Position Number: F00375P

Position Type: Faculty

Position Category: Fulltime Faculty

Driver Classification: Non Driver

City: Richmond, Kentucky

Division: Academic Affairs/Provost

Department: College of Science, Tech, Engineering & Math

Unit: Physics, Geosciences & Astronomy

Contact Person: Melissa Dieckmann

Funding Source: Institutional

About the College/Department:

Eastern Kentucky University is a regional, coeducational, public institution of higher education offering general and liberal arts programs, pre-professional and professional training in education and various other fields at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Located in Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky, EKU has a distinguished record of more than a century of educational service to the Commonwealth. Eastern Kentucky University is committed to access, equal opportunity, dignity, respect, and inclusion for all people, as integral to a learning environment in which intellectual creativity and diversity thrives.

EKU is dedicated to high-quality instruction, scholarship, and service, and places emphasis on the three in that order. Through its colleges and schools, the University seeks to offer quality instruction at a variety of degree levels in general education, the arts, the sciences, business, education, pre-professional and professional areas, and applied and technical disciplines. Through consultative services, continuing education, and the extended campus, the University seeks to provide service to the community and the region. Research seeks both to advance knowledge in the subject matter areas with which the University is concerned and to support the primary function of teaching.
The Department of Physics, Geosciences, & Astronomy offers the Bachelor of Science in Environmental and Applied Geology (with academic and professional concentrations), the Bachelor of Science in Physics (with concentrations in General Physics, Engineering Physics, and Teaching Physics) a Certificate in Geographic Information Science (GIS), and Minors in Earth Science/Teaching, Environmental Geosciences, Geography, Geology, Physics, and Physics/Teaching. For more information about the department resources and facilities, including course descriptions, visit https://www.eku.edu/phygeosast/.

Position Summary:

The Department of Physics, Geosciences, and Astronomy at Eastern Kentucky University seeks a qualified colleague at the assistant professor level to contribute to our BS Physics program, which includes concentrations in engineering physics, general physics, and physics teaching. We seek someone who will inspire and mentor students representing a broad range of classes, sexual orientations, gender identities, races, ethnicities, nationalities, and religions.

The successful candidate will teach an average of 12 hours per semester, include and engage undergraduate students in an active research program, and contribute to departmental service work. This is a tenure-track position beginning in August 7, 2023. Teaching duties may include a combination of core physics courses, physics and astronomy service and general education courses, pre-engineering courses, and upper-level electives. All introductory physics and astronomy courses at EKU are inquiry-based and taught in a studio-style classroom setting. We seek a colleague with academic training and practical experience that complements the department’s expertise and resources. Modest startup funds are available.
Department resources include a remotely operated observatory (with 17” CDK telescope), a laser lab (with tunable ultrafast titanium:sapphire laser, TEA N2 laser, Nd:YAG mJ nanosecond laser, interferometric precision stages, 10nm-resolution atomic force microscope, 18” interferometric TMC optical tables, etc), a nuclear/particle physics instrumentation lab (fast and open FPGA data acquisition systems, scintillation detectors and accessories, nuclear instrumentation modules, vacuum systems), hpc computing resources, ground-penetrating radar, and electrical resistivity tomography equipment, and the Hummel Planetarium used for teaching and research in astronomy education.
The successful applicant may have access to other College of STEM resources; current physics faculty members collaboratively use EKU Chemistry’s 400 MHz NMR spectrometer, SEM with EDS, UV-Vis spectrometer, FTIR-ATR spectrometer, AFM, etc.

Minimum Qualifications:

Ph.D. in Physics, Astronomy, or closely related field at the time of appointment from an accredited institution and/or a recognized international university.

Desired Qualifications:

Preference will be given to those who have demonstrated a commitment to undergraduate education and an ability to mentor students in research.

Required Education Summary:

Posting Number: F00375P

Number of Vacancies: 1

Job Open Date: 10/13/2022

Application Review Date: 11/28/2022

Job Close Date: 11/28/2022

Open Until Filled: No

Special Instructions Summary:

AA/EEO Statement:

Eastern Kentucky University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and educational institution and does not discriminate on the basis of age (40 and over), race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, ethnicity, disability, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information in the admission to, or participation in, any educational program or activity (e.g., athletics, academics and housing) which it conducts or any employment policy or practice.

Background Check Statement:

Offers of employment are contingent upon satisfactory background check.

Document Link:

To apply, visit https://apptrkr.com/3599249