"Assistant Professor Physical Contributions to Sea Level, Tenure Track, F0388A"

Posting Details

Job Title
Assistant Professor Physical Contributions to Sea Level, Tenure Track, F0388A

Department
RESILIENCE CLUSTER HIRE

Position Number
F0388A

Job Description

The Department of Ocean and Earth Sciences (OES) in the College of Sciences (CoS) at Old Dominion University (ODU) in Norfolk, VA, invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in sea level rise (SLR) with a focus on the physical contributions to sea level. While we anticipate hiring at the assistant professor level, exceptional candidates at the associate professor level will also be considered. This position will start in Fall, 2026, and this is a 10-month appointment.

This faculty position is part of ODU’s Centennial Cluster Hire initiative within the SLR and coastal resilience research focus area. This faculty member will partner with other cluster hire faculty, including one in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) to develop transdisciplinary research, education and outreach programs by incorporating SLR data and modeling products focused on quantifying the magnitudes and variabilities in the physical processes and variables that contribute to changes in global and relative sea levels. This position is envisioned to foster synergy across several subdisciplines within OES, including physical oceanography, coastal geology, geological oceanography, geospatial analysis, environmental sciences, and remote sensing.

The successful candidate will conduct research on developing accurate assessments of SLR by focusing on physical contributions to sea level. This may include research on gains or losses of continental ice sheets and glaciers, thermal expansion and variations in global water storage, significance of atmosphere-ocean models and data requirements, or modeling of sea-level trajectories. This work may combine observations of Earth’s crustal deformation from Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR), satellite altimetry, ice sheet/glacial extents data, and tide-gauge data with numerical models to project physical contributions to sea level change across ranges of space and time.

Position Type
FullTime

Type of Recruitment
General Public

Minimum required education and/or special licenses, registrations, trainings, or certifications

Ph.D. in geology, oceanography, environmental science or in a related science discipline completed by the position start date.

Minimum required level and type of experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities

1. Must be able to develop and teach both graduate and undergraduate courses in physical oceanography and data analysis.
2. A demonstrated research and publication record on drivers of SLR.
3. A demonstrated ability to use GNSS, inSAR, satellite altimetry, tide gauge or other data, and climate or other numerical models to analyze changing sea level.
4. Experience as a mentor or supervisor for graduate students.

Preferred Qualifications

• Post doctoral experience strongly preferred.
• Experience in teaching and/or a clear plan for developing graduate and undergraduate courses in OES.
• Track record of developing funded interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research collaborations.

Conditions of Employment

Location
Norfolk, VA

Job Open Date
10/15/2025

Application Review Date
12/15/2025

Open Until Filled
Yes

Application Instructions

Interested candidates must apply at https://jobs.odu.edu/postings/24407 and attach the following with their online application:

1. A cover letter.
2. A curriculum vitae.
3. A statement of teaching philosophy.
4. A statement of research interests.
5. Unofficial graduate transcripts.
6. Contact information for 3 professional references.

Applications should be submitted by December 15, 2025, for full consideration. The position will remain open until it is filled.

Telework Friendly
No

Reasonable Accommodation Request

If you are an individual with a disability and require reasonable accommodation, please contact the Division of Talent Management and Culture at (757)683-3141.

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The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or © consistent with contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

About the College

ODU, located in Norfolk, is Virginia’s forward-focused public doctoral research university with more than 23,000 students, an R1 research ranking, rigorous academics, an energetic residential community and initiatives that contribute $2.6 billion annually to Virginia’s economy.

About the Department

OES is one of seven departments in the CoS and offers a B.S. in Ocean and Earth Science with multiple areas of emphasis (environmental sciences, geology, oceanography, marine science technology and earth science education), as well as M.S. (ocean and earth science) and Ph.D. (oceanography) degrees. The department’s research areas include physical, chemical, geological and biological oceanography, coastal geology, and environmental science.