University of Nevada Las Vegas

Founded in 1957, UNLV is a doctoral-degree-granting institution comprised of approximately 30,000 students and more than 3,600 faculty and staff. To date, UNLV has conferred more than 152,000 degrees, producing more than 130,000 alumni around the world. UNLV is classified by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as an R1 research university with very high research activity, and is a recipient of the Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement. The university is committed to recruiting and retaining top students and faculty, educating the region’s diversifying population and workforce, driving economic activity through increased research and community partnerships, and creating an academic health center for Southern Nevada that includes the launch of a new UNLV School of Medicine. UNLV is located on a 332-acre main campus and two satellite campuses in Southern Nevada.

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The Department of Geoscience at the University of Nevada Las Vegas invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position in 40Ar/39Ar and/or (U-Th)/He geochronology and thermochronology at the Assistant or Associate Professor level. The successful candidate will serve as Director of the Nevada Isotope Geochronology Laboratory (NIGL). NIGL has a dedicated state-funded lab manager that runs day-to-day operations, an IsotopX NGX-600 multicollector mass spectrometer for 40Ar/39Ar data collection, and funding for an Applied Spectra RESOchron instrument for laser-ablation (U-Th)/He thermochronology. The IsotopX NGX-600 instrument has both furnace and CO2 laser sources, available funding to add an UV laser for 40Ar/39Ar insitu studies, and is housed in a 1,230 sq ft lab in a state-of-the-art LEED silver laboratory building. We are particularly interested in individuals who integrate argon and/or helium geo-thermochronogical investigations with innovative field, geochemical or other analytical techniques to pursue interdisciplinary research. Opportunities for collaboration exist with departmental research groups in solid earth, surficial processes and planetary geology. The successful candidate is expected to establish a vigorous, externally-funded research program; direct the NIGL at UNLV; teach effectively at both undergraduate and graduate levels; and perform service duties at all levels.

PROFILE of the DEPARTMENT

The UNLV Geoscience Department has 20 faculty, 150 undergraduate students, and 40 MS/PhD students. In addition to NIGL, the department hosts multiple laboratory facilities, including: electron microprobe, field emission and tungsten filament SEMs, XRD, LA-ICPMS, collision-cell MC-ICPMS as well as stable isotope, fluid inclusion, and mineral separation labs. UNLV is a Carnegie R1 research institution, ranked among the nation’s most diverse campuses, and has graduate programs rated among the nation’s top 100, including Geoscience. The UNLV campus is within two hours’ drive of numerous breathtaking geological exposures and is an ideal location for geologic research and education. Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are core values at UNLV and in our department. Candidates from historically under-represented groups are encouraged to apply.

Review of applications will begin January 15, 2025 and continue until the position is filled.

Application materials must include: (1) a cover letter; (2) curriculum vitae; (3) statement of research; (4) statement on teaching; (5) statement of efforts and aspirations to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in higher education; and (6) contact information for at least three professional references.

Materials should be addressed to Dr. Michael Wells, Geochronology Search Committee Chair, and are to be through workday (https://www.unlv.edu/jobs/academic-faculty-positions). For assistance with the application process, please contact UNLV Human Resources at (702) 895-3504 or unlvjobs@unlv.edu. UNLV is an EEO/AA/Vet/Disability Employer.