POSITION DESCRIPTION:

The School of Engineering at the University of Guelph invites applications for a tenure-track position, in the area of Environmental or Water Resources Engineering, at the Assistant Professor level. The anticipated start date of this appointment is July 1, 2025, or another mutually agreed-upon date in the year 2025.
The candidate will specialize in: the sources, transport and fate of pathogens and/or antimicrobial resistance (AMR) into and through stormwater, surface water and groundwater systems; use of tracers to characterize pathogen/AMR processes in the vadose zone and groundwater; monitoring technologies to understand pathogen/AMR transport and fate in surface water and groundwater; and/or mitigation strategies to reduce impacts to public health caused by pathogens in surface water and groundwater.
The candidate must hold an undergraduate degree in engineering and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Water Resources Engineering, Hydrogeology, Environmental Sciences, or related field. The successful candidate will supervise graduate students and teach undergraduate and graduate courses in the School of Engineering. The candidate must have expertise in areas such as: field-based methods for investigating pathogen/AMR transport through the vadose zone into the groundwater complemented contaminated by solutes and nutrients; temporal and spatial variability of pathogens/AMRs through unsaturated and saturated zones; microbial risk assessment; and/or climate change impacts on waterborne disease transmission through connected groundwater systems from recharge through soils and vadose discharge to well and surface water.
Priority will be given to applicants who are registered as Professional Engineers in Canada or eligible for registration as Professional Engineers (P.Eng.) in the Province of Ontario at the time of hiring. For questions regarding eligibility for registration as a P.Eng., please refer to pertinent PEO guidelines.
This position forms part of a cluster hire around the CERC for Waterborne Pathogens. The candidate will work closely with others on campus (CERC, MG360, as well as other colleagues in the Engineering programs) to develop a research program on the surveillance and control of waterborne pathogens and AMR above and below ground surface. The candidate will have demonstrated potential to: collectively establish an internationally-recognised research program; align with the strategic direction of the university (https://www.uoguelph.ca/president/strategic-plan) and align with the CERC on Waterborne Pathogens (https://www.cerc.gc.ca/chairholders-titulaires/index-eng.aspx); attract, develop and retain excellent trainees/students/researchers; lead a team which commits to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) practices; teach undergraduate and graduate courses in water and environmental sciences; and, provide service to the School of Engineering, UoG and the wider community.
The School of Engineering at University of Guelph has accredited undergraduate and graduate degree programs in Biological Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Engineering Systems and Computing, Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Water Resources Engineering, and is developing new programs in Civil, Electrical and Mechatronics Engineering. The School of Engineering is a collegial, inclusive, and welcoming environment that values diversity and wellness among our members as key ingredients in our collective success.
The University of Guelph resides on the traditional lands and territory of the Anishinaabeg, Haudenosaunee and Huron Wendat. These lands are now home to a rich diversity of First Nations, Inuit and Métis people. We offer our respect and gratitude to our Indigenous neighbours and affirm our responsibility to realize our commitments to reconciliation through ongoing action. We are guided in this work by Bi-Naagward | It Comes into View, the Indigenous Initiatives Strategy.
The University of Guelph is the third largest employer in Guelph, a city of over 144,000 people, located about an hour drive west of Toronto, Ontario. University of Guelph is a top-ranked comprehensive university in Canada with an enrolment of more than 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students across more than 40 academic units. The University is known for its commitment to student learning, innovative research, and collaboration with world-class partners. It is a unique place, with transformative research and teaching and a distinctive campus culture. People who learn and work here are shaped and inspired by a shared purpose: To Improve Life. Reflecting that shared purpose in every experience connected to our university positions us to create positive change, here and around the world. Our University community shares a profound sense of social responsibility, a drive for international development, and an obligation to address global issues.

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