The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences (EPS) and the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering & Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin (UT)

The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences (EPS) and the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering & Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin (UT) seek to hire a Professor (tenured) for the Jackson Endowed Chair in Computational Geosciences.

We seek an outstanding scholar who will conduct cutting-edge research to develop, advance, and apply innovative and transformational computational approaches in the geosciences. The successful candidate will be appointed jointly between EPS and the Oden Institute, with 50% of the candidate’s teaching dedicated to the EPS department’s undergraduate and graduate teaching mission, and 50% of the teaching in the Oden Institute’s graduate program in Computational Science, Engineering and Mathematics. We thus seek a candidate whose research and teaching skills lie at the forefront of both the computational sciences and Earth and planetary sciences.

The Oden Institute is an interdisciplinary unit that draws its faculty from across five of UT’s schools and colleges. As one of the global leaders in interdisciplinary computational science, engineering, and mathematics, the Oden Institute’s mission is to provide the interdisciplinary environment that enables outstanding research, fosters high-impact collaborations, and advances graduate education in the field of computational science and engineering. The Department of Earth and Planetary Science is one of the largest and top ranked geoscience departments of the nation. EPS is part of the Jackson School of Geosciences (JSG), which also includes the Institute for Geophysics (UTIG) and the Bureau of Economic Geology (BEG). Both JSG and Oden also partner with other UT entities including within the Cockrell School of Engineering, the College of Natural Sciences, the Texas Advanced Computing Center, the Center for Planetary Systems Habitability, and the Center for Space Research, and have extensive external partnerships nationally and internationally. The University of Texas at Austin is an Equal Opportunity Employer located in a thriving metropolitan area with a dynamic, multicultural community of 2.5  million people.

Interested applicants should submit a cover letter, CV including list of publications, three page research statement including a broader vision for computational geoscience, a teaching and mentoring statement, and a list of three individuals who would be able to provide letters of reference. Submit copies of these materials online via Interfolio’s ‘Apply Now’ option at https://apply.interfolio.com/154538. Review of applications will begin November 1, 2024, and will continue until the position is filled.