1) Faculty Position / Solid Earth Science – The University of Tokyo
2) USGS Physical Science Technician – Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, WA
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1) Faculty Position / Solid Earth Science – The University of Tokyo
The Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, the University of Tokyo invites applications for a position as a full professor in Solid Earth Science. We seek a creative individual with a PhD and a strong background in the field of tectonophysics. The successful candidate will be appointed at the earliest possible date. He or she will be expected to exercise leadership, to work collaboratively with other members of the solid earth group and the other groups in the department, and to give lectures and supervise laboratory and field courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. If not already fluent in Japanese, he or she will be expected to achieve fluency sufficient for giving lectures and performing administrative duties within several years.
Interested persons should send (a) a curriculum vitae, including a list of publications (b) statements of (i) their research experience, (ii) their teaching experience, (iii) their future research plans, and (iv) how they intend to contribute to undergraduate and graduate education in our department if appointed (about 2000 words in total) (c) reprints of five of their major publications (pdf files allowed) (d) the names, addresses, and e–mail addresses of two references. Applications must be received by July 22, 2016 via either e-mail or postal mail.
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2) USGS Physical Science Technician – Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, WA
The USGS Volcano Science Center is hiring a Physical Science Technician to join the Volcano Emissions Project team at the Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, WA. This is a permanent position with full benefits to be filled at the GS 9-11 level.
The application period is currently open and will close on June 8, 2016.
Some of the duties include:
- Assembly, testing, calibration, installation, and maintenance of complex geochemical instruments for measuring volcanic gases at U.S. volcanoes and at foreign sites.
- Maintaining a cache of volcanic gas instrumentation in the electronics and chemistry lab.
- Integration of a variety of components into field-ready enclosures. This may include assembly of cabling and power systems, electrochemical gas sensors, optical gas sensors, analog-digital converters, relays, microcomputers, as well as telemetry components that include cellular and satellite modems and digital radios.
- Making measurements of volcanic gases with portable geochemical instruments, collecting gas samples for later analysis, and installing instrumentation.
- Compiling and analyzing data from multiple instruments, checking data for errors, and preparing data products. Evaluation will require combining various data streams and processing collected data with statistical algorithms and computer models.
- Gas measurements are conducted by airplane, helicopter, vehicle, boat and on foot. Work requires considerable and strenuous physical exertion such as lifting and carrying heavy equipment (up to 50 lbs) for hours at a time to remote locations in the field (up to 10 miles away), and working in rugged, rough terrain and at high altitude. Exposure to wind, cold, heat, rain in the field, in cold and tropical climates in areas such as Alaska, Latin America and the Pacific Rim. Field work requires travel for weeks at a time in remote domestic and international locations, often at short notice.
For details on the vacancy announcement, including specific qualification requirements and application procedures, go to http://www.usajobs.gov and refer toJob Announcement Number: SAC-2016-0303 (https://www.usajobs.gov/
This position is also open to current or former Federal employees under merit promotion procedures: SAC-2016-0332
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