Times_New_RomanINTEGRATED
SURFACE PROCESSES/TECTONICS/METAMORPHIC GEOLOGY
POSTDOCTORAL POSITION
Department of Geology & Geophysics
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis. Minnesota USA
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are looking for an individual who would like to be at the center of an
effort to study interactions among tectonic, petrologic, and
surface-process systems, all broadly defined. The effort will be highly
interdisciplinary and will involve participants whose research
interests intersect the triple junction among surface processes,
tectonics, and metamorphic geology. Research activities will likely
integrate modeling, field, and/or experimental components, depending on
the expertise and interest of the successful candidate.
Qualifications for this two-year postdoctoral position are a Ph. D. in
some aspect of tectonic, metamorphic, or Earth-surface systems,
preferably with some expertise in quantitative analysis and/or
modeling. Ideally this would be combined with strong field and/or
experimental skills. An applicant need not have done previous research
that integrates tectonics/petrology and surface processes. The
postdoctoral position is not tied to any particular project, so the
research direction is open to a wide range of possibilities.
The primary faculty interacting with the postdoc will be Chris Paola
(surface processes/sedimentology/fluvial dynamics), Christian Teyssier,
(structural geology/tectonics), Donna Whitney (metamorphic geology),
and Lesley Perg (surface processes/neotectonics).
The Department of Geology and Geophysics (http://www.geo.umn.edu/) has
23 faculty members, 25 research associates and post-doctoral fellows,
and about 60 graduate students encompassing a broad range of geoscience
research. We maintain a wide array of modern analytical, experimental,
and computational facilities, and have strong ties with the St. Anthony
Falls Laboratory, the site of the new National Center for Earth-surface
Dynamics (http://www.nced.umn.edu/).
Applicants should send a statement of research interests, a CV, and the
names and addresses of at least three referees to Donna L. Whitney,
Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. Email: [log in to unmask]
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled, but we hope
to begin review of applications in early March 2003.
