DEPARTMENT CHAIR

The faculty of the Department of Geology and Geophysics at LSU is seeking an outstanding research-oriented geologist to serve as Department Chair.  Our department has 17 faculty members and is one of the top Geology programs in the Southeastern US.  It has benefited from our highly supportive alumni who have generously endowed our field camp, faculty chairs, and graduate research programs. We seek an outside candidate with an international reputation to serve as chair to further build the department by bringing a new perspective.  That individual will need experience and a vision on how to strengthen the department’s two primary research focus areas: 1. Evolution of sedimentary systems and 2. Earth materials and solid earth processes. The successful candidate must have a proven record of scholarship and external research funding.  As chair, the individual will oversee planning and administration of undergraduate and graduate programs in Geology and Geophysics.  In addition the new chair will be expected to support and facilitate collaborative multidisciplinary research programs across the university and with the outside community.  The chair will be expected to maintain and build upon our traditional strong relationship with industry, oversee the continuing development of alumni relations and manage the significant and still growing department endowment.
            This tenured appointment will be at the level of full professor.  The position reports to the Dean of the College of Basic Sciences.  LSU is the Flagship University, a public and comprehensive institution serving the State and the entire nation. The candidate may also be considered to occupy one of the three endowed chairs currently available in the department.  These include the: John Franks Chair in Geology, McCord Chair in Petroleum Geology, Billy and Ann Harrison Chair in Sedimentology.   
            Applications will be accepted until the position is filled, but reviews will begin by March 17th with a desired start date of September 2008.  We welcome nominations of potential candidates.  Letters of application, including a curriculum vitae, a statement of research and teaching activities, a description of administrative positions and philosophy, and the names of five potential references should be sent to:

Dr. Louis J. Thibodeaux, Chair
Department Chair Search
Department of Geology and Geophysics
Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803

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