Associate Professor

Requisition Number: 75358

Location:

Boulder, Colorado

City:
Boulder

State:
Colorado

Employment Type:

Faculty

Schedule:

Full-Time

Date Posted: 12-Oct-2026

The University of Colorado Boulder is recruiting a tenure track faculty member at the Associate Professor level whose research advances understanding and prediction of the changing Arctic, with clear and demonstrated applications to environmental intelligence and national security.

The successful candidate will have a strong record of externally funded collaborative research and experience translating fundamental Earth science into improved observing, modeling, sensing, prediction, or decision-making capabilities. We seek candidates with a demonstrated record of research support from federal agencies that support environmental intelligence and national security research, including the Office of Naval Research (ONR), Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center (USACE ERDC) and its Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL), National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), or related federal programs.

The successful candidate will maintain a vigorous externally funded research program, teach undergraduate and graduate courses, mentor students and early-career researchers, and contribute to interdisciplinary research initiatives across the CU Boulder campus.

The departmental tenure home will similarly be determined by the successful candidate's disciplinary expertise, with anticipated departmental homes including, but not limited to, Aerospace Engineering Sciences;
Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences;
Earth Science;
Electrical, Computer, & Energy Engineering; or Geography.

CU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. We are committed to creating a workplace where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity, and we encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

This faculty search is being conducted by a group of interdisciplinary research institutes and centers at the University of Colorado Boulder: the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC, a CIRES center), the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), and the Center for National Security Initiatives (NSI).

The candidate's primary institute or center affiliation will be determined based on their background, expertise, and research interests, allowing flexibility to identify the institutional home that provides the strongest fit.

Areas of expertise may include, but are not limited to:

• Arctic and polar system science
• Oceanography and atmospheric science
• Cryosphere-climate interactions
• Environmental conditions affecting polar operations
• Remote sensing and Earth observation
• Earth system and coupled modeling
• Environmental and geophysical prediction
• High-latitude observing systems and field programs
• Artificial intelligence and machine learning

Due to the nature, scope and sponsor of the work, the position is limited to only U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, refugees, and asylees, with the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.

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The University of Colorado Boulder has implemented a reference check program with respect to final candidates for tenured faculty appointments. The reference check program is intended to allow CU Boulder to collect and review information about a candidate's conduct at their current and previous institutions, specifically conduct related to sexual misconduct, harassment, and/or discrimination, before making hiring decisions. All final candidates for tenured faculty appointments are required to complete an Authorization to Release Information.

• This faculty position will be filled at the Associate Professor level.
• The anticipated salary range for this full-time, 9-month position at the Associate Professor rank is $120,000 - $137,000. Final salary determinations will be based on candidate…