Penn State looks to accelerate innovation in research and solutions at the University and beyond to mitigate the societal impacts of climate change. To that end, Penn State is recruiting full-time, tenure-line faculty members with research expertise relevant to climate solutions. Faculty will be expected to:
- Work on research aligned with the themes of the Institute of Energy and the Environment's (IEE) emerging climate consortium
- Support interdisciplinary research, teaching, and outreach across departmental and college boundaries and in conjunction with IEE’s mission
Climate Risk and Decision-Making
Co-Funded Department of Geosciences - Institute of Energy and the Environment- and Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
The Department of Geosciences, the Institute of Energy and the Environment, and the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute of the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania invite applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Climate Risk and Decision-Making at the Assistant Professor level. For this position, we seek a colleague who can lead convergent research at the interface of geosciences, climate science, impacts, adaptation, and decision-making. The successful applicant will conduct transdisciplinary research on decision-making for climate risks. Areas of interest include but are not limited to climatic and geophysical drivers of risk, climate risks, and their impacts, equity and impacts to vulnerable communities, and decision analytics for risk management, planning, and adaptation.
Climate Science
Co-funded Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science - Institute of Energy and the Environment - Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
The Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, the Institute of Energy and the Environment, and the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute invite applications for a tenure-track faculty position in climate science with emphasis on solutions and societal impacts at the rank of assistant professor. Improving the representation of atmospheric or oceanic processes in climate predictions, advancing the theory, observations, and models needed to develop and evaluate these predictions, and improving our ability to observe and understand the impacts of ongoing climate change are necessary to advance stakeholder-relevant climate science. We seek an atmospheric or oceanic scientist whose research will advance climate science and who is motivated by the need to address the wide-ranging and disproportionate impacts of climate change on society. The successful candidate’s research may enhance equity and social justice, improve predictions of climate impacts, or inform adaptation and mitigation strategies. A critical component of the faculty member’s research will be an active effort to benefit underserved and vulnerable populations.