Assistant Professor

stanford•Palo Alto, CA

42d•Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Stanford University is seeking applicants for a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level. The department's vision is to create solutions for cities, communities, and nature to thrive, with a specific focus on water or air quality. Priority will be given to originality, quality, and potential impact of the candidate's work. Special interest is in applicants whose research advances the characterization, assessment, and mitigation of risks to clean air and safe water in natural and engineered systems. This includes areas such as resource recovery, physiochemical treatment systems, scalable water and wastewater services, and air quality engineering solutions linked to climate, energy use, and health outcomes. The department is part of the School of Engineering and the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability. The university values faculty who foster an open and respectful academic environment.

Requirements

Completed, or be completing, a Ph.D. in Civil & Environmental Engineering or a closely related field.
Evidence of the ability to pursue a program of research.
A strong commitment to graduate and undergraduate teaching.

Nice To Haves

Research that advances the characterization, assessment, and mitigation of risks to clean air and safe water in natural and engineered systems.
Research in areas including resource recovery, physiochemical treatment systems, scalable water and wastewater services, and air quality engineering solutions linked to climate, energy use, and health outcomes.
Discussion in research and teaching statements about how their work will further values of an open and respectful academic environment for colleagues, students, and staff with a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives.