Assistant or Associate Professor in Critical Minerals for the Energy Transition Tenure Track

　　Available Title(s):

　　270-NNFACULTY - Assistant Professor, 280-NNFACULTY - Associate Professor

　　Business Title:

　　Assistant or Associate Professor in Critical Minerals for the Energy Transition- Tenure Track

　　Employee Type:

　　Faculty

　　Time Type:

　　Full time

　　Position Term:

　　9 Month

　　Position Details:

　　The School of the Environment at Washington State University (WSU) on the Pullman, Washington Campus invites applications from emerging scholars to join our community as a permanent, full-time, nine-month, tenure-track faculty in critical minerals and mineral resources at the Assistant or Associate Professor level. WSU is recruiting eight outstanding tenure track faculty to join the newly established Institute for Northwest Energy Futures (INEF). INEF is an interdisciplinary institute dedicated to harnessing expertise across the WSU system and collaborating with research partners, including the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), to address the increasing demands for resilient, affordable, and low-carbon electricity and transportation fuels in the Pacific Northwest region. The cluster hire includes an institute director, three faculty to be located on WSU's Pullman campus (including this position) and four faculty to be located at WSU Tri-Cities.

　　Establishing this cross-campus connection will enable the INEF to deploy the full resources of the WSU system, fostering collaboration and innovation.

　　Our planet's rapidly changing climate dictates that we must quickly transition to a carbon-neutral energy future. This transition will require an increasing supply of mineral resources containing critical minerals, such as lithium, copper, nickel, aluminum, zinc, cobalt, manganese, platinum, and rare-earth elements. For this position, we seek applicants who work on fundamental Earth science questions related to critical minerals sources, the processes that concentrate and transport elements, and the economic viability of their extraction and production---all done within an equitable, just, sustainable, and environmentally sound framework. We seek applicants in research areas that include, but are not limited to, economic geology, ore deposit formation, the role of fluids in critical mineral formation, or critical zone science with a focus on environmental and shallow crustal mineral forming processes. We are particularly interested in candidates who conduct research with innovative experimental, geochemical, geochronological, and other analytical techniques enabled by the School of the Environment's existing laboratories. It is anticipated that the successful candidate will begin the appointment on August 16, 2024.

　　Summary of Duties:

　　• Teach undergraduate and graduate courses and play an important role in recruiting undergraduate Earth science majors

　　• Publish research in high-impact, peer-reviewed outlets

　　• Develop an externally-funded research program

　　• Recruit and mentor M.S. and Ph.D. students and undergraduate research assistants

　　• Work collaboratively with other faculty, staff, and students from a wide range of disciplines, cultures, and academic backgrounds

　　• Serve university, professional, and/or public organizations.

　　The workload of this position will be 40% teaching, 40% research, and 20% service.

　　Required Qualifications for All Ranks:

　　• Completed Ph.D. in geoscience or closely related fiel