Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Remote Sensing of the Built Environment at Texas A&M

Description

The Department of Geography in the College of Arts & Sciences at Texas A&M University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Remote Sensing of the Built Environment. The Department views remote sensing of the built environment (broadly understood as critical physical infrastructure and urban areas) and related applications as an important growth area. This position will support our B.S. degree program in Geography and Geographic Information Science and Technology, M.S. and Ph.D. degree programs in Geography, the online Master's of Geoscience program, the B.S. degrees in our College-Level Environmental Programs, and a graduate certificate program in Geospatial Intelligence. The successful candidate will have a proven research record and a strong commitment to education and professionalization of undergraduate and graduate students and will have demonstrated potential for excellence in teaching and research with a record of scholarly publications, both relative to their career stage. We also expect that successful candidates will have experience in or demonstrated potential for securing external research funding.   This is a nine-month full-time annual appointment with an anticipated start date of August 2026.

In addition to research expectations, the successful candidate will be expected to teach undergraduate and graduate courses and supervise graduate students. Faculty are also expected to participate in appropriate disciplinary service and contribute to departmental and university committees.

The Department of Geography (artsci.tamu.edu/geography) has twenty-eight faculty members with strengths in biogeography, climatology, geographic information science and technology (GIST), geomorphology, human geography, and human-environment relationships. We are one of eighteen departments in the College of Arts & Sciences (http://artsci.tamu.edu). 

Texas A&M University, a land-, sea-, and space-grant university, is located in a metropolitan area with a dynamic and international community of 273,000 people. The university is aware that attracting and retaining exceptional faculty often depends on meeting the needs of two careers and therefore implements policies that contribute to work-life balance, including the dual career program.

Qualifications

Required: Candidates must have a Ph.D. in Geography or related field with a research focus on remote sensing of the built environment.

Preferred: Professional experience in the area of Geospatial Intelligence is preferred but not required.

Application Instructions

Initial review of applications will begin on November 17, 2025 and continue until the position is filled. 

To apply, please submit a cover letter; complete CV; a personal statement to include philosophy and plans for teaching, research, and service (not to exceed 2 pages in length); and three contact references to https://apply.interfolio.com/172845. 

The search committee will contact the references of those applicants who are under serious consideration.

Informal inquiries or requests for more information may be sent via email to the search committee chair Dr. Burak Guneralp at bguneralp@tamu.edu.