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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="color:black">Notice about postdoctoral positions at MIT’s partner university in Morocco from Dr. Kurt Sternlof (<i><a href="mailto:kurtster@mit.edu">kurtster@mit.edu</a></i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="color:black">***<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Post-Doctoral Research Positions available at Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique (UM6P) in Ben Guerir, Morocco<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">UM6P is actively searching to fill multiple post-doctoral research positions at its new Ben Guerir campus. Well-qualified candidates are sought with
research interests in the general areas of:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Water resources and climate<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Smart agriculture<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Industrial optimization<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Chemical processing of phosphate<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Urbanization, and<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Renewable Energy<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">This UM6P post-doctoral program is intended to serve as a pipeline for future faculty hires at the university, so candidates should have genuine interest
in living and working in Morocco while pursuing research on critical issues of sustainable development in Africa.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">By virtue of the joint UM6P-MIT Research Program (UMRP) successful candidates will enjoy opportunities to collaborate with participating MIT faculty
as Visiting Scholars at the Institute for extended periods working on joint UMRP projects. UMRP consists of five research projects supervised by MIT faculty and covering the topical areas listed above.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Potential candidates are invited to email a concise statement of interest along with their CV and contact information to UMRP Executive Director Kurt
Sternlof (<a href="mailto:kurtster@mit.edu"><span style="color:blue">kurtster@mit.edu</span></a>). Responses will be forwarded as appropriate to the hiring authorities at UM6P for immediate consideration on a rolling basis. Candidates of interest will be contacted
directly by UM6P. Please do not contact UMRP regarding the status of a submitted statement of interest.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">This call will remain open until further notice.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black">Kurt Sternlof, Ph.D.</span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black">Executive Director of MIT-Africa</span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black">Executive Director of UMRP</span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black">Universit</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">é</span><span style="color:black"> Mohammed VI Polytechnique–MIT Research Program</span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black">MIT 48-321</span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black">Cambridge, MA 02139</span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black">617-253-6895</span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:kurtster@mit.edu"><span style="color:blue">kurtster@mit.edu</span></a></span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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