National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution,
Washington D.C. anticipates hiring a distinguished scientist to become
the Director of the Global Volcanism Program and to conduct a research
program in volcanology in the Department of Mineral Sciences. As a
Federal employee, the successful candidate will be expected to serve
as Curator making major contributions to the field of volcanology
through research and publications, and to oversee the Global Volcanism
Program's documenting and reporting of the world's volcanoes in order
to develop a space/time understanding of global volcanism. U.S.
citizenship is a requirement for the position. An official
announcement of this position is expected in the coming weeks.
We invite potential candidates to send letters of interest and vitae
to Dick Fiske (fisker at si.edu).