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POSITION SPECIFICS

CHAIRED/ENDOWED FACULTY POSITION IN SUBSURFACE ENERGY SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

The John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME) in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences at The Pennsylvania State University invites applications for a tenured faculty position at the rank of Associate or Full Professor in the area of Subsurface Energy Science and Engineering. The successful candidate will also be appointed to a chaired or endowed faculty position, commensurate with rank and qualifications, to contribute to our mission of leading research in different energy disciplines.

We seek an exceptional scholar whose interdisciplinary research addresses critical challenges in the exploration, production, storage, and environmental impacts of energy and decarbonization systems in the subsurface. This is a broad and inclusive search encompassing the full spectrum of activities relevant to subsurface energy science and engineering. Areas of interest and application include—but are not limited to—geothermal energy, subsurface hydrogen generation or storage, unconventional reservoirs, enhanced oil and gas recovery, geologic carbon sequestration, subsurface critical minerals recovery, nuclear waste disposal, microfluidics and lab-on-a-chip, AI-enabled technologies, and other emerging domains.

EME is a dynamic, multidisciplinary department that thrives on collaboration and impact-driven research, fostering partnerships across academia, industry, and government. Penn State provides exceptional opportunities for collaboration through its renowned interdisciplinary institutes.

Competitive applicants for the rank of Associate Professor will possess a Ph.D. degree in a discipline related to their research area, a sustained record of securing external research funding, and a strong portfolio of high-impact scholarship that strengthens EME's Subsurface Energy Engineering core research area. We are particularly interested in individuals with proven success in graduate student mentorship and collaborative leadership, underpinned by deep expertise in flow through porous media,