Assistant Professor; Geology

Position: Assistant Professor (Geology) (0082686)
Salary: See Position Description
Location : UH Hilo, Hilo, HI
Job Type: Full-Time Permanent
Job Number:
Department: University of Hawai'i at Hilo
Division: College of Natural and Health Sciences - Geology/Geophysics
Opening Date: 05/13/2026
Closing Date: Continuous
Position Number:: 0082686
Description

Title:

Assistant Professor (Geology)

Position Numbers: 0082686

Hiring Unit:
College of Natural & Health Sciences (CNHS)/Department of Geology

Location:

UH Hilo

Date Posted:
May 13, 2026

Closing Date:
Continuous recruitment, first review on or about August 1, 2026, and will continue until position is filled.

Salary Information:
Commensurate with qualification and experience

Monthly Type: 9-month

Tenure-Track:
Tenure Track

Full Time/Part Time:
Full-time

Temporary/Permanent:
Permanent
Other

Conditions:

Appointment to begin January 2027, pending position clearance and availability of funding.

The Department of Geology at the University of Hawai'i at Hilo (UH Hilo) invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level. We are seeking broadly-trained applicants who will integrate place-based teaching and research expertise in surface processes, hydrogeology, or environmental geology.

Position Overview

The University of Hawai'i at Hilo (UH Hilo) is a public liberal arts and sciences university on the Island of Hawai'i, recognized for its integration of cultural immersion and place-based research that leverages the island's extraordinary geological, biological, and cultural diversity. A comprehensive, regional campus within the ten-campus University of Hawai'i system, UH Hilo offers high-quality undergraduate and select postgraduate education, with distinctive strengths in areas such as marine science, geology, astronomy, and Hawaiian language revitalization, while advancing research, scholarship, and creative activity that support community needs, environmental stewardship, Indigenous knowledge systems, and workforce development priorities for the State of Hawai'i.

The College of Natural and Health Sciences (CNHS) is one of the two largest colleges at UH Hilo, home to 9 departments, 14 undergraduate and graduate degree programs, and over 60 full-time faculty. CNHS provides an innovative, career-focused scientific education based in the culture, rich diversity, and natural environment of Hawai'i. The college prepares students for success in local, state, regional, and global careers.

It teaches basic scientific and mathematical principles and applications that inform future citizens, scientists, managers, and leaders using modern methods and Hawai'i Island's living laboratory.

The UH Hilo Geology Department offers bachelor's degrees in geology (BS and BA). In addition, the Geology Department serves as the home department for the BA degree in Natural Sciences. We have small class sizes that range from 10-25 students. The department houses a microscopy teaching laboratory and a geoarchaeology lab with a Thermo Noran Quant'X EDXRF, a Hitachi S-3400N SEM with an Oxford EDS & WAVE, and a Thermo Nicolet iN10 FT-IR Microscope.

Faculty also have access to facilities elsewhere on campus, including an ICP and other instruments housed in the UH Hilo Analytical Laboratory, the UH Hilo Spatial Data and Analysis Laboratory, and a Pulse

EKKO ground penetrating radar. We have existing collaborations with the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) and the Center for the Study of Active Volcanoes (CSAV). Faculty are encouraged to develop collaborative relationships at UH Hilo, including the Master's Programs in Tropical Conservation Biology and Environmental Science and Heritage Management, departments that teach environmental science, chemistry, marine science, data science, agriculture, and aquaculture, as well as other local collaborators outside of the University.

More information about the Department of Geology can be found at .

The successful candidate should demonstrate a strong commitment to teaching and research at the undergraduate level, including working with individuals from the numerous backgrounds that are present within our student population. The successful candidate should be a collaborative investigator who will develop a research program that involves undergraduate students and augments the current expertise within the department. The ideal applicant will also be able to teach a broad range of courses throughout our curriculum, including introductory and upper level courses in Geomorphology, Surface Water Hydrology, Coastal Geology, Groundwater, Sedimentology/Stratigraphy, and/or Environmental Geology.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Teaching duties include a variety of introductory geology courses and labs, and upper level specialty courses in the successful candidate's areas of expertise.

The successful candidate will also have the opportunity to teach or mentor graduate students in the Master's Program in Tropical Conservation Biology and Environmental Science.

Teaching responsibilities generally include three…