Faculty position in Environmental Health Sciences at UC Santa Cruz

I received the following in an email from Chad Saltikov, the chair of the Department of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology at UC Santa Cruz.  He was seeking help in getting the word out for a tenure track faculty position at UC Santa Cruz in the area of Environmental Health Science. The application deadline is coming up, Nov 30, 2018.

Job Link: https://recruit.ucsc.edu/apply/JPF00654

-Assistant professor (tenure track) level position in the area of environmental health, emphasizing a mechanistic understanding of how organisms are affected by environmentally-derived stressors, such as chemical or biological agents.

-Research areas might include (but are not limited to) exposome/exposure biology, mechanisms of contaminant action and defense, gene-environment interactions, or microbiome-contaminant interactions that influence host susceptibility.

-Link to the Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology department: https://www.metx.ucsc.edu

-Other notes: UC Santa Cruz is a Hispanic-Serving Institution with a high proportion of first-in-family undergraduate students.  We welcome candidates who understand the barriers facing women and minorities who are underrepresented in higher education careers (as evidenced by life experiences and educational background), and who have experience in equity and diversity with respect to teaching, mentoring, research, life experiences, or service towards building an equitable and diverse scholarly environment.