Associate Professor – Geochemistry and Climate Systems Engineering (CSEi)

The University of Chicago•Chicago, IL

About The Position

The Department of the Geophysical Sciences at the University of Chicago invites applications for a tenured faculty position at the rank of Associate Professor in broadly defined geochemistry. The successful candidate’s research will make significant contributions to climate systems engineering and will hold a faculty appointment in the Department of the Geophysical Sciences while participating in the University’s Climate Systems Engineering initiative (CSEi). The initiative is building a set of faculty hires spanning open-system carbon removal, sunlight reflection methods, and interventions to limit the loss of glacial ice. Relevant expertise may include mineral dissolution and weathering kinetics, carbonate chemistry and alkalinity cycling, mineral carbonation, ocean or soil biogeochemistry, trace metal and nutrient cycling, or subglacial water-rock interaction. Applicants need not have previously worked on climate systems engineering. Because the field is inherently interdisciplinary, the University seeks candidates with a record of collaboration beyond their discipline.

Requirements

Doctoral degree.
Evidence of leadership in the field.
A record of independent research.
A track record of collaboration beyond the candidate’s discipline.

Nice To Haves

Expertise relevant to climate systems engineering, such as mineral dissolution and weathering kinetics, carbonate chemistry and alkalinity cycling, mineral carbonation, ocean or soil biogeochemistry, trace metal and nutrient cycling, or subglacial water-rock interaction.

Responsibilities

Conduct independent research in geochemistry that makes significant contributions to climate systems engineering.
Collaborate across disciplines in support of interdisciplinary climate systems engineering research.
Hold a faculty appointment in the Department of the Geophysical Sciences and participate in the Climate Systems Engineering initiative.