University of Houston

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Receives/Reviews progress and evaluates results of experiments or projects under control or supervisory responsibility.
Recommends changes in research, testing or experimental procedures.
May be responsible for a single highly technical and complex piece of research equipment.
May review and evaluate the effectiveness of personnel.
May plan for and assign personnel to projects under control.
Operates with latitude for unreviewed action.
May receive general supervision conferring with higher levels only in unusual situations.
Performs other job-related duties as required.

This position is designed to be a career-building step for scholars in environmental policy. Primary duties for the scholar are to develop his or her research program in environmental policy with applications to problems pertaining to the public policy dimensions of the circular economy, circular materials, life cycle of materials, and sustainability. The postdoctoral fellow will also support the Hobby School and UH Energy in research, grant applications and outreach. During the academic year the fellow will teach one or two courses on the public policy dimensions of the circular economy, environmental policy, and sustainability.