[DIALOGnews] DIALOG/DISCCRS News 10/14/2005
Susan Weiler
weilercs at whitman.edu
Fri Oct 14 16:05:24 CDT 2005
DIALOG and DISCCRS News
10/14/2005
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
RESOURCES
New_LocClim, a software/database
(See Below)
Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) now available on-
line with open (no-charge) access.
http://www.esapubs.org/bulletin/current/current.htm
Predoctoral, dissertation, postdoctoral fellowships to increase
diversity in higher education
http://csd.tamu.edu/news/news_item.2005-10-05.7363946684
IPY, International Polar Year, Newsgram - October 2005
http://csd.tamu.edu/news/news_item.2005-10-10.1454741588
NSF Implementation of the October 5th OMB/OSTP Joint Announcement
Entitled, Hurricane Relief on Federal Research Awards
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=katrinaostpomb
NSF workshop report, Making a Broader Impact: Geoscience Education,
Public Outreach, and Criterion 2,
http://www.gepon.org Hard copies can be requested at
support at dlese.org.
SCIENCE NEWS
Hurricane Environmental Damage "Almost Unimaginable"
(See Below)
Scientist scours globe for largest freshwater fish
(See Below)
Sea Ice Decline Intensifies, National Snow Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
http://nsidc.org/news/press/20050928_trendscontinue.html
As Polar Ice Turns To Water, Dreams Of Treasure Abound
from the New York Times (Registration Required) http://
tinyurl.com/dxxxh
NAS Advisory Panel Warns Of An Erosion Of The U.S. Competitive Edge
In Science
from the New York Times (Registration Required) http://
tinyurl.com/7vbgt
Mysterious Microbe Retrofits Itself With Plant
http://tinyurl.com/8ynjb
SUMMER PROGRAMS, COURSES, INTERNSHIPS, MEETINGS
ORION Design & Implementation Workshop
(See Below)
Ecological Responses to Climate Change at the Viikki Campus, southern
Finland, on November 3 to 4, 2005.
http://www.helsinki.fi/bioscience/spatialecology/workshop8.html
JOBS
Three post-doc openings at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact
Research (PIK)
(See Below)
Faculty Position, Environmental Toxicology, Fairfield University
(See Below)
Postdoctoral Researchers and graduate students in Geological Hazards
Mitigation, Michigan Technological University
(See Below)
Postdoc, Auburn University
(See Below)
Assistant professor - Atmospheric Sciences - University of Illinois
(See Below)
Junior Faculty Position, Yale University - Urban environment
(See Below)
Assistant Professor, McGill University - Earth System Science
(See Below)
USGS Mendenhall Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program
http://geology.usgs.gov/postdoc
Faculty Position,Dauphin Island Sea Lab, AL: Marine Scientist at the
Assistant or Associate Professor
http://press.disl.org/PDFs/facPos2005.pdf
Fellowship, Natural-Resource Economics and Political Economy, UC
Berkeley
http://research.chance.berkeley.edu/ciriacy/
Post-doc - Universityof Edinburgh - coupled chemistry-climate modelling
http://tinyurl.com/aj6xr
Researcher, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
Climate Policy project (CP), evaluate and recommend pragmatic climate
policies
for sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific in an era of
evolving global climate regime.
http://www.iges.or.jp/en/news/saiyo/recruit18/recruit18.html
Climate Policy Researcher - Institute for Global Environmental
Strategies, Japan
http://www.iges.or.jp/en/news/saiyo/recruit18/recruit18.html
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Resources
New_LocClim, a software/database
This is to announce the publication of the New_LocClim, a
software cum database that aims at estimating climate averages for
any location on land, based on the almost 30,000 stations in the FAO
agroclimatic database (see attachment for distribution of stations).
The New_LocClim results from a collaboration between FAO and the
German Weather Service (DWD), more specifically the Global
Precipitation Climatology Center. The user can select between nine
interpolation techniques (kriging, thin plate splines, inverse
distance weighting, etc) to prepare maps, extract data in various
formats for further processing or display graphs for point locations.
The software works also with user provided data.
