorific postdoctoral fellowships are awarded for a one-year period, with an anticipated extension for a second year. Daly fellows carry out independent research and may choose to interact with one or more research groups in the department. Applicants are welcome to contact members of the department before applying.

The annual salary is $70,000 with additional funds of $5,000 per year available for research and travel support.

Applicants should have a recent Ph.D. or should be 2021-degree candidates. Completion of the Ph.D. is required by the time of the appointment. The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences is keenly interested in diversifying its department and encourages applications from diverse candidates, including from women and minorities. Harvard University is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy and pregnancy-related considerations, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Applications should include a curriculum vitae and a two-page research proposal, as well as the names, affiliations, and email addresses of three referees. Applicants are responsible for contacting the referees. Referees would need to have their letters uploaded to the link provided by the application site. Applications and letters are due January 1, 2021 and should be submitted (along with reference letters) through

http://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/9782

Questions for the Daly Search Committee can be sent to Emily Bowman, Academic Coordinator, ebowman@fas.harvard.edu.

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2) MS or PhD  opportunities in crustal deformation – Kansas University

Prof. Noel Bartlow is recruiting MS and PhD students at the University of Kansas in the broad areas of crustal deformation and slow slip.  NSF funding is available to work with seafloor optical fiber strainmeter data in Cascadia, to be deployed in 2021. Other funding sources also available. Please contact Dr. Bartlow at nbartlow@ku.edu for more information and to discuss research interest fit.

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3) President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program – The University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering

About the program
The University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering (CSE) is pleased to announce its commitment to a new CSE-President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (CSE-PPFP). The program is a partnership with the University of Minnesota’s Institute for Diversity, Equity, and Advocacy (IDEA) that aims to make CSE more diverse, equitable, and inclusive.

Building a more diverse community
The CSE program builds from the existing University of Minnesota President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (UMN PPFP). The program seeks applicants whose research, teaching, and service will contribute to the University of Minnesota’s Office of Equity and Diversity’s mission, vision and values.
While the UMN PPFP defines diversity broadly, the emphasis of the CSE-PPFP partnership will be on Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) candidates, and we strongly encourage such applicants.

Program starts in fall 2021
Three Fellows will be recruited for fall 2021 and three additional Fellows will be recruited for fall 2022 to create a steady-state cohort of six Fellows, based on a two-year position for each Fellow. The college will support a CSE-PPFP Community where Fellows engage with each other, access faculty mentoring from diverse perspectives, network with industry and alumni, and emerge as strong candidates for tenure track positions at the University of Minnesota.

We look forward to welcoming our first cohort of CSE-PPFP Fellows in 2021!

More info: https://cse.umn.edu/ppfp

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4) Post-Doctoral Scholarship – Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

The newly formed Ocean Bottom Seismic Instrument Center (OBSIC) at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) announces a competition for a Postdoctoral Scholar Fellowship. OBSIC’s mission is to support discovery of the earth’s internal structure and its dynamic processes using seafloor seismic measurements. (See https://obsic.whoi.edu/.) The OBSIC Postdoctoral Fellowship, recognizing the importance of marine seismology and ocean-bottom seismic instrumentation to continued discovery in Earth Sciences, aims to help maintain the strength of the field by supporting instrumentation-focused research and development.

You are invited to apply for this Postdoctoral Fellowship for any project related to: 1) advancing our knowledge of earth structure with an emphasis on using ocean-bottom seismograph data, including the development and/or application of new analytical methodologies; 2) research and engineering in the area of seafloor seismic instrumentation, including the development and/or application of new sensors; 3) understanding earthquake-related processes using seafloor seismology and/or geodesy; 4) advancing our knowledge of the interplay between seafloor seismic measurements and oceanographic processes; and 5) other projects within this broad scope. The successful candidate may choose to carry out research with faculty in any of WHOI’s science and engineering departments, with staff at the USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, or a combination thereof.
Completed applications will be accepted up to October 15, 2020 for consideration for Postdoctoral Scholar Awards for 2021-2022. Recipients of awards can initiate their study and research period at the Institution any time after January 1, 2021 and before December 1, 2021.

