The School of Marine Sciences (SMS) of the University of Maine seeks an interdisciplinary oceanographer at the Assistant or beginning Associate Professor level, tenurable, 9 mos position; available 1 September 2001 with strong background in geological processes, geochemistry or physics of particle motion. The broad target area is particle dynamics. The candidate must have a Ph.D. in related fields and should have research and teaching interests in common with some current faculty within SMS or help to create bridges between SMS and other natural sciences units on campus. Specific examples of research areas to which the candidate might bridge include coastal sedimentation, benthic ecology, marine policy, biogeochemical cycling, the biology-physics interface, and climate change. SMS was amalgamated into a School of about 40 faculty from several units on campus to foster collaboration among traditional subdisciplines of marine sciences and to include aquaculture, marine policy and marine biology as well as oceanography. The successful candidate will contribute to this vision in research as well as graduate and undergraduate teaching. Applications should comprise a full CV, a selection of (p)reprints and statement of research and teaching goals that demonstrate commitment to interdisciplinary interests and a list of three references from whom we may request further details. Please send them to Chair, Oceanographer Search Committee, School of Marine Sciences, 214 Libby Hall, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469-5741. Review will begin on 15 March 2001. The University of Maine is an EO/AA employer and encourages women and minorities to apply. For further information visit .

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