Assistant Research Professor

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of New Hampshire invites applications for a non-tenure-track Assistant Research Professor to work with Alison W. Watts and other members of the department.

Applicants should have a strong background in ecosystem assessment, environmental genomics, molecular engineering, and aquatic systems, as well as demonstrated leadership in engaged scholarship, interdisciplinary collaboration, outreach, and education. Strong candidates will demonstrate expertise in research areas such as environmental microbiology, ecological monitoring in support of status assessments, environmental DNA analysis, and statistical analysis. Candidates will have prior experience with laboratory and computational resources for analyzing ecological communities with environmental DNA metabarcoding, especially in marine, freshwater, and estuarine aquatic systems.

Applicants will be expected to develop an externally funded research program that leverages UNH's state-of-the art research infrastructure, including resources in the Marine School, Hubbard Center for Genome Studies, and/or the Research Computing Center, and develop projects relevant to the mission of UNH and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Preferred candidates also will have the capacity to design and perform projects relating microbial or ecosystem response to environmental contaminants, wind farms, and other anthropogenic disturbances.

The position is contingent upon availability of funding.

1) Ph.D. in related field;
2) postdoctoral experience (or equivalent)
3) the demonstrated potential to develop and lead an externally funded research program. The ability to collaborate effectively with a broad range of researchers is also essential.

Salary is complemented by a comprehensive benefits package which includes medical, dental, retirement, tuition, and paid time off.

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The University of New Hampshire is an R1 Carnegie classification research institution providing comprehensive, high-quality undergraduate and graduate programs of distinction. UNH is located in Durham on a 188-acre campus, 60 miles north of Boston and 8 miles from the Atlantic coast and is convenient to New Hampshire's lakes and mountains. There is a student enrollment of 13,000 students, with a full-time faculty of over 600, offering 90 undergraduate and more than 70 graduate programs. The University actively promotes a dynamic learning environment in which qualified individuals of differing perspectives, life experiences, and cultural backgrounds pursue academic goals with mutual respect and shared inquiry.

The UNH Diversity Resource Guide with information and programming available in the seacoast area, New Hampshire, and the region can be found here: https://www.unh.edu/hr/diversity-resource-guide