Specific questions about this postdoctoral fellowship position can be addressed to the OBSIC Director, John Collins at jcollins@whoi.edu

Further information and application forms may be obtained through the Academic Programs section of the WHOI web pages at www.whoi.edu/postdoctoral, or by contacting: The WHOI Postdoctoral Coordinator Telephone: (508) 289-2950 ۰ E-mail: postdoc@whoi.edu

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1) Operational Seismologist –  Alaska Volcano Observatory

2) Associate Professor (Disaster and Remote Sensing) – NTU Singapore

3) Information Specialist – U.S. Coastal Research Program, USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, FL

4) Tenure-track Position in Chemistry – The Department of Chemistry, Berea College

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1) Operational Seismologist –  Alaska Volcano Observatory

The USGS Volcano Science Center is hiring an Operational Seismologist (Geophysicist) to join the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) in Anchorage, AK. The incumbent will be responsible for monitoring data quality, managing station calibration information, and curating the earthquake catalog for AVO’s monitoring network, which includes over 225 individual stations mainly in the vicinity of volcanoes along the Aleutian-Alaska subduction zone (http://www.fdsn.org/networks/detail/AV/). Please note that applicants must be U.S. citizens.

The application period is currently open and is scheduled to close on Friday, September 11, 2020. It may be extended for another week depending on how many applications have been received by Thursday, September 10, 2020.

This is a permanent position with full benefits and is being advertised at either a grade of GS9 or GS11. For details on the vacancy announcement, including specific qualification requirements and application procedures, please see

https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/577490200 (for all US Citizens) and

https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/577504900 (for current Federal Employees).

Feel free to contact Matt Haney (mhaney@usgs.gov) or John Power (jpower@usgs.gov) for more information about the position.

Please carefully follow the instructions and resume guidelines when applying. The resumes MUST include detailed information for current and past positions: job title, name of company/agency, month/yr to month/yr, (e.g., March 2012 – June 2013), number of hours worked per week, supervisor’s name and number (and you may specify: “can call/do not call/contact me before calling”), and narrative (not bullet list) of duties, responsibilities, knowledge, skills, and abilities. Applicants should submit all copies of their unofficial transcripts. For applicants who have completed their degree requirements, but their transcripts have not yet been updated, they may submit a letter from the school indicating that they have completed their degree requirements along with a copy of their most recent unofficial transcripts.

The U.S. Geological Survey is an equal employment opportunity employer.

AVO is a cooperative program with the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, both in Fairbanks. In addition, AVO is part of the USGS Volcano Science Center, which is home to the five US volcano observatories.

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2) Associate Professor (Disaster and Remote Sensing) – NTU Singapore

The Earth Observatory of Singapore (EOS), Asian School of the Environment (ASE) and School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is seeking to fill a dual-role position comprising (1) director of a new laboratory at EOS focused on natural hazards monitoring and disaster response using remote sensing and (2) a tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Associate Professor (without tenure) in the area of radar/optical remote sensing and geophysics.

Please apply as soon as possible. More information and the link to the application submission ca be found here

https://earthobservatory.sg/careers/associate-professor-disaster-and-remote-sensing

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3) Information Specialist – U.S. Coastal Research Program, USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, FL

Do you have a passion for coastal research? Do you enjoy communicating and working with stakeholders? Then check out this Information Specialist position with the U.S. Coastal Research Program (USCRP) based at the USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center. This position will help build collaborative research efforts between federal agencies, academics, NGOs, and stakeholders that address societally relevant needs along our nation’s coastline.

Full job announcement and application instructions can be found here: http://ow.ly/nH4m50BdE9k.

