Environmental Engineering Faculty Search
The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) at Washington University in St. Louis invites applications for a tenure-track faculty assistant professor position in environmental engineering in the Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering (www.eec.wustl.edu ). Endowed Professorial appointments and appointments at the Associate Professor or Full Professor levels are available for exceptional applicants. Joint appointments with other SEAS and university departments are also possible. We seek candidates who have expertise in environmental biotechnology or environmental organic chemistry and demonstrate or show promise of excellence in both teaching and research. Candidates are sought with research interests that complement existing strengths in departmental core areas of Engineered Aquatic Processes and Systems Biology and Metabolic Engineering.
The successful candidate should have an earned Ph.D. in environmental engineering or science, chemical engineering, or a related discipline at the time of appointment. The selected candidate is expected to build an externally-supported research program, teach classes at the undergraduate and graduate level, and contribute to interdisciplinary interactions among departments in the School of Engineering and throughout the university related to environmental and energy research.
Washington University in St. Louis has embarked on university-wide initives related to energy and the environment that include the International Center for Advanced Renewable Energy and Sustainability (ICARES) http://i-cares.wustl.edu/) and the McDonnell Academy Global Energy and Environment Partnership (MAGEEP) http://mageep.wustl.edu/). Founded in 1853, Washington University is a medium-sized, independent research university dedicated to challenging its faculty and students to seek new knowledge and greater understanding of an ever changing, multi-cultural world. The university is counted among the world's leaders in teaching and research and draws students (with over 11,000 full-time students) and faculty to St. louis from all 50 states and from 125 nations.
Applicants should send a curriculum vitae and statements of research and teaching interests by email as a single file in pdf format to envesearch@seas.wustl.edu. Applicants should also arrange for three letters of reference to be sent to envesearch@seas.ustl.edu, with signed originals sent to:
Environmental Engineering Faculty Search Committee
Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering
Campus Box 1180
Washington University in St. Louis
One Brookings Drive
St. Louis MO 63130
Questions regarding the search process can be directed to Dr. Daniel Giammar, Associate Professor and Search Committee Chair (giammar@wustl.edu ).
Applications will be considered until the position is filled, but priority will be given to those received by November 15, 2008. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Washington University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Employment eligibility verification required upon employment.
