Job Opportunities- Research Oysters and Estuaries, Then Pass on Your Knowledge to U. Maine Students

Position One: Assistant Professor of Marine Sciences

Department: School of Marine Sciences

This is a full-time (9 month/academic-year) tenure-track position in the Department of School of Marine Sciences. This faculty position will perform research, teaching and education in the general area of estuarine modeling. The School of Marine Sciences will serve as the academic tenure home (umaine.edu/marine/), with a joint affiliation in the Aquaculture Research Institute (umaine.edu/aquaculture/). Essential Duties & Responsibilities: Perform research, teaching and service in aquaculture-estuary interactions, with an emphasis on estuarine modeling. The position will be expected to develop data-driven research leading to numerical models of coastal water column and sedimentary processes that support multispecies aquaculture. The person will join the new Sustainability Ecological Aquaculture Network (SEANET), an innovative program in sustainability science funded by a 5-year, $20 million NSF EPSCoR grant. MORE AT: https://umaine.hiretouch.com/job-details?jobID=21516&job=assistant-professor-of-marine-sciences

Position Two: Assistant Professor in Ocean and Marine Engineering

Department: Mechanical Engineering

This is a full-time (9 month/academic-year) tenure-track position in the Department of Mechanical or Civil and Environmental Engineering. Either the department of Mechanical or Civil and Environmental Engineering will serve as the academic tenure home (engineering.umaine.edu), with a research affiliation to the Aquaculture Research Institute (umaine.edu/aquaculture/). The proposed position is one of four new faculty hires funded by the new NSF EPSCoR research center, SEANET. The position will be supported by the College of Engineering beyond the initial term of the EPSCoR funding, assuming that the position contributes significantly to satisfying core teaching needs of the host department. MORE AT: https://umaine.hiretouch.com/job-details?jobID=21510&job=assistant-professor-in-ocean-and-marine-engineering

Position Three: Assistant Professor of Communication

Department: Communication & Journalism

This is a full-time (9 month/academic-year) tenure-track position in the Department Communication and Journalism. This faculty position will perform research, teaching and education in the general area of risk communication. The Department of Communication & Journalism will serve as the academic tenure home (cmj.umaine.edu/), with a joint affiliation in the Aquaculture Research Institute (umaine.edu/aquaculture/). Essential Duties & Responsibilities: Perform research, teaching and service in Risk Communication with an emphasis on science and policy in the context of Marine Aquaculture. The position will be expected to participate in collaborative research focused on the intersection of risk communication, aquaculture, and marine science and policy in the context of a large, interdisciplinary team. The person will join the new Sustainability Ecological Aquaculture Network (SEANET), an innovative program in sustainability science funded by a 5-year, $20 million NSF EPSCoR grant. MORE AT: https://umaine.hiretouch.com/job-details?jobID=21515&job=assistant-professor-of-communication

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Paul S. Anderson
Director, Maine Sea Grant College Program
Director, Aquaculture Research Institute
Director, Sustainable Ecological Aquaculture Network (SEANET) EPSCoR Project
5784 York Complex
University of Maine
Orono, Maine 04469
voice: 207-581-1435
fax: 207-581-1426
cell: 207-949-4156
email: panderson@maine.edu
web: http://www.seagrant.umaine.edu/

web: http://umaine.edu/aquaculture/

web: http://www.umaine.edu/epscor/