For Global Change Faculty Position Applicants:
More information about our campus
The University of Illinois Campus has a thriving community interested in Global Change and Sustainability, with excellent opportunities for collaborative work.
Follow these links to explore further:
The School of Earth, Society, and Environment (SESE) brings together the University's Geology, Geography and Atmospheric Sciences departments to form an interdisciplinary unit that addresses Science, Policy, and Social Science aspects of Global Change:
The Department of Geology houses facilities, including advanced Geomicrobiology and MC-ICP-MS laboratories, that may be very useful for some Global Change specialties:
http://www.geology.uiuc.edu/about/facilities.html
The Department of Atmospheric Science has a very strong research program in climate change:
http://www.atmos.uiuc.edu/index.html
http://www.atmos.uiuc.edu/research/01climate.html
The Department of Geography includes a range of research programs with components of Global Change and Sustainability:
The Department of Plant Biology includes research groups working on climate change and the carbon cycle:
Prof. Feng Sheng Hu (affiliated faculty member in Geology)- Paleoclimate
Prof. Evan DeLucia- CO2 dynamics
The DeLucia and Hu groups recently installed a new Isotope Ratio Mass Spec (no web page yet).
Asst. Prof. Surangi Punyasena- Plant fossils and paleoclimate
The Department of Anthropology includes faculty whose work includes environmental aspects of human an social evolution:
The Illinois State Geological Survey, located on campus, is one of the nation's largest and most active state geological surveys:
It includes a large quaternary geology group;
ISGS Quaternary Geology Section
and a strong light stable isotope group.
ISGS Isotope Geochemistry Section
The ISGS has a leading role in a large carbon sequestration effort (includes Geology Professor Bruce Fouke). The Decatur sequestration project is moving forward:
The Illinois State Water Survey, also on campus, includes climate research:
ISWS Center for Atmospheric Science
Computing. The University is well know for its high performance computing strength:
The Blue Waters supercomputer, expected to be the most powerful supercomputer in the world for open scientific research, is scheduled to come on line in 2011:
The University has a highly active sustainability program:
http://sustainability.illinois.edu/
... and an Environmental Change Institute:
The Champaign-Urbana Community:
The two cities are joined into a single community with the University located in both. The community enjoys a vibrant arts community:
The University has a high-caliber performing arts center:
http://www.krannertcenter.com/
Additional arts links can be found on the University's web pages:
http://illinois.edu/arts/arts.html