The Initiative for Renewable Energy and the Environment (IREE), a signature program of the University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment, is searching for outstanding candidates to fill four Global Energy Leadership Fellow positions. These full-time, postdoctoral research appointments are for one year, with the opportunity for renewal.
The new fellowships are designed to support creative, cutting-edge work on solving the world's most challenging energy problems. Successful candidates will be part of a novel learning and training environment for the next generation of global scientific research leaders in the areas of renewable energy and the environment.
The Global Energy Leadership Fellows will design and carry out their own forward-thinking, groundbreaking research on sustainable energy systems in such fields as bioenergy, solar energy, carbon capture and storage, wind energy and energy-efficient buildings, among others. The fellows will be housed within the Institute on the Environment and will engage in partnerships with other academic, industrial or nongovernmental partners—particularly in other parts of the world.
As a unique feature of the program, the fellows must include an explicit international component in their research, preferably oriented toward issues in developing countries, and will be expected to spend a period of time in an international venue.
Application deadline: Nov. 15, 2009
Qualifications: Advanced degree (Ph.D. or equivalent) in engineering, earth and environmental sciences; energy-related fields of biology, chemistry, physics and mathematics; economics; or environmental architecture and design. Other fields related to the general theme of sustainable energy systems are also eligible. International experience is a plus. Successful candidates will have a strong track record of scientific training and accomplishment, as well as demonstrated experience within the renewable energy field.
Salary: $50,000 - $55,000 plus benefits, depending on previous experience.
To apply: Please visit the following web site for application information:http://environment.umn.edu/about/leadershipfellow.html
Direct inquiries to:
Richard "Dick" Hemmingsen, Director
Initiative for Renewable Energy and the Environment
Institute on the Environment
University of Minnesota
(612) 625-2263, hemmings@umn.edu