Version 1.03 of the New_LocClim can be downloaded from ftp://ext-
ftp.fao.org/SD/SDR/Agromet/New_LocClim/ (file
<<NewLocClim050725.zip>>). For a description of the New_LocClim and
other tools, refer to sections 3.2, 3.3. and 3.4 in file
<<FAO_software.pdf>> available from the same FTP site.
Colleagues who have no easy access to FTP, or who would prefer a
CD-ROM version with New_LocClim, FAOCLIM 2 and other software and
databases), can request it free of charge from
Anne.RicchiutiRomanelli at fao.org (pls provide mailing address!).
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Science News
Hurricane Environmental Damage "Almost Unimaginable"
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, September 7, 2005 (ENS) - Hurricane
Katrina has left Louisiana with environmental wreckage that is
"almost unimaginable," the head of the state Department of
Environmental Quality said on Tuesday.
In a news briefing at the Homeland Security Office in Baton
Rouge, DEQ Secretary Mike McDaniel said assessment crews are finding
hazardous materials in ruined factories, hundreds of damaged sewage
plants, and polluted water.
State officials Tuesday confirmed 83 deaths from Orleans and
Jefferson parishes but say they know that number will increase as
more bodies are recovered from areas now inundated with flood waters
contaminated with gasoline, chemicals, and excrement.
Initial surveys show that 140,000 to 160,000 Louisiana homes were
flooded and cannot be recovered, McDaniel said, calling them
"unsalvageable,"
He said it would take "years" to restore water service to the city of
New Orleans.
An estimated 78,000 barrels of oil is flowing down the
Mississippi River from the Venice oil storage depot of Bass
Enterprises Production Company of Fort Worth, Texas.
At Chalmette, Louisiana, a Murphy oil tank was knocked off center by
the storm and is leaking. DEQ spokesperson Jean Kelly says the oil
has spread into the surrounding neighborhoods. But no estimate of the
amount of oil spilled is possible as the entire area is under water.
"The problem is access," she said, and for that reason the DEQ has
not been able to assess this and the numerous other oil and chemical
spills as yet.
In New Orleans, fires are burning across the city on the oily
surface of the flood waters that still reach to the rooftops in some
neighborhoods.
Using sandbags and rocks, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has
succeeded in closing off the breach in the 17th Street canal, through
which water flooded into the city. The floodwater is being pumped
off, but it could take nearly three months before the water is gone,
a U.S. Army general said Friday.
"It will be 36 to 80 days to be done with the de-watering," said
Brigadier General Robert Crear of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Although the toxic floodwaters are slowly receding, only five of New
Orleans' 148 drainage pumps were operating, the engineers said.
Sources of nuclear radiation, including the Waterford III nuclear
power plant, have been secured, McDaniel said, and the state is
working with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to restart the
power plant 20 miles west of New Orleans.
The Entergy operated Waterford III still has no offsite power or
communications facilities, and the Civil Defense communication system
is still inoperable, the NRC says.
Entergy’s workforce has restored electrical service to more than
639,000 of the 1.1 million customers affected by Hurricane Katrina
and some of the lights are on again in New Orleans. Limited service
has been returned to the Central Business District and downtown New
Orleans after crews restored the Market Street substation.
To the estimated 10,000 residents still believed to remain in the
city, Mayor Ray Nagin warned today that they must get out now or risk
being taken out by force.
Nagin authorized law enforcement officers and the U.S. military
to force the evacuation of all residents who refuse to obey orders to
leave.
Police Captain Marlon Defillo said that forced removal of
citizens had not yet begun. "That's an absolute last resort," he said.
Many residents have been resisting orders to abandon their
property. They may have stocks of food and water and a generator to
supply electricity.
State health officials are still advising residents to boil all
water used to drink, cook, make ice or brush teeth in the parishes
of: Ascension, Jefferson, Livingston, Orleans, Plaquemines, St.
Bernard, St. Helena, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Tammany,
Tangipahoa, and Washington. The boil order was lifted today for all
other parishes since testing showed their water does not contain
unsafe levels of bacteria and is safe to drink and use.
Just as it does for any other nation in distress after a natural
disaster, the United Nations has mobilized inter-agency teams to help
the United States recover from Hurricane Katrina. Further deployments
may occur within the next few days, the UN Office for the
Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said Tuesday.
