FYI...
CIDER
Consortium for Inter-Disciplinary Environmental Research
at Stony Brook University
In October, 2006, Stony Brook University announced the creation of a new
center, the Consortium for Inter-Disciplinary Environmental Research
(CIDER). This initiative was undertaken to bring together the many
faculty at the university from diverse disciplines, housed in many
departments, to create synergistic collaborations that could address
large, complex environmental issues.
The participants (faculty, postdoctoral investigators, and graduate
students) in CIDER are formally associated with existing academic
departments at Stony Brook University, including departments in Arts and
Sciences, Engineering, the Medical School, and the Marine Sciences
Research Center. However, all participants also see the value in working
across disciplines, not necessarily reflective of traditional academic
separations, to form multi-disciplinary teams of researchers that can
tackle the complexities of large environmental problems. Thus,
individuals in the natural and medical sciences combine with social
scientists and engineers to pursue large research programs. Such teams
are required to develop new research centers for environmental research
at Stony Brook, and as well provide new and exciting educational
opportunities for the next generation of environmental researchers.
Currently CIDER has opportunities for a total of six new tenure-track
positions in all disciplines.
http://ws.cc.stonybrook.edu/cider/opportunities/index.html
Consortium for Inter-Disciplinary Environmental Research (CIDER)
New Tenure-track Positions
Stony Brook University invites applicants for six new tenure-track
positions associated with its new Consortium for Inter-Disciplinary
Environmental Research (CIDER), designed to bring together faculty from
the natural sciences, medical sciences, engineering, social sciences and
humanities. Individuals with demonstrated expertise in any of the
following areas are encouraged to apply: (a) environmental health,
including investigations of contaminants in air, food and water,
mechanistic studies of their toxic effects on mammals and their societal
impact on different subpopulations; (b) the causes and influence of
global climate change, including effects on biogeochemical cycles,
pattern of disease and human living conditions and (c) environmental
remediation, land use planning, and conservation. Applications from
individuals or from teams that address any of these research areas are
welcome. A successful candidate will hold a tenure track or tenured
appointment in an academic department that best suits his/her expertise;
affiliation with nearby Brookhaven National Laboratory is also possible.
Faculty will be expected to teach at the undergraduate and/or graduate
level, generate external funding to support their research and
participate in interdisciplinary activities to support CIDER's mission.
Required: Ph.D. or M.D., outstanding research and teaching potential.
Positions generally will be filled at the Assistant Professor level,
however applications from exceptional established individuals also will
be considered. The review of applications will begin on February 1, 2007
and will continue until all six positions are filled.
To apply, please send a resume; a statement of research and career
goals; the proposed Stony Brook University departmental affiliation(s);
and arrange to have three letters of reference sent to:
CIDER Search Committee
Positing number F-3755-06-12
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY 11794-1401
For on-line applications visit: www.stonybrook.edu/cjo , posting number
F-3755-06-12. On-line applicants should request reference letters be
sent to the CIDER Search Committee address above.
Dr. Scott J. Basinger
Director, M.A. in Public Policy Program &
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Stony Brook University
http://www.sunysb.edu/polsci/sbasinger/index.html
