Postdoc Fellowship at William & Mary

[Ciruzzi, Dom]

The Environment & Sustainability Program at William & Mary is seeking applicants for a two-year Mellon Postdoctoral Research Fellow of Environment & Sustainability. This position supports expanding the fellow's own research agenda, as well as collaborating with faculty mentors on a new project on landscape disturbance and ecohydrology function in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. The faculty mentor team includes Dom Ciruzzi, Joanmarie Del Vecchio, Jennifer Swenson and Jean-Christophe Domec. Further, the faculty mentor team will help the fellow develop an undergrad seminar (first year) and an upper-level undergrad course (second year).  

Full job ad: https://williammary.wd12.myworkdayjobs.com/WM/job/William--Mary/Mellon-Postdoctoral-Research-Fellow-of-Environment---Sustainability_JR101311

Required qualifications:

• Expertise in both field and computational methods to examine ecosystems.
• Applicants must hold a PhD in any Earth and environmental science discipline at the time appointment begins Aug 10, 2026.
• Teaching experience and enthusiasm for teaching at the undergrad level relevant to environment and sustainability.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience/skills with programming (e.g., R, python, etc.), ecological modeling, field measurements in forest ecosystems, or computational methods to analyze and understand spatial data.
• Experience in one or more of the following disciplines/domains: ecosystem science, ecohydrology, watershed dynamics, geomorphology, or ecophysiology.

For full consideration, submit an application package by the initial review date, March 7, 2026. Applications received after the initial review date will be considered if needed. Any questions can be directed to Dom Ciruzzi at dmci...@wm.edu.

Thanks!!

-Dom

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Dom Ciruzzi (he/him/his)

Assistant Professor, Geology

William & Mary