The teams will offer humanitarian services, from food and health
to storm evacuees and children. They were assembled after U.S.
acceptance of help from the world body last week.
One inter-agency liaison team is based at the U.S. Agency for
International Development (USAID) Hurricane Katrina Operations Centre
in Arlington, Virginia.
The other teams will be deployed at the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA)’s regional coordination centers in Texas
and Georgia.
These two teams include representatives from the World Food
Programme (WFP), the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees,
the World Health Organization, and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF),
as well as support teams from the OCHA/UN Disaster Assessment and
Coordination network.
UNICEF spokesman Damien Personnaz told reporters at a news
briefing in Geneva his agency would specifically look at trauma
effects on children as well as the situation of schools.
WFP spokesman Simon Pluess told reporters his agency would
provide logistical help, while UNHCR spokesman Ron Redmond said his
organization would put its experience in working with mass
displacement on an emergency basis to good use.
In Washington, President George W. Bush and Congress pledged
Tuesday to open separate investigations into the federal response to
Katrina and New Orleans' broken levees.
"Governments at all levels failed," said Senator Susan Collins, a
Maine Republican.
Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu, a Democrat, blamed FEMA for
turning away assistance. "I understand that the U.S. Forest Service
had water-tanker aircraft available to help douse the fires raging on
our riverfront, but FEMA has yet to accept the aid," she said.
"When Amtrak offered trains to evacuate significant numbers of
victims - far more efficiently than buses - FEMA again dragged its
feet. Offers of medicine, communications equipment and other
desperately needed items continue to flow in, only to be ignored by
the agency," said Landrieu.
Landrieu is calling for the President to appoint a cabinet level
official to be responsible for the Hurricane Katrina recovery effort.
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, a New York Democrat, again called
for the Federal Emergency Management Agency to be made autonomous
from the Department of Homeland Security and for an independent
commission to investigate the federal response to the disaster,
saying neither Congress nor the administration should do it.
"The people that I met in Houston - they want answers and they
want to know what went wrong and they want to know what they are
going to be able to count on in the future," she said in a television
interview Wednesday, two days after visiting refugees at the
Astrodome. "I don't think the government can investigate itself."
The Department of Homeland Security says that to date 32,000
people were rescued from the disaster. There are 559 shelters
operating around the country housing 182,000 people.
The National Guard has deployed 43,000 personnel, and there are
15,000 active duty military personnel responding to the hurricane
disaster. There are 7,000 FEMA responders in the field and the U.S.
Coast Guard has 4,000 personnel at work on disaster recovery.
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Scientist scours globe for largest freshwater fish
CNN, Friday, September 9, 2005 Posted: 1434 GMT (2234 HKT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) -- Floating down the Mekong in his
dinghy, Zeb Hogan is on the ultimate fisherman's quest: to find the
world's largest freshwater fishes.
The American biologist's search is to take him to 10 rivers
around the globe including the Nile, Amazon and Mississippi, looking
for about 20 species of hulking fish such as the goliath catfish,
Chinese paddlefish and North American lake sturgeon -- not to catch
them, he says, but to save them.
"These big, amazing creatures all over the world, they might be
goners, on their way out," he says.
Right now Hogan is on the Mekong that flows through the
Indochinese peninsula, looking for a stingray said to weigh over
1,300 pounds -- as much as a full-grown longhorn steer.
He knows it's out there; he photographed one in 2002. And smaller
stingrays abound. As he passes villages on riverbanks or floating on
the water, he sees children playing with severed stingray tails.
The 2,600-mile Mekong is known for its diversity of river
creatures, as well as their size, to judge from places along its
banks named the Pool of the Giant Catfish, or the Pool of the Giant
Carp. Just last May, fishermen in Thailand landed a Mekong catfish
that weighed 646 pounds and was 8 feet, 10 inches long. It's believed
to be the largest freshwater fish ever caught and measured. It ended
up on dinner tables.
On his voyages, says Hogan, "The main question I'll be asking
everywhere is what were populations like in the past, what are they
now?" He believes, "you'll see a pattern that these populations of
these large fish species are declining -- a lot."
