MARYLAND, BALTIMORE 21250. University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Assistant or Associate Professor of Environmental Science, beginning in August 2008. Ph.D. required at time of appointment. The UMBC Department of Geography & Environmental Systems invites applications from scholars who can contribute to the growth of our interdisciplinary environmental science program in one or more of the following areas: ecohydrology, watershed science, soils, conservation biology, restoration ecology, ecosystem science, and/or global change science. The successful candidate will demonstrate a robust program of research and publication, a commitment to seek external funding and interest in collaborative research and teaching.  A strong interest in advising, mentoring and teaching at both graduate and undergraduate levels is essential. Interested candidates may visit the web site http://www.umbc.edu/ges for additional information.

In the most recent Carnegie ranking, UMBC is listed as a Research University-High Research Activity. Research opportunities at UMBC include collaboration with the Baltimore Ecosystem Study (BES), an NSF-funded Urban Long-Term Ecological Research site; the Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology (JCET) and Goddard Earth Sciences & Technology Center (GEST), both research consortia formed by UMBC and NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center; the Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education (CUERE), an EPA and NOAA-funded center focused on the environmental, social and economic impacts of urban and suburban landscape transformation, and the U.S. Geological Survey Water Science Center for the MD-DE-DC region, which moved its staff of 60+ personnel into its new facility at UMBC in August 2007. The Department is currently recruiting M.S. and Ph.D. students for its new graduate program, and our faculty are active participants in UMBC’s NSF-IGERT traineeship program, “Water in the Urban Environment.” UMBC is located in close proximity to both Baltimore and Washington D.C. and an array of federal, state, and local agencies, and other research institutions along the Washington-Baltimore-Philadelphia corridor. 

Please send curriculum vitae and cover letter describing research agenda and teaching interests, and have three letters of reference sent to Dr. Erle Ellis, Search Chair, at env_sci@umbc.edu. For those unable to submit electronically, please send applications to Department of Geography and Environmental Systems, UMBC, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, Maryland 21250.  Review of applications will begin on Dec. 3, 2007 and will continue until the position is filled.

UMBC is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and actively seeks the applications of minorities, women, and individuals with disabilities.