Assistant Professor in Structural Geology and Geomechanics

Stanford University
📍 Stanford, CA, United States 💼 Full-time 🕒 Posted July 01, 2026

Job Description

The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Stanford University and the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability invite applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the geology and mechanics of rocks and deformation of the Earth's crust. We seek candidates whose research addresses how rocks deform, fracture, flow, and interact with fluids in the upper crust, using field observation as a foundation and quantitative methods, including experimental, numerical, or analytical, to understand the underlying processes.

The department has longstanding strengths in structural geology, geomechanics, and tectonics, and seeks to hire in these areas broadly defined. We welcome applications from candidates working in regional tectonic and structural analysis, structural petrology and metamorphic systems, fault zone mechanics and rock deformation, reservoir and subsurface geomechanics, experimental rock physics and deformation, coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical systems, and the m...

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Job Details

  • Location Stanford, CA
  • Job Type Full-time
  • Category other-general
  • Posted Date July 01, 2026
  • Application Deadline July 06, 2026