These are not aquatic sasquatches he's looking for, but fish
whose existence is proven fact. The goliath catfish is still fairly
common, Hogan says, and Wisconsin has a fishing season for lake
sturgeon. The Chinese paddlefish is very rare, but a 275-pounder was
caught on the Yangtze River in China on December. 11, 2003. There are
said to be 650-pound carp, but none over about 300 pounds has been
seen in recent times, Hogan says.
Almost all maximum lengths and weights come from accounts over
the ages by scientists, explorers and taxonomists, and "in many cases
have been verified by present-day scientists like myself. That is,
after all, one of the main objectives of the project," Hogan says.
Hogan, of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is 31 and has
worked on the Mekong since 1996. His research is supported by the
World Wildlife Fund, the National Geographic Society's Emerging
Explorers Program, and outdoor-gear companies Marmot and Patagonia.
He'll be working with other scientists studying the creatures,
such as a biologist researching the Amazon's arapaima, which can
weigh 450 pounds, and a Texas freshwater guide who will help him
study the alligator gar, which can reach 300 pounds.
As they putter down the Mekong, Hogan and his two Cambodian
assistants pass constant reminders of the importance of the Mekong's
fish population to the 73 million people living along its banks.
People busily mend nets, and at night, dozens of tiny candles in
floating containers mark where nets have been laid in the water off
Phnom Penh's riverfront.
Along the way, Hogan and his assistants pepper fishermen with
questions and pictures of their quarry.
The fishermen may not have caught or even seen the fish, Hogan
said, but often will say they have heard about it being somewhere
else. "Theoretically, that's supposed to lead us to where the fish are."
Not always, though. He says fishermen are hesitant to admit
they've hooked a big one, for fear of running afoul of Cambodian and
international restrictions on hunting rare species. The penalties are
small, but the fishermen don't want the bother.
Hogan expects to finish in December 2006 and give his fish counts
to IUCN, the World Conservation Union, which compiles a Red List of
Threatened Species -- creatures threatened by overfishing, pollution,
dams and alien aquatic life introduced by humans.
IUCN lists some of the giants as endangered or critically
endangered, but for others, there simply isn't enough data to judge.
"We have a sense that the world's largest freshwater fish are
disappearing really fast," said Robin Abell, a WWF freshwater
conservation biologist. "We do need to work to understand both the
species and the threats to them."
"The most exciting part for me," says Hogan, "is that that no
one's done this before."
He believes the stingray ultimately will take the title, but says
he will adhere to tough standards.
"If I don't have a photo or a weight, to me, it's not
legitimate," he said. "I can't go just by word of mouth ... fishermen
are famous for exaggerating the size of fish that they catch."
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Summer Programs, Courses, Internships, Meetings
ORION Design & Implementation Workshop
Salt Lake City, 27-30 March 2006.
The ORION Project
Office would like to encourage you to attend and provide input to
the final design of the Ocean Observatories Initiative infrastructure.
This workshop will present to the ocean research community the
preliminary design of the global, regional and coastal ocean research
observatory networks to be implemented under the ORION Program. The
preliminary design is being developed based on the ideas submitted in
the recent Request for Assistance Proposals, previous workshop
reports and advice from ORION¹s scientific, technical and engineering
advisory committees. The workshop will also provide an opportunity
for collaborative groups to begin developing integrated research
projects. This effort will lead to the realization of the Ocean
Observatories Initiative, the National Science Foundation¹s ambitious
plan to develop and deploy observatory infrastructure in the oceans
to enable novel research and expand educational opportunities. We
strongly encourage participation in implementing these community
facilities.
http://www.orionprogram.org or email oriondi at joiscience.org.
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Jobs
Three post-doc openings at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact
Research (PIK)
The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) was
founded in 1992 and now employs around 140 people from a range of
natural and social science disciplines. Primarily through data
analysis, computer simulation and modelling, we study global change
and its impacts on ecological, economic and social systems, and
provide decision-makers with sound information and tools for
sustainable development.
