Faculty Positions Open at KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) in Environmental Science and Engineering

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) invites applications for faculty positions in the area of Environmental Science and Engineering. We seek outstanding scientists/engineers to fill several faculty positions across all ranks (assistant, associate, and full professor) at the new KAUST campus in Saudi Arabia.

KAUST (www.kaust.edu.sa) will open in September 2009 as an international, graduate-level research university dedicated to inspiring a new age of scientific achievement in the Kingdom, the region, and the world. KAUST is a graduate-level research university supported by a multi-billion dollar endowment, and its core campus is located on the Red Sea at Thuwal – approximately 80 kilometers north of Saudi Arabia’s second largest city, Jeddah. The campus includes a seaside town with housing, shops, schools, and numerous recreational amenities.

KAUST has established four academic Divisions including Earth and Environmental Sciences and Engineering. Within this Division, there are several PhD and MSc degree programmes including Environmental Science and Engineering (EnSE). In addition to their academic appointment, faculty within this Division/degree programme will also hold a research appointment in one or more multi-disciplinary Research Centers including, among others, Water Desalination and Reuse, Membranes, and Solar and Alternative Energy Science and Engineering.

In addition to Center research facilities and equipment, KAUST will also provide Core laboratories and facilities to support all Research Centers and the University as a whole. A Research Park and Innovation Center complex, located adjacent to KAUST, will link the University’s research activities with private-sector research and economic development. Through a Global Research Partnership, KAUST’s world-class research funding programme will enable researchers from around the globe to work together to solve challenging scientific and technological problems.

Division faculty members are now being recruited at all levels (full, associate, and assistant professor). Within the EnSE degree programme, there are four tracks: Air and Water Quality, Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Hydrology, Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology, and Processes in Environmental Biotechnology. Expertise areas/disciplines of interest include Process Engineering, Transport Phenomena, Environmental Chemistry (water, air, and soil), Environmental Microbiology, Environmental Biotechnology, Water Resources Engineering, Environmental Fluid Mechanics, and Surface and Ground Water Hydrology. The unrivaled resources available to KAUST faculty; including security of research

funding, state-of-the-art laboratories, assured support for graduate students, postdocs, and technicians, generous travel allowances, and world-class salaries and benefits; offer the opportunity to focus on building leading research programmes without the uncertainties and overheads experienced elsewhere.

To apply for a faculty position, please send a single pdf or word file containing a cover letter, curriculum vitae, brief statements of research and teaching experience and interests, and contact information for at least four references to ense@kaust.edu.sa. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is the principal KAUST partner coordinating faculty recruiting in environmental engineering. Review of applications will begin immediately, and will continue until all positions are filled.