As an Information Specialist within the St. Petersburg Coastal & Marine Science Center, some of your specific duties will include:
Assisting USGS Coastal Change Hazards and US Coastal Research Program (USCRP) to improve communication through development of journal papers, briefing documents, web pages, social media content, and press releases.
Organizing and leading stakeholder meetings designed to identify user needs and share USGS and USCRP activities, products, and opportunities.
Creating and managing database to organize information associated with the USCRP funding opportunities and other program activities.
Organizing program meetings, science seminars, and other internal activities for staff and leadership within federal agencies, universities, and NGOs.
Developing and implementing communication plan and evaluating the effectiveness of communication efforts.
Operating a government owned or leased vehicle as an incidental driver.

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4) Tenure-track Position in Chemistry – The Department of Chemistry, Berea College

The Department of Chemistry at Berea College invites candidates for a tenure-track, Assistant Professor position in the area of Analytical Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Geochemistry, or a related field, to begin August 2021. The successful candidate is expected to teach general chemistry and analytical chemistry, contribute to the upper division advanced laboratory sequence, and teach one to two courses per year in Environmental Science and/or Geology. The new faculty member will also be expected to contribute regularly to the general education curriculum at Berea College. Post-doctoral research and teaching experience are highly desirable. As with all tenure-track faculty at Berea College, there is an expectation of excellent teaching and of conducting research (securing both internal and external funding) with students as well as advising and other college activities. The Chemistry Department is seeking an individual with experience working within a community of diverse students and colleagues, who is familiar with evidence-based, student-centered teaching and is committed to creating an inclusive classroom environment. Successful candidates will, by their teaching, research, or service, demonstrate that they can contribute to the diversity and excellence of our community.

The Chemistry Department includes five full-time faculty members and graduates an average of 10-15 majors per year. The faculty at Berea College are dedicated to excellent undergraduate teaching and robust research, particularly with students. Facilities include a 500 MHz NMR, FT-IR, luminescence spectrometer, UV/Vis spectrometer, electrospray mass spec, GCs with mass spec detector and TCD detector, HPLC, flame atomic absorption spectrometer, and a CHNS/O elemental analyzer.

The ideal faculty member will continue our close collaboration with Geology and Sustainability and Environmental Studies (SENS). The position will contribute up to two courses per year in SENS and/or GEO, as needed.

Applicants must submit a cover letter, CV, a teaching philosophy statement, a research statement, transcripts, and three recommendation letters to apply. Review of applications will begin on October 1 and continue until the position is filled.

Founded in 1855, Berea College achieved national distinction as the first coeducational and interracial college in the South. Berea has a longstanding commitment to interracial education, and is one of the most racially diverse private liberal arts colleges in the United States. With an emphasis on service to Appalachia and beyond, Berea enrolls 1,650 students from 43 states and U.S. territories and 76 countries. Berea College only admits students who are unable to afford tuition and provides all of them a no-tuition promise, valued at more than $178,000 over four years. Berea’s students excel in the College’s supportive yet demanding academic environment, and many are the first in their families to graduate college. As one of eight federally recognized Work Colleges, all Berea students hold a position in which they work 10-12 hours weekly. Washington Monthly ranked Berea College No. 1 as the Best National Liberal Arts College in 2016, 2017, 2018, and the No. 1 College in the country in terms of affordability from 2016 to 2019. Berea’s recognition comes from success in educating and graduating academically talented, low-income students who become service-oriented leaders in their professions and communities.

Located where the Bluegrass Region meets the Cumberland Mountains, the town of Berea (pop. 16,000) lies forty miles south of Lexington and is approximately two hours from Cincinnati, Louisville, and Knoxville. More information about Berea College is available at www.berea.edu.

Berea College, in light of its mission in the tradition of impartial love and social equality, welcomes all people of the earth to learn and work here.

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Please note, new job announcements (usually) will be distributed to the GeoPRISMS Listserv on the 1st and 15th of each month.