We are looking for five PhD students and three post-docs to work
with us on a number of issues related to climate change
vulnerability, adaptation and mitigation. The sources of funding for
these positions are the European Commission through its collaborative
projects ADAM (Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies: Supporting
European Climate Policy) and NeWater (New Approaches to Adaptive
Water Management under Uncertainty), the German Environment Agency
(Umweltbundesamt) and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact
Research. Positions are available in four research activities, as
follows:
1. Post-doc (BAT-O IIa, full time, ref. kl/05/04). The post-doc
will analyse opportunities to create synergies between European post-
Kyoto climate policy and international development assistance with
respect to adaptation and natural disaster risk reduction. S/he will
aim to provide strategic options for mainstreaming and restructuring
development assistance, such that it promotes adaptation to climate
change in ways that are acceptable to the donor and recipient
communities. The research will be carried out together with
developing-country partners and engage developing-country
stakeholders. The successful candidate will have a PhD or equivalent
research experience in political science, economics, development
studies or a related discipline, be familiar with the UNFCCC and post-
Kyoto process, and have affinity with environment-development issues
in developing countries. Project development experience is an
advantage, as the post-doc will be expected to initiate new research.
2. Post-doc, macro-economics (BAT-O IIa, full time, ref. oe/
05/01). The post-doc will make a significant contribution to the
development and empirical foundation of a computer model designed to
analyse European and global post-Kyoto mitigation policies. A major
focus will be on interactions between world regions (e.g., foreign
investments, capital and trading flows) and the modelling of
international energy and resource markets. Work will also include
data management and model calibration. The successful applicant will
have a PhD or equivalent research experience in applied econometrics,
international economics and/or development economics. Programming and
computer modelling skills are required. Project development
experience is an advantage.
3. Post-doc, economics or applied mathematics (BAT-O IIa, full
time, ref. oe/05/02). The post-doc will make a significant
contribution to the development and empirical foundation of a
computer model that is designed to analyse European and global post-
Kyoto mitigation policies. A major focus will be on modelling
interactions between economic growth and climate policies. Related
research will deal with endogenous technological change and include
analysis of the role of policy instruments that simultaneously help
to mitigate climate change and support innovation, competitiveness
and economic growth. This position requires expertise in endogenous
economic growth theory and dynamic general equilibrium theory.
Profound knowledge in numerical mathematics and optimisation methods
as well as programming skills are expected. Project development
experience is an advantage.
More information on PIK can be found at http://www.pik-potsdam.de/.
Applications should be written in English and arrive at PIK as
soon as possible but no later than 12 November 2005. They should
indicate the position’s reference number and be directed to:
Prof. Dr. H.-J. Schellnhuber, Director
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
P.O. Box 601203, D-14412 Potsdam, Germany
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Faculty Position, Environmental Toxicology, Fairfield University
The Biology Department at Fairfield University announces a new
tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level to begin fall
2006. We seek an environmental toxicologist who works with
multicellular organisms. We are especially interested in applicants
with expertise in either phytotoxicity, contaminants in aquatic
ecosystems, ecological risk assessment, or population biology.
Teaching responsibilities include participation in the ecology,
evolution and diversity portions of a team-taught introductory
biology sequence, and development of an upper division course with
laboratory in the candidate's specialty area. The successful
candidate will be housed in the Biology department and have a 1/3
teaching commitment in the Chemistry Department. Candidates with an
interest in interdisciplinary teaching and research are especially
encouraged to apply. There is flexibility in the courses taught
through the Chemistry department and could include an Environmental
Toxicology course for non-science majors or courses/labs in the
general chemistry curriculum based on the candidate's background and
experience. Job requirements also include advising and mentoring
students, maintaining an active research program involving
undergraduates, and participating in departmental and university
committees. Commitment to teaching excellence, responsiveness to
student needs, and effective communication skills are
expected.
Candidates must possess a Ph.D. in biology, environmental
toxicology, or a closely related discipline. Those with demonstrated
excellence in undergraduate teaching, experience working with
undergraduates in research, and post-doctoral research experience
will be given special consideration. Salary and benefits at
Fairfield University are highly competitive.
Qualified candidates should send a cover letter that addresses
the above requirements. The application must include a curriculum
vitae, graduate transcripts, a statement of teaching goals, a
statement of research interests and goals (including the role of
undergraduates and the potential for grant initiatives), selected
reprints, and three letters of reference sent under separate cover.
