Dear Colleagues The School of Geosciences at the University of the Witwatersrand is currently advertising three open positions. We would appreciate if you could send these opportunities along to any suitable candidates you may know. Brief descriptions of the three positions are listed below, and the full adverts are attached. 1) Adjunct Professor with industry experience in economic geology and ore systems science. The successful candidate will bring multi-commodity expertise across the exploration and mining value chain, and will play a central role in the academic leadership of the MSc Economic Geology (by Coursework and Research Report) and the associated short course programme. 2) Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, or Associate Professor with a research focus relevant to one or more of the School's core areas of expertise. Expertise in hydrogeology and geometallurgy would be an advantage, although outstanding applicants in other areas of geoscience will also be considered. 3) Computational geophysicist at the rank of Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor, or Full Professor. The successful candidate will carry out a programme of research in the broadly defined area of computational geophysics/geosciences that complements one or more of the School’s current research strengths, especially within our geophysics team. These positions are listed at the Wits Vacancies website: https://www.wits.ac.za/vacancies/. Closing dates for all three positions: 31 August 2026 For further information contact the Head of School, Professor Grant Bybee (grant.bybee@wits.ac.za). Follow Wits Geosciences at these links<https://witsgeosciences.start.page/>. Kind Regards Karen _______________________ Dr Karen V Smit Senior Lecturer School of Geosciences – G106 Braamfontein Campus East University of the Witwatersrand 1 Jan Smuts Avenue Johannesburg, South Africa email: karen.smit@wits.ac.za<mailto:karen.smit@wits.ac.za> folder with CV and publications: here<https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/kexnvx809mgdf70uswj01/AHglNNE1dRHMINkSC2n5ZW8?rlkey=fiy2u3qv4p1bwk5kocv7veh92&dl=0> details of sample submission to the isotope labs: here<https://www.wits.ac.za/geosciences/research-and-teaching-facilities/isotopes/submission-and-fees/> [signature_541423386]<https://witsgeosciences.start.page/> [signature_1308632561] <https://www.google.com/maps/place/Geosciences+Building,+1+Jan+Smuts+Ave,+Braamfontein,+Johannesburg,+2017/@-26.1912145,28.0288798,18z/data=!4m14!1m7!3m6!1s0x1e950d12c47ead15:0xe7aceaf88e1f3acf!2sWits+School+of+Geoscience!8m2!3d-26.1899293!4d28.0319482!16s%2Fg%2F11t99p_z6j!3m5!1s0x1e950c055090e46d:0x7540589003e4626!8m2!3d-26.1912109!4d28.0296788!16s%2Fg%2F1pyqp3jh9?entry=ttu> [signature_1244955238] <https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=hcCG6ksAAAAJ&hl=en> [signature_2072972457] <https://x.com/karenvenasmit> [signature_3790826174] <https://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-smit-271b2014a/>