Position Announcement
Executive Director, Antarctic Drilling (ANDRILL) Program
University of Nebraska - Lincoln (UNL)
Application Review Begins: Thursday, 15 December 2005
For further information about ANDRILL, please go to:
http://www.andrill.org/
Questions about the position should be directed to:
Ross D. Powell
E-mail: ross [at] geol.niu.edu
Terry J. Wilson
E-mail: twilson [at] mps.ohio-state.edu
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) seeks an energetic leader to
serve as Executive Director to the ANDRILL (ANtarctic DRILLing) Program.
A multidisciplinary, multinational venture, ANDRILL is a drilling
program to recover stratigraphic records from the Antarctic region. Its
primary objectives are to investigate Antarctica's role in global
environmental change over the past 65 million years and to better
understand the response of Antarctica's ice sheets to future climate
change. International in scope, ANDRILL currently represents over 150
scientists from Germany, Italy, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the
United States. ANDRILL will also partner with established education
programs to convey its outcomes to policy makers, K-12 teachers,
students, and the community at large through formal and informal science
education programs. Television, museum, and K-12 activities are in the
planning stages. The results of the ANDRILL program will be highlighted
in the International Polar Year 2007-2008.
The ANDRILL Executive Director will have primary responsibility for
overall program management and specifically for implementing the United
States ANDRILL Program including directing ANDRILL Science Management
Office operations, strategic planning, and general management; selecting
and integrating all activities to achieve annual strategic goals related
to project development, research, education, and outreach; and working
with the Director of Research in managing the research program.
Candidates for this position should have demonstrated leadership skills,
noteworthy research accomplishments, proven ability to manage and
organize multifaceted programs of similar size, and recognized expertise
and credentials in physical or biological sciences, including a Ph.D.
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is a comprehensive research
university with Carnegie I standing and membership in the Association of
American Universities.
Interested candidates should go to https://employment.unl.edu and
complete the Faculty/Administrative application. A cover letter,
curriculum vita, a vision statement for the ANDRILL program, and the
names of at least three references (references will not be contacted
without prior notification and approval) may be submitted at the same
web address (https://employment.unl.edu), submitted electronically to
ANDRILLsearch [at] cse.unl.edu, or mailed to:
Richard Sincovec, Chair
ANDRILL Executive Director Search Committee
Computer Science and Engineering
256 Avery Hall
Lincoln, NE 68588-0115
Review of applications will begin on Thursday 15 December 2005 and will
continue until the position is filled. If you would like to discuss this
opportunity and the ANDRILL program, please contact:
Ross D. Powell
Distinguished Research Professor
Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences
312 Davis Hall, Normal Road
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115-2854, USA
Phone: 815-753-7952
Secty: 815-753-7925
Fax: 815-753-1945
E-mail: ross [at] geol.niu.edu
or contact:
Dr. Terry J. Wilson
130 Orton Hall
155 S. Oval Mall
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH 43210-1522
Phone: 614-292-0723
Fax: 614-292-1496
E-mail: twilson [at] mps.ohio-state.edu
The University of Nebraska is committed to a pluralistic campus
community through affirmative action and equal opportunity and is
responsive to the needs of dual-career couples. The University of
Nebraska assures reasonable accommodation under the Americans with
Disabilities Act.