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Postdoctoral Fellow I

UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY • Logan, UT • 17h ago

Requisition ID: 2025-9624

of Openings: 1

Location: US-UT-Logan

Category: Other

Position Type: Benefited Full-Time

Job Classification: Exempt

College: Quinney College of Agric and Nat Res

Department: Geosciences

Advertised Salary: Commensurate with experience, plus excellent benefits

Overview

The Department of Geosciences at Utah State University (USU) seeks a full-time postdoctoral researcher to join the NSF-supported project Bridging Geoscience and Engineering to Interrogate Seismic Cycle Processes in the Earthquake Critical Zone (FRES). This position will be supervised by Dr. Alexis Ault and will involve close collaboration with other project PIs and teams at USU (Srisharan Shreedharan, Brady Cox, Dennis Newell), Brown University (Greg Hirth), and California State University Fullerton (Sinan Akiz), as well as collaborators based in Turkey and faculty in USU's broader Earthquake Science Group.

The successful candidate will bring innovative approaches to connect earthquake geology, geochemistry, and mechanics to investigate the earthquake critical zone - the upper ~1 km of faults where earthquake energy, fluids, rocks, humans, and infrastructure intersect to drive seismic hazard. Research will focus on the southern San Andreas fault and the Mw7.6 Elbistan earthquake surface rupture in Turkey, two systems at different points in the earthquake cycle. The postdoc will integrate field-based and experimental observations to advance understanding of deformation in the shallow portion of active faults, shallow rupture dynamics, and interseismic deformation.

Review of applications will begin on December 19th, 2025, and the position will remain open until filled. For further information, contact the search committee chair, Dr. Alexis Ault (alexis.ault@usu.edu).

This position is part of a three-postdoc cluster hire within the Earthquake Science Group, which also includes positions led by Dr. Kelian Dascher-Cousineau (https://careers-usu.icims.com/jobs/9610/postdoctoral-fellow-i/job) and Dr. Srisharan Shreedharan (https://careers-usu.icims.com/jobs/9609/postdoctoral-fellow-i/job).

Applicants may apply for more than one position if their research background is relevant. In such cases, please either:

Submit separate application documents for each position, or

Clearly state in your research statement that you wish to be considered for multiple roles.

This is a 12-month, full-time position with benefits. Funding is available for two years, with renewal after year 1 contingent on satisfactory progress toward research goals.

Responsibilities

Develop and carry out independent and collaborative research, making use of field, laboratory, and/or analytical approaches, to investigate to processes and interactions in the earthquake critical zone.

Leverage USU's state-of-the-art research facilities including but not limited to the Rock Deformation and Earthquake Mechanics Laboratory, Mineral Microscopy and Spectroscopy Laboratory, and Microscopy Core Facility.

Engage and collaborate with a team of Earth scientists and engineers at USU and partner institutions.

Mentor and collaborate with graduate and undergraduate students... For full info follow application link.

USU recognizes and values the importance of diversity and inclusion in enriching the employment experience of its employees and in supporting the university's academic mission of learning, discovery, and engagement. USU is an Equal Opportunity employer and does not discriminate in any of its programs and activities based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, genetic information, sexual orientation or gender identity/expression, d isability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by University policy or local, state, or federal law (https://equity.usu.edu/non-discrimination).

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