All application materials should be addressed to: Dr. Glenn Sauer,
Chair, Biology Department, Environmental Toxicologist Search,
Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT 06824. Review of completed
applications begins on November 1 and will continue until the
position is filled. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
Fairfield University is a comprehensive Jesuit university with an
active and pluralistic faculty located in southern Connecticut, 50
miles from New York City and minutes from New Haven CT. Fairfield
University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.
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Postdoctoral Researchers and graduate students in Geological Hazards
Mitigation, Michigan Technological University
From: William Rose <raman at mtu.edu>
We are beginning a new NSF-supported project titled, "Remote
Sensing for Hazard Mitigation and Resource Protection in Pacific
Latin America." This 5-year project has funding for postdoctoral
researchers, and Ph.D., Master's, and Peace Corps Master's
International students. We seek highly qualified applicants in remote
sensing aspects of natural hazards (volcanic and landslides) and
water resource development and protection. Applicants should expect
to work extensively in Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador, or Ecuador,
in close collaboration with scientists, technicians and students in
the host countries. Additional project and application information is
available at the project website: http://www.geo.mtu.edu/rs4hazards.
Gregg Bluth, Bill Rose, John Gierke
Geological Engineering & Sciences
Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI 49931
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Postdoc, Auburn University
Postdoctoral/Research Fellow: We are seeking a postdoctoral/
research fellow to investigate large-scale patterns and processes of
terrestrial ecosystems by using emerging technologies in remote
sensing, GIS and ecosystem modeling, and the knowledge of
biogeochemistry, hydrology and meteorology.
Requirements include: (1) a PhD in ecosystem ecology, hydrology,
meteorology, applied mathematics, and related areas, (2) demonstrated
experience with modeling techniques and proficient programming skill,
(3) demonstrated sound understanding about terrestrial ecosystem
processes, land-atmosphere interactions, (4) demonstrated strong
mathematic and statistical skills, and (5) high motivation and
ability to interact and collaborate with other scientists. The
individuals will work on several projects funded by NASA, EPA and
USDA. The successful incumbent will (1) involve in the development of
a dynamic ecosystem model which incorporates disturbances (e.g.,
fire, hurricane) and management practices to study the
biogeochemistry of carbon, nutrients, and water in terrestrial
ecosystems; (2) compile relevant data for modeling analysis; (3)
provide professional and technical support for a team of scientists
with various backgrounds; and (4) publish papers in refereed journals
of high quality. Consideration of candidates will start immediately
and will continue until suitable ones are found. If interested,
please send (preferably via email) your CV including list of
publications, the names and addresses (email and phone) of three
references, a short statement of research interests, and a copy of
academic transcripts to: Dr. Hanqin Tian, School of Forestry and
Wildlife Sciences, 602 Duncan Drive, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
36849, USA. Phone: (334) 844-1059, Fax: (334) 844-1084, e-mail:
tianhan at auburn.edu; http://www.sfws.auburn.edu/tian
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Assistant professor - Atmospheric Sciences - University of Illinois
The Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of
Illinois welcomes applications for a tenure-track faculty position at
the assistant professor level beginning August 2006. Candidates
with expertise in synoptic-scale weather processes, quantitative
precipitation forecasting, mesoscale processes, data assimilation,
numerical weather prediction and computationally intensive modeling
will be given primary consideration. We especially encourage
applications from candidates with additional expertise in
observational analysis.
Candidates with exceptional strengths in other areas of the
Atmospheric Sciences will also be considered. The new faculty member
will be part of the newly formed interdisciplinary Center for Water
as a Complex Environmental System (http://cwaces.geog.uiuc.edu/).
The main focus of CWACES is on fundamental research questions related
to the hydrological cycle, and the interconnections between society
and all aspects of water-related environmental processes.
The Department currently comprises 11 faculty, 2 instructors, 14
research scientists, and 35 graduate students. The Department is
engaged in several exciting initiatives, including the development of
undergraduate programs in atmospheric and Earth-system science. The
Department maintains close ties with the National Center for
Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) and the Illinois State Water Survey.
