Tenure-track Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor in Environmental Engineering

Position Description: Environmental Engineering

A full-time, tenure-track Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor position in Environmental Engineering is available. We seek candidates with expertise in drinking water quality and treatment, including but not limited to advanced and innovative treatment processes for emerging contaminants and pathogens; nature-based and low-energy drinking water solutions; the water-environment-health nexus, risk assessment, and climate resilience; artificial intelligence and smart drinking water treatment systems; and resilient drinking water infrastructure. The successful candidate will be expected to establish a multidisciplinary research program that integrates drinking water quality and treatment with broader watershed, urban water, and climate resilience challenges. The successful candidate will be expected to develop and teach courses in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering related to areas such as water quality, contaminant fate and transport.

As part of this cluster hiring initiative, this position will be filled alongside a complementary appointment, link, link, link, and link fostering strong collaboration across disciplines. Each successful candidate will be expected to develop and sustain externally-funded, collaborative research programs that strengthen partnerships with the Geotechnical Centre, The Water Research Centre, Centre for Computational Geostatistics (CCG), and industry partners.

Responsibilities

The Assistant Professor role is the starting point on the Academic Faculty Member career pathway at the University of Alberta. Faculty Members are Full Members of the department and play an active role in democratic processes and governance. The responsibilities of the roles include active participation in teaching, research, and service:

• Teaching (40%): Participation in teaching programs, including classroom teaching, supervision of students conducting research, and personal interactions with and advising students...
• Research (40%): Participation in research, including the preparation or performance of creative works and reflective inquiry...
• Service (20%): An Academic Faculty member shall be actively engaged in service to the University...

We offer a competitive market salary...

Qualifications

Candidates must hold a Ph.D. in their respective field—such as Geotechnical, Geoenvironmental, Environmental, Mining, Water Resources, Civil Engineering, or a closely related discipline—by the appointment start date, and demonstrate either an established record or exceptional potential for excellence in research and education...

Application Instructions

Click "Apply Now" and provide the listed documents in one single file...

• Cover letter...
• Curriculum vitae (CV)...
• Research statement...
• Teaching statement...
• The names of at least three referees...

Review of applications will begin June 4, 2026 at 11:59 PM.