Multiple Open-Rank Tenure-Track Faculty Positions in Ecology and Coastal Processes

Overview

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our strategic plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

About Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school. 

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values 

Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do: 

1.            Students are our top priority. 

2.            We strive for excellence. 

3.            We thrive on diversity. 

4.            We celebrate collaboration. 

5.            We champion innovation. 

6.            We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression. 

7.            We nurture the wellbeing of our community. 

8.            We act ethically. 

9.            We are responsible stewards. 

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

Location

Atlanta, Georgia

Job Summary

As part of a new College of Sciences initiative, Georgia Tech for Georgia's Tomorrow (GT2), the Georgia Institute of Technology invites applications for two tenure-track faculty positions in: 1) Ecology and 2) Coastal processes, with a preference to the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor. The U.S. Southeast region, including Georgia, is undergoing rapid environmental and land use change that have far-reaching effects on human and ecological systems. Thus, GT2 was created to address major challenges at the intersection of environmental and community resilience, by aligning discovery science, technological innovation, and AI-enabled decision tools to address urgent challenges.

Responsibilities

In Ecology, we seek candidates who will make fundamental contributions to understanding how organisms respond to environmental change, with a particular interest in research that incorporates a behavioral perspective. Relevant research might investigate how human land use changes (e.g., urbanization) or climate change shape animal behavior, movement, foraging, and social dynamics in ways that affect biodiversity and ecosystem function. This hire will advance our ability to use adaptively manage ecosystems to maintain biodiversity and continue to provide ecosystem services to people.

For Coastal Processes, we are seeking candidates who will make fundamental contributions in the broadly-defined area of coastal processes through a range of methodological approaches, and whose research program addresses coastal resilience and solutions. Areas of particular interest include, but are not limited to, coastal and nearshore oceanography, physical hydrology of surface and subsurface water, coastal geomorphology, and coastal hazards such as flooding and subsidence. 

Required Qualifications

An earned doctorate is required by the start of the appointment.

Preferred Qualifications

The successful candidates will complement the existing expertise within the College of Sciences (). Strengths in computational modeling, artificial intelligence and machine learning, and remote sensing are highly desirable. Applicants will be considered at all ranks with priority given to exceptional candidates at the assistant or early-associate professor stage. Candidates are expected to demonstrate an exceptional commitment to the teaching and mentoring of students.

Required Documents to Attach

Applicants should submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae, a statement of research interests, a description of teaching/mentoring philosophy including the potential for contributions to GT's mission and values, and the names and contact information for at least three references. In their application, faculty candidates should describe how they will contribute to GT2 by performing research that boosts resilience, reduces risk, and enables growth, with a demonstrative impact on communities of the U.S. Southeast region. Application materials should be submitted as one PDF file via the Georgia Tech online portal  . An earned doctorate is required by the start of the appointment, and a background check must be completed prior to beginning employment. 

Contact Information

Requests for information may be directed to search chair Dr. Joel Kostka. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

USG Core Values

The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 25 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at  .

Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at  .

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The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The Institute is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all. To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and Institute policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and/or employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in institutional programs, activities, or services. Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities.

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Background Check

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