open faculty positions
Assistant Director for Water Resources Programs
PSIEE is seeking an assistant director for water resources programs.
Multiple Energy-related Faculty Positions (listed below)
The Pennsylvania State University will recruit and hire at least 25 new faculty positions in energy science, engineering, and policy during the next 3 years. This is part of an initiative to enhance an already vigorous program of environmental and energy research and education at Penn State that includes strategic alliances with major energy companies and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Applications at the Assistant/Associate Professor level are sought, but appointments to senior ranks will be considered for qualified candidates. Most positions will be co-funded by the participating academic departments and by the Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment.
View 2006 Energy Task Force Report
Applications are hereby solicited for the first nine positions.
COAL-DERIVED FUELS:
- Catalysis for Efficient Hydrocarbon Conversion (Friederich G. Helfferich
Professorship in Chemical Engineering)
Department of Chemical Engineering
Contact: Kristen Fichthorn at fichthorn@psu.edu
View announcement - Coal Conversion to Liquids
Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering
Contact: Joan Andrews at jxa1@psu.edu
View announcement - Molecular Modeling of Coal Structure and Reactivity
Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering
Contact: Joan Andrews at jxa1@psu.edu
View announcement - Fuel Flexible Combustion of Coal Derived Fuels
Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering
Contact: Domenic Santavicca at das8@psu.edu
View announcement
BIOENERGY:
- Biomass Energy Economics and Policy
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
Contact: Jim Shortle at jshortle@psu.edu
View announcement - Enzymology, Transcriptional Control, or Systems Biology of Cellulosic Feedstocks –
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Contact: Nancy Wilson at njw12@psu.edu
View announcement - Synthetic Biology Engineer
Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Contact: Paul Heinemann at hzh@engr.psu.edu
View announcement
CARBON SEQUESTRATION:
- Geologic Carbon Sequestration (2 positions)
Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering
Department of Geosciences
Contact: Teresa Craig at tcraig@geosc.psu.edu
View announcement
Penn State is committed to affirmative action, equal opportunity and the diversity of its workforce.