Applicants must have a Ph.D. degree. The successful candidate is
expected to develop a robust externally funded research program and
to teach at the graduate and undergraduate levels. Applicants should
submit a vita, list of publications, record of research funding,
description of research and teaching interests, and the names of at
least three referees to:
Robert M. Rauber
Chair, Faculty Search Committee
Department of Atmospheric Sciences
105 S. Gregory St.
Urbana, IL 61801(rauber at atmos.uiuc.edu)
The search will remain open until the position is filled, but for
full consideration, candidates should submit all applications
materials no later than 15 December 2005. Information about the
Department can be found at (www.atmos.uiuc.edu), the Center for Water
as a Complex Environmental System at (cwaces.geog.uiuc.edu) and the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign at (www.uiuc.edu).
The University of Illinois is an equal opportunity / affirmative
action employer. Women and minorities are especially encouraged to
apply.
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Junior Faculty Position, Yale University - Urban environment
Yale University's School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
(FES) seeks to fill a junior-level faculty position focused on the
urban environment. We seek an individual who takes an integrated view
of the natural and human aspects of urban systems. Candidates should
have an interdisciplinary approach and a capacity to address both
natural and social science aspects of the urban environment. Research
topics of interest include but are not limited to: urban land use and
land cover; urban environmental modeling, transportation and
environment linkages; and alteration of urban ecological conditions
by development, including waste management, air or water pollution,
and habitat fragmentation and destruction. The successful candidate
will have an earned doctorate and an active research program that
complements those of existing faculty in FES. She or he will
demonstrate capacity for excellence in teaching, and will be expected
to advise Master's and Doctoral students. We prefer a candidate with
formal training in one or more relevant disciplines such as
ecological sciences (e.g., ecology, hydrology, chemistry,
geoscience), geography, political science, urban planning, or allied
fields.
Applicants should send a c.v., a statement of research and
teaching interests, two reprints or other professional publications,
and a list of three references to: Eleanor Migliore, Urban
Environment Search Committee, School of Forestry and Environmental
Studies, Yale University, 205 Prospect St., New Haven, CT 06511, USA.
The deadline for receipt of applications is November 18, 2005.
Yale University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity
employer. Men and women of diverse racial/ethnic backgrounds and
cultures are encouraged to apply. Women and minorities, as well as
individuals from developing countries, are particularly urged to apply.
Web Site : http://www.yale.edu/forestry/
Ms. Eleanor Migliore
Urban Environment Search Committee
School of Foresty & Environmental Studies
Yale University
205 Prospect Street
New Haven, CT 06511
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Assistant Professor, McGill University - Earth System Science
(atmospheric component of the hydrologic cycle)
The Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at McGill
University is seeking outstanding applicants for a tenure-track
Assistant Professor position in Earth system science. The successful
applicant will be expected to develop an active research program,
supervise graduate students, and teach a variety of undergraduate and
graduate courses, including those in Earth system science. The
successful applicant may qualify for a Canada Research Chair, Tier 2
position. The Earth System Science initiative at McGill University
is a collaborative effort among the Departments of Atmospheric and
Oceanic Sciences, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Geography.
The candidate's area of expertise should be in the atmospheric
component of the hydrologic cycle. Preference will be given to
candidates with expertise in measurement of precipitation through
ground-based or satellite-based radar.
A Ph. D. in atmospheric or oceanic sciences or a closely-related
field is required.
McGill University is an English-speaking university located in
Montreal, one of North America's most cosmopolitan cities. For more
information about McGill University and the Department of Atmospheric
and Oceanic Sciences please see http://www.mcgill.ca/meteo
A hard copy (not via e-mail) of the applicant's curriculum vitae,
research proposal, and teaching statement should be sent to:
Dr. John R. Gyakum, Chair
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
McGill University
805 Sherbrooke Street West
Montreal, QC H3A 2K6
Canada
(Telephone: 514-398-3760; fax: 514-398-6115).
Candidates should also arrange to have three letters of reference
sent directly to the above address. In accordance with Canadian
employment and immigration regulations, this advertisement is
directed to Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada.
However, applications from all outstanding candidates will be
considered. McGill University is committed to equity in employment.
The preferred starting date for this position is January 1, 2006.
Review of the applications will begin in November 2005, and continue
until the position is filled.
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