Geospatial Science for Sustainable Land Processes and Management
Geospatial Science for Sustainable Land Processes and Management
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Faculty Position Available
Cohort Hire: Creating a ClimateResilient Future
Focus: Geospatial Science for Sustainable Land Processes and Management
School of Integrative Plant Science Cornell University
Position: Assistant Professor Tenuretrack.
Location: Ithaca NY. The academic home for this position is the School of Integrative Plant Science (SIPS) in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences housed on the Ithaca campus of Cornell University.
The School of Integrative Plant Science (SIPS) in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) at Cornell University welcomes applications for a fulltime tenuretrack position in geospatial science for sustainable land processes and management at the assistant professor level. Our new colleague will join a Cohort Faculty Hire in Creating a ClimateResilient Future.
Research in the cohort will unite existing transdisciplinary strengths at Cornell with critical new competencies to help navigate transitions to climateresilient futures in three interdependent domains: renewable energy sustainable cities and agrifood systems. The ideal candidate will be a biophysical scientist adept at geospatial assessment of natural and managed landscapes. In addition to this advertised hire the cohort will include an environmental engineer a socioecologist a risk communication scholar and a landscape architect.
We are looking for a highly collaborative individual who is experienced in quantification and prediction of landsurface processes as influenced by climate land use and management and policy essential to addressing multiple grand challenges for sustainability. The incumbent will serve as a critical resource and collaborator for faculty programs across soil science crop science horticulture plant biology breeding and pathology international agriculture global development and urban land management that include spatial processes from field to global scales. Understanding and controlling micro and macrolevel processes ranging from soil and the microbiome to regional nutrient water and carbon flows require spatial analysis that draws increasingly on integrating advanced sensing technologies geographic information systems and big data approaches. The position requires expertise in land processes and management soil and crop science and biogeochemistry in combination with strong geospatial and computational approaches as well as data science for working with large data sets. The successful candidate will have the ability and interest in applying these techniques to problem solving in land processes and management and its interactions with water and air qualities. The incumbent will play a central role in the campuswide geospatial sciences community and digital agriculture initiative exemplified in the activities of the Cornell Institute for Digital Agriculture (CIDA). They will develop an innovative and cuttingedge research program with global reach that may operate with a regional or international focus as well as a strong and innovative teaching program involving undergraduate and graduate courses in geospatial and related data sciences. Outstanding research scholarship is expected as is excellence in and commitment to teaching translation of knowledge and advising and mentoring of students. We seek a colleague with an outstanding record demonstrating success and promise across these areas and who will be supported by and contribute to a vibrant culture of inclusive excellence in SIPS. As such candidates are expected to engage in service and leadership activities within their section and school the college and university as well as relevant professional societies.
Responsibilities:
This position has an effort split of 60 research and 40 teaching.
Research 60 The successful candidate will develop an externallyfunded research program that applies advanced geospatial data science and computational methods including but not limited to processbased modeling artificial intelligence and sensing technologies to better understand processes and guide land management from local to regional and global scales.
Teaching 40 The successful candidate will teach an undergraduate class in geospatial science (e.g. Geographic Information Science; Spatial Modeling or related courses) and one advanced graduate level class in the area of specialization. The candidate is expected to provide leadership in degree programs related to geospatial science such as the newly established MPS degree in Geospatial Applications. We also expect the candidate to provide excellence in teaching a broad group of undergraduate students from across Cornell University.
Department Affiliation: The successful candidate will be a tenureline faculty member of the Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and will be based in the School of Integrative Plant Science with the option to join any of the 5 sections of SIPS as the primary affiliation and tenure home.
Qualifications: The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. in geospatial sciences or related sciences with an understanding of land processes through soil science plant science agronomy or hydrological processes and experience in applying this expertise to natural and managed landscapes. A strong commitment to the development of multidisciplinary teambased research and teaching is essential.
Applications and Starting Date: The anticipated starting date is July 1 2024 or as negotiated. Qualified applicants should submit 1 a cover letter briefly summarizing background qualifications and interest in the position 2 a Curriculum Vitae 3 a research statement outlining experience interests and goals 4 a teaching statement outlining experience interests and goals 5 a statement supporting diverse communities (this can be a standalone document (preferred) or the information can be embedded in other parts of the application materials) outlining how through research teaching service. mentoring extension and/or outreach the candidate has and will contribute to support Cornells historical mission of any person any study 6 copies of four relevant publications 7 names and contact information for three references and 8 unofficial transcripts. Materials should be submitted online to: https://academicjobsonline/ajo/jobs/26236. Applications received by December 15 2023 will be given full consideration. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
Inquiries may be directed to:
Dr. Johannes Lehmann
Soil and Crop Science
School of Integrative Plant Science
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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CALS hiring range for position:
Assistant Professor: $79400 $135000
The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) at Cornell University is engaged in pioneering pursuit of inclusive purposedriven science. As Cornell Universitys second largest college with discovery for impact at its core we work across disciplines to tackle the challenges of our time through equitable worldrenowned research education and outreach. The questions we probe and the answers we seek focus on three overlapping concerns: natural and human systems; food energy and environmental resources; and social physical and economic well being. CALS is fundamentally invested in improving the lives of people their environments and their communities both in New York state and around the world.
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