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| Full Professorship (W2) for Stellar Physics and Exoplanets | Closing date: 2017-08-07
Contact: Prof. Klaus G. Strassmeier |
The University of Potsdam, Faculty of Science, Institute of Physics and Astronomy and the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) invite applications in a joint appointment (Jülicher Modell) for a new professorship to be
filled in 2018. | | ▸ more | The professorship is combined with the position of head of the section ?Stellar Physics and Stellar Activity? at the AIP. Office location is at AIP in Potsdam/Babelsberg. The Stellar Physics and Stellar Activity section is one of the six science sections at AIP and is part of its Research Branch I (Cosmic Magnetic Fields). This Branch focuses on the solar-stellar connection, optical and radio solar physics, magnetohydrodynamics and turbulence as well as technological developments of high-resolution spectroscopy and polarimetry and robotics. The appointee is responsible for establishing a research group carrying out independent research programs in the broadly defined field of Stellar Physics and Exoplanets and in encouraging collaborations among the different research groups. We are particularly excited about candidates interested in the star-exoplanet relationship. Successful candidates are expected to have a proper track record of publishing in international peer-review journals and demonstrated their competence in defining research projects and attracting research funding. The appointee is expected to actively participate in the educational programs at the Institute of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Potsdam as part of the Bachelor and Master study programs in Physics and Astrophysics. Educational skills and teaching experience are therefore required.
The employment is planned according to the ?Jülicher Modell?. The candidate will be appointed as a civil servant with the obligation to teach at least two hours per week at the University of Potsdam. The following application requirements for professors must be documented in accordance with Section 41 of the Brandenburg Higher Education Act (Brandenburgisches Hochschulgesetz, BbgHG): a completed university degree, pedagogical aptitude, and a special ability for scientific work, as is typically documented by a dissertation project; comprehensive competences in science management and additional scholarly achievements as evidenced by a Habilitation (post-doctoral dissertation), a junior professorship or work as a research associate at an institution of higher education or an extramural research institution, or scholarly activity in the private sector, or in a similar social field, whether in Germany or abroad. The appointment procedure is conducted in accordance with Section 40 of the Brandenburg Higher Education Act.
Please submit your application and relevant documentation (presentation of your research interests, CV, copies of academic certificates and credentials, list of publications, list of courses taught, list of projects funded externally) within 2 weeks of the publication of this job notice via email (in a single PDF file) to ausschreibungen @ uni-potsdam.de.
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