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The University of KwaZulu-Natal is a university with five campuses in the province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. It was formed on 1 January 2004 after the merger between the University of Natal and the University of Durban-Westville.
Job description
The School is inviting applicants with expertise in Structural Geology and/or Economic Geology. The School has an active group of academic staff contributing to research and teaching in Geological Sciences. The incumbent will be required to teach theoretical and field-based modules, using curricula in keeping with modern developments in the field, and will assist in developing discipline-wide postgraduate teaching programmes. In addition to teaching, s/he will be expected to develop and maintain active research programmes in relevant aspects of geology that will involve post-graduate students, attract external funding and be involved in the School administration/ outreach activities. S/he will be expected to develop strong links with industry to promote scholarship and research in their field.
The Discipline of Geological Sciences has a variety of equipment to facilitate research. These include an analytical laboratory with Panalytical XRF and XRD equipment; a Perkin Elmer Nexion ICP-MS with LA system and a SGE-USGS heating-freezing stage for fluid inclusion studies; a state of the art paleomagnetic laboratory equipped with JR-6A Spinner Magnetometer, LDA5 AF Demagnetizer, a dual-blade rock saw and soon to be acquired MFK2-FA Spinner Kappabridge susceptibility bridge for conducting AMS analyses; a fully equipped thin-section laboratory; a marine sedimentology laboratory; and a fully equipped soil and rock engineering laboratory with a variety of relevant testing equipment.
The incumbent will report to the Academic Leader: Geological Sciences.
Minimum requirements
Senior Lecturer
Lecturer
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