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Subject: Spatial Analysis Center Director, UC Riverside
Cluster Hire: Spatial Analysis Center Director
University of California, Riverside
The University of California at Riverside (UCR) is embarking on a major
new hiring initiative that will add 300 tenure-track positions in 33
cross-disciplinary areas selected through a peer- reviewed competition
(clusterhiring.ucr.edu).
Over the next three years, we will hire multiple faculty members in each
area and invest in research infrastructure to support their work. This
initiative will build critical mass in vital and emerging fields of
scholarship, foster truly cross- disciplinary work and further diversify
the faculty at one of America’s most diverse research universities. We
encourage applications from scholars committed to excellence and seeking
to help redefine the research university for the next generation.
We seek a Founding Director, at the Associate or Full Professor rank,
for a new Spatial Analysis Center at University of California Riverside
(UCR). The Director will provide vision and leadership for coordinated
efforts with center faculty spanning engineering, science, and
humanities, policy, and education colleges.
While the expertise of the center Director may emphasize applications in
spatial science from any discipline or the management of spatial
information, experience leading interdisciplinary research teams is
valued. A Ph.D. and a record of excellence and leadership in spatial
research is required. Through the creation of the Spatial Analysis
Center we will bring together a critical mass of researchers at UCR who
will enable coordinated advances in how dynamic spatial databases are
built, how people interact with spatial data of immense complexity, and
how new spatial analysis systems are used for understanding dynamics and
feedbacks in the built and natural environment. Additional new faculty
hired following the Director will join an existing research community
that is developing cutting-edge spatial technologies and applying these
tools to university-wide interdisciplinary challenges in fields spanning
global climate and biodiversity, autonomous vehicles, cultural heritage,
demographic changes, and big-data. The new center is part of a
substantial recent investment by UCR in high performance computing and
Data Science, which provides an exciting environment for advancing
spatial analysis throughout the university. As part of a university-wide
center, the Director will have an appropriate academic departmental home
but the center will report to the Vice Chancellor for Research.
Depending upon the department of appointment, the position may include
an appointment in the Agricultural Experiment Station, which includes
the responsibility to conduct research and outreach relevant to the
mission of the California Agricultural Experiment Station
(http://cnas.ucr.edu/about/aes/).
Applications must include a curriculum vitae, cover letter, statements
of research and teaching interests, a leadership statement for the
center, statement of contributions to diversity, and full contact
information for three to five references. All application materials must
be submitted through AP Recruit at:
https://aprecruit.ucr.edu/apply/JPF00526 . Review of applications will
begin March 15, 2016 and will continue until the position is filled with
an anticipated start date of June 30, 2016. Salary is commensurate with
education and experience. For more information about the position,
contact Darrel Jenerette (darrel.jenerette@ucr.edu), Search Chair,
Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California Riverside.
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative
Action Employer with a strong institutional commitment to the
achievement of excellence and diversity among its faculty and staff. All
qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without
regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender
identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or
any other characteristic protected by law.
UCR is a world-class research university with an exceptionally diverse
undergraduate student body. Its mission is explicitly linked to
providing routes to educational success for underrepresented and
first-generation college students. A commitment to this mission is a
preferred qualification.
Advancement through the faculty ranks at the University of California is
through a series of structured, merit-based evaluations, occurring every
2-3 years, each of which includes substantial peer input.
Mary Stuart
Personnel Assistant
Academic Personnel Services Unit
College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences
University of California, Riverside
203 College Building North | Riverside, California 92521
Telephone: 951.827.3068 | Fax: 951.827.4190 | mary.stuart@ucr.edu
