Current listings for faculty, staff and student employment opportunities in the Environmental Initiative.

Faculty and Staff positions: 

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  Earth System Science
  

  The Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences has a tenure-track opening at the Assistant Professor level for an Earth System Scientist who conducts research in the near-surface environment where biological, geological, hydrological, atmospheric and human processes interact. We seek an individual doing innovative research, ideally with observations and modeling directed toward understanding the processes that control the behavior of the global environment and its response to natural and anthropogenic forcing at geologic to modern time scales. Fields of interest include, but are not limited to biogeochemistry, climatology, oceanography, glaciology, geobiology, and ecosystem ecology.

  We expect the successful candidate to develop a vigorous externally funded research program, teach a course in their field of expertise, contribute to our undergraduate and graduate curricula, and mentor Ph.D., M.S., and undergraduate students. This position is one of several new hires in Earth and Environmental Sciences, engineering, and the social sciences expected to participate in a university wide, multidisciplinary initiative focusing on the environment.

  To receive full consideration, applicants should submit by November 15, 2007 a letter of application, curriculum vitae, statement of research and teaching interests, up to 3 reprints, and the names of three referees to
  

  Professor Dork Sahagian, Search Committee Chair
  Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University,
  31 Williams Drive, Bethlehem, PA 18015.
  
  For further information about the EES Department, see: www.ees.lehigh.edu. Lehigh University is an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer. The College of Arts and Sciences at Lehigh is especially interested in qualified candidates who can contribute, through their research, teaching, and/or service, to the diversity and excellence of the academic community.

Student financial aid work-study positions:
 
• Student computing consultant (four positions available)
  Provide computing support for the Environmental Initiative's office, lab and server installations. Duties include desktop support for WinXP/Vista, MacOS, and Linux workstations, installation, configuration and support of scientific software applications including GIS, and entry-level system administration on Solaris 10, Redhat Linux and MacOS.
  Applicants should possess significant experience with one or more of Windows XP/Vista, MacOS X, or Linux.
• Student software engineer (four positions available)
  Develop, document, and maintain scientific computing and web applications for the Environmental Initiative (and the associated Lehigh Earth Observatory and Earth Systems Atlas) in a variety of compiled and scripting languages.
  Applicants should be experienced Linux/Unix users, and have familiarity with WinXP/Vista and/or MacOS. Applicants also need programming experience in one or more of: C/C++, Perl, Python, Ruby + Rails, PHP, MySQL.
• Office Assistant
  Will assist in office and clerical operations. Interest in learning web site maintenance a plus.
• Web designer / Desktop publisher
  Will assist in developing and maintaining the EI Website, as well as designing print materials for the program.
• Writer/Content creator
  Student will author articles, interviews and other written content for the EI website.

Students with a financial aid work-study award should consult the Student Employment resources available at the Office of Financial Aid. If you are interested in a work-study position, please email us or stop by the EI office to meet our staff, get your questions answered, and learn how working for the EI can be a great addition to your academic career at Lehigh.

 

Student wage positions:
• No openings at this time.