Associate Professor in Complex Human and Natural Systems Modeling

Job description

Description The Vice President for Research at The University of Texas at Austin invites applications for a tenured Associate Professor in the area of Complex Systems Modeling of Human Infrastructure and Natural Systems. The successful candidate will develop a high-quality research program that integrates models for urban and/or natural systems to provide information for decision-making. This research area is a key component of a new, campus-wide initiative, called Planet Texas 2050, which is addressing the challenges to Texas’ resiliency in the 21st century given the projected driving forces of population growth and climate change. This initiative will address processes and feedbacks across the breadth of natural resources in Texas (and elsewhere) and how future demands and global change will impact regions and municipalities. In natural systems, these processes and feedbacks include those within and between climate and hydrologic systems, ecosystems, and biogeochemical cycles. In human systems, the design and development of resilient cities will require research that effectively accounts for rapidly changing cities and the complex connections between various components of urban a...