Carson CA, 90747

Summary: The CSUDH Department of Physics seeks experimentalists for one, or if further funding is available, two tenure track or tenured faculty positions. Rank is at the Assistant Professor level or higher. A PhD in Physics or a closely related field is required by the start date (August 28, 2002).

Minimum qualifications include a PhD in Physics or a very closely related field with a specialization in experimental Physics, excellent communications skills and research record, and the ability to enhance and complement Physics Department educational and research efforts.

Preferred Qualifications and Abilities: The successful candidate will be expected to develop laboratory exercises and lecture demonstrations for Physics major, minor, and service programs. The new faculty member is expected to conduct a research program at the forefront of physics and to obtain external funding for research and scholarly efforts. The successful candidate should possess the ability to enhance our NSF and NIH funded research in Particle, Plasma, Medical, Nuclear and Cosmic Ray Physics and in Non Linear Science.

It is desirable for the successful candidate to involve students in his or her research. Experience in computer programming, electronics, interfacing computers to laboratory instrumentation using current hardware and software, and with machine shop tools is desirable. Interest in improving undergraduate laboratories, lecture-demonstrations, lecture courses, K-12 teacher education, Internet tools for learning, and distance learning is also desirable.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities: Teach undergraduate lecture and laboratory classes in Physics and Astronomy and strengthen major, minor, and service programs. Pursue a research program in frontier physics resulting in peer-reviewed publications that might complement or enhance current efforts. Coordinate courses for pre K-12 grade teachers. Develop lecture demonstrations, exercises for laboratory courses, and curriculum. Direct student and faculty projects and student programs. Strengthen and promote excellence in the Physics Department. Provide service to the department, the discipline, the university, and the university community.

Application Procedure: Send by hardcopy (only) a brief cover letter, a CV, a publications list, and three current letters of recommendation directly from references with original signatures to:

Prof. Ken Ganezer

Chair Search Committee

Department of Physics

California State University Dominguez Hills

Carson, CA 90747.

Review of applications begins January 28, 2002. Position is open until filled and applications received past January 28 will be considered, if possible. Applicants are welcome to send a brief e-mail message acknowledging submission of your application to Virginia Knauss, Physics Department Secretary, at vknauss@csudh.edu. Brief e-mail questions about the search can be sent to Prof. Ken Ganezer at kganezer@csudh.edu. Please do not send applications materials by e-mail, such items will not be considered.

The Physics Department: Currently we have three full time faculty members, two full-time research physicists, and several part-time instructors. We offer a B. S. in Physics with a specialty in General Physics or Physical Science. We are a member institution of the Super-Kamiokande, LIGO Scientific, and CHICOS collaborations. The department offers a Minor (concentration) in Physics that is designed to attract students in physical and mathematical sciences, applied and technological sciences, and in applied fields. We have a nationally known and recognized research programs that include NIH, NSF, and Department of Energy funding. Current research fields include plasma physics, space physics, elementary particles and relativity, nuclear physics, particle astrophysics and cosmic rays, medical applications of physics, biophysics, and non-linear science. For additional information see http://www.csudh.edu/physics/index.htm.

The University: CSUDH is a medium-sized branch of the 24-campus California State University, the largest higher education system in the US. We are a public comprehensive university that serves 8750 full-time-equivalent students on campus and an additional 3,000 off-campus students mostly from the Southern California area. We are located in the South-Bay of the Los Angeles metropolitan region about 10 miles southeast of Los Angeles International airport and 5 miles east of the Pacific Ocean in the city of Carson (adjacent to Los Angeles). Our student body is among the most ethnically and culturally diverse in the US. CSUDH stresses academic and scholarly excellence and seeks to provide a stimulating leaning and intellectual environment. The CSU system plans to implement some doctoral programs in the near future CSUDH is developing new graduate programs in the sciences.

CSUDH is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action, section 504, and title nine employer. Women, minorities, and physically challenged individuals are encouraged to apply.