Career Opportunities
New Faculty Position: Assistant Professor, Hydrologist/Hydrogeologist:
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, Hydrologist/Hydrogeologist. Department of Geosciences, Murray State University. Applications are invited for a tenure-track Assistant Professor level position to begin August 2008. The Department of Geosciences offers undergraduate degrees in Geosciences with options in environmental geology, earth science, earth science teacher certification, geoarchaeology, geographic information science (geography) and a Masters in Geosciences focusing upon GIS and remote sensing of natural resources. The department's academic programs are enhanced by the research capabilities of the Mid-America Remote sensing Center (MARC), and the Commonwealth Center of Excellence for Reservoir Research (CRR) where water and terrestrial research is conducted. The department will soon be collaborating with the USGS which is establishing an office on the Murray State campus. Qualifications: Ph.D. required. The candidate must have excellent teaching skills that include use of modern classroom technologies. Must provide evidence of teaching excellence and have research potential in hydrology and/or hydrogeology as evidenced by publication or other scholarly activity. Experience with remote sensing and GIS methodologies is preferred. Post-doctoral experience preferred. ABD’s with a documented plan of completion by date of appointment will be considered. Responsibilities: Teach courses in hydrology and/or hydrogeology, introductory courses in geology or earth science, and specialty courses. Conduct research, pursue external funding and supervise student research at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Application Deadline: April 18, 2008. To Apply: Submit a letter of interest, curriculum vita, statement of teaching and research interests, copies of transcripts and three letters of reference to Dr. George Kipphut, Chair, Search Committee, Department of Geosciences, Murray State University, Murray, KY 42071. Phone: 270-809-2847; E-mail:george.kipphut@murravstate.edu.
Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Murray State University is an equal education and employment opportunity, M/F/D, AA employer.
Assistantships Available at the Department and MARC:
Posted on 11/01/2007: A one-year full graduate assistantship of $8000 is available, starting January 2008. The assistantship is supported by a research grant from the Kentucky Science and Engineering Foundation. This project will examine and compare the spatial distribution of a successful invasive plant, Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica), and analyze the contributing factors of the invasion, in two ecologically distinct watersheds in Western KY and Western TN, using satellite imagery, global positioning systems (GPS) and geographic information systems (GIS). Interested students may contact Dr. Robin Zhang (email robin.zhang@murraystate.edu or call 270-809-6760) for more information.
Fellowships
EPA Fellowships:
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2008/2008_star_fellow.html
NASA Fellowships:
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/postsecondary/grants/index.html
NSF Fellowships:
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07576/nsf07576.htm
DOE Fellowships/Research Opportunities:
http://www.sandia.gov/ESTEEM/Research.html
DOE Internships etc. for Graduate Students:
http://www.sandia.gov/ESTEEM/Graduate.html
DOE Internships etc. for Undergraduate Students:
http://ep.llml.gov/rie
http://www.sandia.gov/employment/special-prog/index.html
Jobs and Other Internships
http://www.gjc.org/
http://giscareers.com
http://www.geojobsource.com/dateindex.htm
http://www.orau.gov/orise/edu/uggrad/usgs1.htm
http://orise.orau.gov/sep/profiles
http://www.agiweb.org/geotimes/ads.html
http://recruit.sciencemag.org/jobsearch.shtml
http://aaas.sciencecareers.org/js.php
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/geojobs/
http://www.ggrweb.com/employer_list.html
http://www.geojobsource.com/
http://www.fedworld.gov/jobs/jobsearch.html
http://www.hotjobs.com/cgi-bin/main-page
http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/
http://www.monster.com
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/geojobs/jobsearch.html
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/geojobs/
GIS and R.S. (some are job related)
http://www.esri.com/
http://www.nasa.gov
http://www.usgs.gov
http://www.ermapper.com/
http://southport.jpl.nasa.gov/
http://www.aag.org/default.htm
http://www.aag.org/
http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/landdaac/landdaac.html
http://nsdi.usgs.gov/nsdi/
http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/ncgia.html
http://www.ucgis.org
http://www.esri.com/services/jumpstation/jumpstation.html
http://www.esri.com/services/
http://www.asprs.com/asprs
http://www.gis.umn.edu/gsgisinfo/rsgis.html
http://www.gis.umn.edu/
http://www.cgrer.uiowa.edu/servers/servers_geodata.html
http://www.census.gov/www/tiger/
http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/dclass/dclass.html
http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov
http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/glis/glis.html
http://eros.usgs.gov/