Geobulletin October 12, 2001

GEOLOGY & GEOPHYSICS DEPARTMENT GEOBULLETIN
October 12, 2001

FALL 2001 LECTURE SCHEDULE ----
All lectures (unless otherwise noted) are held on Fridays at 3:30 PM in AB20 (Laudon Lecture Hall).
Coffee and cookies are served in the lobby starting at 3:15 PM.
TODAY ---- October 12 --- Paul Hoffman --- Harvard University --- "Snowball Earth: Testing the Limits of Global Change".
October 19 ---- Mary Hill ---- United States Geological Survey, Darcy Distinguished Lecturer ---- "Guidelines for
Effective Model Calibration (Any Model!)"
October 26 ---- Ken Farley ---- California Institute of Technology - ""Uses, Abuses and Curiosities of the Extraterrestrial ³He Record the Permian-Triassic Boundary, the Late Paleocene, and Today"
Specialized Lecture: October 25, at 12:05 in Room 356 Weeks Hall ---- "Uranium-Thorium-Helium Geochronology: New Directions for a Very Old Method"
November 12 ---- Diane Newman ---- California Institute of Technology ---- MONDAY at 3:30 PM, AB20 ---- She works on microbial formation and dissolution of minerals, evolution of anaerobic respiratory processes.
November 30 ----- Frank Chappelle ----- USGS ---- He works on groundwater microbiology and biogeochemistry.
December 3 ---- Ken Nealson ---- JPL ---- MONDAY at 3:30 PM, AB20 ---- He works on several aspects of microbes and biogechemical cycles, including exobiology.
December 7 ---- Bev Pierson ---- University of Puget Sound ---- She works on photosynthetic bacterial mats (living stromatolites).

NEW UNDERGRAD MAJOR   ------ Anoushka Sarrazin - asarrazin@students.wisc.edu

GEOLOGY MUSEUM - OCTOBER SPECIAL EXHIBIT MONTH - October 1 - 31 "The Buckeridge Collection of Lake Superior Clay Concretions." Fro m 1969 to 1995 Byron & Dorothy Buckeridge of Saxon, WI scoured the clay banks along southern Lake Superior and explored the near shore lake bottom in search of mineral nodules known as concretions. These range from spheres of different sizes to ornate sculptures of natural beauty. The concretions started forming when the clay was deposited ten thousand years ago and are still forming today. Museum hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30 - 4:30 and Saturday, 9:00-1:00. Admission is free.

POSITIONS AVAILABLE -- DETAILS AVAILABLE IN THE OFFICE -
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO ---- Analytical Facilities Technician ----- Department of Geological Sciences. Full-time position as Analytical Facilities Technician. Duties will include maintenance of a Cameca SX50 electron microprobe, a Scintag XDS2000 XRD, a gamma-ray detection INAA unit, a variety of optical microscopes and other equipment, as well as assistance and training of faculty and students. Collaborative or independent research is encouraged, however, the primary focus of the position is successful operation of the facility. Minimum requirements include an MS or PhD in geosciences, material sciences, or related fields, direct experience with an electron microprobe. Contact person is Kate Miller (miller@geo.utep.edu). Application review begins December 15, 2001, applications accepted until the position is filled.

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ---- Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Crustal Geosystems and Lithospheric Dynamics to begin in Fall 2002. Particularly interested in scientists whose research will elucidate geosystem behaviors that have direct impacts on society, such as earthquakes, magmatic eruptions, and landscape evolution. Candidates at all career levels will be considered. Contact person is Thomas H. Jordan. Completed applications will be reviewed beginning January 1, 2002, and continue until the position is filled.

PENN STATE UNIVERSITY ----- Postdoc Opportunity. Work on a multi-institutional sponsored project related to volcanic processes on Montserrat. Candidates with strong backgrounds in volcano deformation modeling, and geodetic inversion, and/or coupled thermomechanical processes in geothermal systems, are encouraged to apply. Completion of the PhD by the beginning of the appointment is required. Position is open immediately for one to three years.   Contact Barry Voight, voight@ems.psu.edu or Derek Elsworth elsworth@psu.edu.

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS ------ The Department of Geosciences ---- Full-time tenure-track position in biogeochemistry, to begin September, 2002. The appointment will likely be at the Assistant Professor level, but exceptionally strong candidates above that level are encouraged to apply. Area of specialization is open, and could include, for example, application of organic or isotope chemistry to paleoceanography, sediment biogeochemistry, or geomicrobiology. See the department's web site at http://www.geo.umass.edu. Review of applicants will begin November 1; the position will remain open until a successful candidate is identified. Contact person is Stephen J. Burns at 413-545-0142.

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER ---- Vadose Zone/Surface Processes ---- Tenure-track position at the assistant professor level to begin Fall 2002. Candidates who study chemical and/or physical processes in the vadose zone or at the earth's surface. Such processes include, but are not limited to, fluid and gas flow in porous media, solute or colloid transport, weathering, and mechanics of erosion. The successful candidate will have a PhD with a strong background in at least one of the following areas multiphase flow, continuum mechanics, interfacial thermodynamics and kinetics involving soil water, or low-temperature mineralogy and crystal chemistry. Contact person is Chair, Vadose Zone/Surface Search. Applications will be reviewed beginning December 1, 2001, and the position will remain open until filled.

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY ----- HARRY HESS FELLOWS PROGRAM ---- The Department of Geosciences announces competition for the 2001-2002 Harry Hess Fellows Program. This postdoctoral fellowship program has been established to provide opportunities for geoscientists to work in the field of their choice. Research may be carried out independently or in collaboration with members of the Geosciences Department. Must have obtained a PhD at the time of the start of the fellowship, but not more than five years before. Contact person is F. A. Dahlen, Applications will continue to be accepted until the available positions are filled, but no later than December 31, 2001. Initial awards are for one year, with a starting date before January 1, 2003. Extensions for an additional year are generally granted depending upon satisfactory performance.   Applications will continue to be accepted until the available positions are filled, but no later than December 31, 2001. Information about the research activities of the Department of Geosciences may be viewed at http://geoweb.princeton.edu.

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, CHICO ----- Stratigraphy & Sedimentology ----- Tenure-track position beginning fall semester 2002 at the rank of Assistant Professor. Closing date for applications is January 11, 2002. Contact person is Richard A. Flory at 530-898-2030 or email rflory@csuchico.edu. Additional inforamtion acout the University is available at http://www.csuchico. edu. Additional information about this position and the Department of Geosciences may be found at http://rigel.csuch ico.edu/.

MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY ---- Upper Montclair, NJ ---- Geographic Information Science/Spatial Analysis ----- Full time, tenure track faculty position at the Associate/Assistant Professor rank starting September of 2002. Screening of applications begins November 15, 2001. Contact person is William D. Solecki at 973-655-4448   More information is available at http://www.csam.montclair.edu/earth/eesweb.

COLGATE UNIVERSITY ---- Hamilton, NY ----- Structural Geology ---- 3 semester replacement appointment for a visiting Assistant Professor position. Period of January 2002 through spring/summer of 2003. Must have a PhD. More information at http://departments.colgate.edu/geology.
-Karen