The Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium for Research and Education
(LUMCON) seeks to hire at least three new Assistant Professors in the
first phase of multi-year faculty expansion. We seek candidates in the
following areas of coastal science: fisheries ecology, coastal
hydrology/physical oceanography, plant ecology, biological oceanography,
microbial ecology, and marine chemistry. Candidates should have
notable research achievements, demonstration of funded research, or
potential for funded research, and a commitment to education and
outreach.
The LUMCON DeFelice Marine Center (http://www.lumcon.edu) is located
approximately 2 hours southwest of New Orleans at the upper end of
Terrebonne Bay in the Mississippi River delta plain between the
Atchafalaya and Mississippi rivers. LUMCON's unique locality encompasses
numerous habitats in the Mississippi River Delta/Gulf of Mexico
ecosystem, including extensive marshes, estuaries, rivers large and
small, and the open Gulf of Mexico benthic and pelagic systems. The
Center facilities include a seawater system, multiple wet labs, and a
racetrack flume with laser Doppler profiler, state-of-the art
environmental chambers, extensive aquaculture facilities and toxicology
lab, a marsh mesocosm facility under development, and fleet of research
vessels. Preference will be given to candidates who can clearly
demonstrate a research program that maximizes the locality and research
assets of the DeFelice Marine Center.
In addition, LUMCON represents a consortium of university and colleges
across the State of Louisiana. The successful candidate will build a
collaborative program with faculty at the DeFelice Marine Center and
across the consortium of universities and colleges.
The position carries a 9-month salary. The initial appointment is for
three years; following a review, the contract may be renewed for three
more years. A six-year review similar to tenure is conducted for
promotion to Associate Professor with a six-year appointment, but LUMCON
is not a tenure-granting institution.
Submit electronic copies of a letter of interest; curriculum vita;
research statement; education and outreach statement; a statement of how
your research program would leverage specific LUMCON assets, consortium
relationships, and consortium faculty collaborations; and the name,
affiliation, address, phone and email address of three references to
[email protected] with the subject LUMCON FACULTY CLUSTER HIRE. Specific
questions about the positions can be directed to Dr. Craig R. McClain,
Executive Director, [email protected] (985-851-2801).
Review of applicants will begin September 15, 2016 and will continue
until position is filled.
LUMCON is an AA/EO employer
