Vacancy: University of South Carolina (USA)

The University of South Carolina Department of Geography invites applications by specialists in *Microclimatology* for a tenure track *Assistant Professor* position* *to begin August 16, 2010. Required characteristics of the successful applicant include a PhD (in hand at time of appointment) in geography or a closely allied discipline, demonstrated excellence in research and teaching on moisture and energy fluxes in the boundary layer, and interests that complement and extend existing departmental strengths in environmental science, GIScience, nature-society studies, and human geography. The candidate should apply modeling and empirical approaches to boundary layer processes that influence flora and fauna, and experience in publication and grant acquisition.
The microclimatologist will join a department that offers bachelors, masters, and PhD programs in integrative geography. The department has excellent, recently renovated facilities that house several specialized activities including a Climate Laboratory, Biogeomorphology Laboratory, Hazards and Vulnerability Research Institute, and Center for GIS and Remote Sensing.
This position in geography is part of the University’s Faculty Excellence Initiative (FEI) program, and is specifically designed to build an interdisciplinary research group that forecasts ecological responses to climate change. The microclimatologist will be part of a
three-person cluster hire within Geography, Biological Sciences, Computer Sciences, and the School of the Environment. The two other positions include an ecologist with interest in issues of connectivity and conservation biology across biogeographic scales, and a signal analysis specialist in computer science, to “translate” large scale environmental signals to the scale of an organism. This cluster hire is also designed to complement existing strength across campus investigating regional climate variability and change, biological climate models, and human dimensions of climate change.
For full consideration by the search committee, applications must be received by October 1, 2009. To apply, send letter of application, curriculum vitae, and the names and addresses (including e-mail addresses) of three referees to the address below.

Apply: Prof. Greg Carbone, Microclimatology Search Committee, Department of Geography, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208.

For additional information, visit our departmental web site at www.cas.sc.edu/geog or contact Dr. Carbone at: (voice: 803-777-0682; fax: 803-777-4972; e-mail: greg.carbone@sc.edu).