LECTURER/SENIOR LECTURER IN MARINE GEOLOGY/SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY
TOWNSVILLE CAMPUS, JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA
Applications are invited for a Lectureship/Senior Lectureship in Marine
Geology or Sedimentary Geology in the School of Earth Sciences at the
Townsville campus of James Cook University, north Queensland, Australia. The
successful applicant will hold an appropriate doctoral qualification from a
recognized university and will have demonstrated an exceptional research
capability or promise through publication in the international literature.
He or she will be, or have the potential to become, a committed teacher at
undergraduate level and is expected to be an effective supervisor of
post-graduate students.
This position offers an exceptional research and teaching opportunity.
James Cook University is located adjacent to the central sector of the Great
Barrier Reef and has a high profile in Marine Science and Earth Science
which both attract targeted resources as areas of research focus in the
institutional profile. Townsville is a major centre for Marine Science in
Australia and hosts the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, the
Australian Institute of Marine Science and the Reef Cooperative Research
Centre. A wide range of Palaeozoic and Mesozoic sedimentary basins are also
located in the north Queensland region, including the Bowen Basin which
supports a major coal export industry, offering wide-ranging opportunities
for pure and applied sedimentary research. The School offers two Bachelor of
Science degree programs within the Faculty of Science and Engineering and
contributes to a third, interdisciplinary program in Marine Science. These
programs are open to international students.
The School of Earth Sciences has fourteen academic staff, concentrated
mainly on the Townsville campus. It has exceptional strength in its research
student enrolment of some 60, drawn from both Australia and overseas, and
attracts significant competitive research funding. The School operates a 20
m research vessel capable of ranging across the north Queensland continental
shelf with deployment of contemporary Reson side-scan and Datasonic seismic
profiling geophysical equipment and offers access to a wide range of
sampling and analytical equipment such as XRF, XRD, ICP MS, electron
microprobe, laser particle sizer, and S4 current meters.
Salary range: A$51600 - A$61056 (Lecturer); A$62946 - A$72402 (Senior
Lecturer). Level of appointment and commencing salary will be set according
to qualifications and experience. Additional benefits include employer
superannuation contribution, options for salary packaging, a generous
relocation allowance and eligibility for Special Studies Program
participation.
For further information contact Professor Robert A. Henderson: email
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Closing date for applications: December 17, 2001
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