Assistant or Associate Professor in Energy Transition

About the Role

The John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME) in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences at The Pennsylvania State University invites applications for a tenure-line faculty position at the Assistant or Associate Professor rank with a research focus in Subsurface Energy Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to and strengthen the department’s leadership in subsurface energy engineering through innovative, interdisciplinary research.
• Establish an externally funded experimental, computational, or integrated research program.
• Teach undergraduate and graduate courses across EME programs.
• Advise and mentor graduate students.
• Provide service to the Department, College, University, and profession.
• Advance interdisciplinary research within the department and college.
• Serve as a collaborative leader contributing to innovation and excellence across the department.

Requirements

• Ph.D. in an engineering field directly related to the research area (for Assistant Professor rank).
• Demonstrated potential or established record of excellence in teaching and mentoring (for Associate Professor rank, a strong record is required).
• Demonstrated potential or established record of research, publications, and external funding (for Associate Professor rank, a strong record is required).
• National or international reputation for scholarly or professional achievement (for Associate Professor rank).

Qualifications

• Research expertise in areas such as reservoir engineering, drilling and completions engineering, production and operations engineering, formation evaluation and petrophysics, enhanced geothermal systems, nuclear waste disposal, subsurface recovery of critical minerals, microfluidics, lab-on-a-chip technologies, and AI/data/computationally enabled approaches to subsurface engineering.
• Commitment to excellence in education and mentoring.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Robust retirement plans.
• 75% tuition discount for employees and eligible spouses and children.

Application Materials

• Cover letter describing principal research interests and providing four references.
• Complete curriculum vitae, including a full list of publications.
• Research statement (up to three pages) outlining research vision and future directions.
• Teaching statement (up to one page) describing teaching and mentoring approach.
• Two published journal articles considered most impactful.

Application Deadline: November 27, 2026. Review continues until the position is filled. Inquiries to Prof. Sanjay Srinivasan at szs27@psu.edu.