#EESpublishes: Prof. John Marra has a new book on everyone’s favorite carbon isotope C14!

Congratulations to our very own Dr. John Marra (EES, Brooklyn College and GC) on the publication of his new book! Marra, John F. 2019. Hot Carbon: Carbon-14 and a Revolution in Science (New York: Columbia University Press).   “There are few fields of science that carbon-14 has not touched. A radioactive isotope of carbon, it stands out for its unusually long half-life. Best known for its application to estimating the age of artifacts—carbon dating—carbon-14 helped reveal new chronologies of human civilization and geological time. Everything containing carbon, the basis of all life, could be placed in time according to the clock …

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#EESpublishes: Aaron Davitt and Kyle McDonald on using Soil Moisture & Freeze-Thaw Data to predict Spring-Melt Flood Conditions

EES PhD student Aaron Davitt has first authored a paper with Prof McDonald as a coauthor in the IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing entitled: “The Utility of SMAP Soil Moisture and Freeze-Thaw Datasets as Precursors to Spring-Melt Flood Conditions: A Case Study in the Red River of the North Basin”   Abstract: We evaluated NASA soil moisture active–passive (SMAP) soil moisture (SM) and freeze-thaw (FT) datasets for the utility to identify FT and SM conditions as precursors to a 2017 spring-melt flood event in the Red River of the North Basin. SMAP FT and …

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Lecturer – Structural Geology/Tectonics at Auburn University

Job Description Summary The Department of Geosciences at Auburn University invites applications for a 9-month non-tenure track faculty position in Structural Geology and Tectonics beginning January 1, 2020. The position is a one-year appointment subject to renewal based on performance, need for services and available funding. The successful candidate will teach undergraduate courses including, but not limited to, Dynamic Earth, Structural Geology, Summer Field Camp, as well as one graduate level course (e.g., Tectonics) as determined by the candidate’s expertise, experience and department needs. The teaching load will be three courses each semester. Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, a …

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Agroecology Program Manager at Hocking College

Agroecology Program Manager Position Information: Position Purpose Under the guidance and direction of the Dean, School of Natural Resources, the Agroecology Program Manager is the entrepreneur of the Agroecology program. The Program Manager leads and manages both independent project management and collaborative efforts with the Dean to create, maintain, and process materials associated with the Agroecology program; teaches classes each semester of the year; leads program review and accreditation efforts; and supervises faculty assigned to teach courses within the program. Annual salary for the position: $55,000 Duties and Responsibilities PARTICIPATES IN DEPARTMENT ACTVITIES: Provide effective day-to-day management and administration of …

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Dr. Celeste Winston’s Disseratation Now Available on CUNY Academic Works: Marronage and Anti Police Struggles

“How to Lose the Hounds”: Tracing the Relevance of Marronage for Contemporary Anti-Police Struggles  by Celeste Winston. Advisor: Ruth Wilson Gilmore Committee Members: Katherine McKittrick, Marianna Pavlovskaya, and Robyn Spencer. Abstract: This dissertation analyzes the interconnected practices of flight from slavery and flight from policing. Focusing on Black communities within Montgomery County, Maryland, I provide evidence for how local legacies of enslavement and flight from slavery have empowered later generations of residents, including people still living there today, to practice safety and security on their own terms, beyond policing. I draw on archival and ethnographic research in seven Black communities …

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Director of Langmuir Laboratory in Lightening and Thunderstorms at New Mexico Tech

Conduct scientific research on lightning, and thunderstorms. Aspects of this duty include: writing grant proposals, and journal publications, attending and presenting at professional meetings, designing building and deploying custom instrumentation, and participating in field programs at Langmuir Laboratory and elsewhere. Interfacing with Langmuir Laboratory’s relationships with the FAA, the USDA Forest Service and other governmental agencies. Supervise laboratory staff and graduate students. Manage laboratory finances. Ph.D. or doctorate level equivalent required area of study, Physics, Electrical Engineering or Atmospheric Science. Experience in proposal/ grant writing required. Experience in designing, constructing, testing, and operation of custom instrumentation required. Experience in dealing …

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Postdoctoral Research Associate I, Earth System Modeling (Multiple Positions) at University of Arizona

Department: Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences (0469) Location: Main Campus Position Summary The University of Arizona’s Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences is seeking two full-time postdoctoral researchers in the field of Earth system modeling. One position will focus on global atmospheric processes, and the other will focus on land processes. Both positions are in the Land-Atmosphere-Ocean Interactions group, led by Prof. Xubin Zeng (https://xzeng.faculty.arizona.edu/). Over three decades, this group has addressed many aspects of surface interface processes and has developed widely-adopted parameterizations and global observational datasets. To build on this experience, therefore, the ideal candidates will be passionate, flexible, and …

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Visiting Lecturer in Geography at University of North Alabama

The Department of Geography at the University of North Alabama invites applications for TWO nine-month Visiting Lecturer positions to begin in August 2019. The successful candidates will be broadly trained geographers capable of teaching both in-class and online introductory-level Physical Geography classes (Weather and Climate, and Landforms). Applicants with GIS expertise and or Hazards are preferred. Teaching load is five (5) classes per semester. Applicants with a Ph.D. in Geography or related discipline are preferred but MS holders will also be considered. UNA expects faculty to be enthusiastic, energetic, collegial, and student-centered. Review of applications will begin on June 1, …

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Professor Khandaker elected to GSA Fellowship!

Professor Nazrul Khandaker has been named a GSA Fellow! The GSA Fellowship is given only to 3% of the membership (over 20,000) and it is a prestigious award. “GSA Fellowship is an honor that is bestowed on the best of our profession. GSA members are elected to Fellowship in recognition of a sustained record of distinguished contributions to the geosciences and to the Geological Society of America. The Geological Society of America (GSA) is a global professional society with a membership of more than 20,000 individuals in more than 100 countries. GSA provides access to elements that are essential to the …

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