[ECOLOG-L] Postdoctoral Teaching/Research Fellowship

[Nat Weston]

Mendel Science Experience Post-Doctoral Fellow

Department of Geography  the Environment

Villanova University

Faculty Mentors: Nathaniel Weston and Steven Goldsmith


Villanova University’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences invites 
applications for a Mendel Science Experience Post-doctoral Fellow within the 
Department of Geography  the Environment. The Fellows program is designed 
to enhance the College’s teaching of science to non-science majors through 
the Mendel Science Experience program and to foster the professional 
development of recent Ph.D. recipients on a career path leading to faculty 
positions.  Positions are 50:50 teaching and research.  Fellows will team-
teach a laboratory science course for non-science-majors, develop and teach 
an upper level undergraduate course, will conduct research in collaboration 
with the faculty mentors, and will have opportunities to supervise 
undergraduate research. The position begins in August 2013.

Candidates with a background in biology, geology, environmental science, or 
similar fields with research interests in watersheds and/or coastal 
ecosystems are encouraged to apply. Applicants who have an interest in the 
environmental impacts of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing for 
natural gas extraction are highly encouraged. We are particularly interested 
in those with experience in evaluating the fates of nutrients, sediments, 
and/or contaminants in either riverine or tidal marsh systems. The 
successful applicant will enhance our ongoing research on watersheds and 
tidal marsh ecosystems, with a new focus on natural gas extraction in the 
Marcellus Shale (Please see our websites 
http://homepage.villanova.edu/nathaniel.weston and 
http://goldsmithenvironmental.com for more information on research in our 
labs). Applicants are expected to assist faculty in the Department of 
Geography and the Environment by co-teaching a Mendel Science Experience 
course on climate change in the fall of 2013 and co-design and teach an MSE 
course focused on the environmental impacts of hydraulic fracturing in the 
fall of 2014.  Applicants are also expected to design and teach a new upper-
level environmental science course in their research area.  

Applications must include a curriculum vitae, transcripts of all graduate 
work, and a cover letter that includes a statement of career goals, a plan 
for research that indicates collaboration with the faculty mentors, a 
proposal for teaching that includes the hydraulic-fracturing Mendel Science 
Experience course for non-science-majors and an upper level environmental 
science elective course, and names and contact information for three 
references.  Applicants must apply online at https://jobs.villanova.edu.  
Review of applications will begin on 20 April 2013; the search will remain 
open until the position is filled.  

Villanova is a Catholic university sponsored by the Augustinian order. An 
AA/EEO Employer, Villanova seeks a diverse faculty committed to scholarship, 
service, and especially teaching, who understand, respect, and can 
contribute to the University’s mission and values.

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoctoral Teaching/Research Fellowship - Villanova University

[Nat Weston]

Villanova University’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences invites 
applications for a Mendel Science Experience Post-doctoral Fellow. The 
Fellows program is designed to enhance the College’s teaching of science 
to non-science majors through the Mendel Science Experience program and to 
foster the professional development of recent Ph.D. recipients on a career 
path leading to faculty positions.  Positions are 50:50 teaching and 
research.  Fellows will team-teach a non-science-majors course with their 
faculty mentor as well as upper level undergraduate course, will conduct 
research in collaboration with the faculty mentor, and will have 
opportunities to supervise undergraduate research. The position begins in 
August 2011.

Applicants who have an interest in research focused on the response of 
tidal marshes to climate change and land use alterations are encouraged to 
apply to work with Nathaniel Weston in the Department of Geography and the 
Environment. We’re especially interested in the response of microbial and 
plant communities to rising sea-levels and salt-water intrusion, changing 
organic matter sequestration and sediment accretion rates, and the 
resultant alterations to ecosystem function. I teach a Mendel Science 
Experience course focused on climate change. Applicants interested in 
working in my lab and developing and teaching courses in the Department of 
Geography and the Environment should contact me prior to submitting 
applications.  The application must include a research plan and a teaching 
proposal that should be developed in coordination with me. Please contact 
me via email (nathaniel.wes...@villanova.edu) to discuss the position and 
your interests. See my website 
(http://homepage.villanova.edu/nathaniel.weston) for more information on 
research in my lab.

Applications must include a curriculum vitae, official transcripts of all 
undergraduate and graduate work, and a cover letter that includes: a 
statement of career goals, a personal professional development plan, a 
plan for research that indicates collaboration with the potential faculty 
mentor, a proposal for teaching that includes a Mendel Science Experience 
course for non-science-majors and an upper level course (possibly team-
taught with the faculty mentor) for science, and names and contact 
information for three references.  Applicants must apply online at 
https://jobs.villanova.edu.  Review of applications will begin on 2 March 
2012; the search will remain open until the position is filled.  

Villanova is a Catholic university sponsored by the Augustinian order. An 
AA/EEO Employer, Villanova seeks a diverse faculty committed to 
scholarship, service, and especially teaching, who understand, respect, 
and can contribute to the University’s mission and values.