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Announcing - Search for Surficial Geology Faculty Positions with CWACES Affiliations

The Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Illinois welcomes applications for a full time 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@atmos.uiuc.edu)

To ensure full consideration, applications must be received by December 15, 2005. Applicants may be interviewed before the closing date; however, no hiring decision will be made until after that date. Information about the Department can be found at (http://www.atmos.uiuc.edu), the Center for Water as Complex System at (http://cwaces.geog.uiuc.edu/) and the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign at (http://www.uiuc.edu). The University of Illinois is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer.

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