stillingsbetegnelse: Professor in Physical Chemistry

jobbeskrivelse:
DTU Chemistry at the Technical University of Denmark invites applications for a position as Professor in the broadly defined area of Physical Chemistry, including fundamental studies of materials and/or biophysical chemistry. DTU Chemistry is a department with the overall mission of contributing to research, development and education within the following scientific areas: Advanced and Applied Chemistry with strong activities in Organic, Inorganic, and Physical Chemistry. Applicants must have a strong academic background, an excellent research record, and demonstrated excellence in teaching. Successful candidates will be expected to conduct innovative research at the highest international level and to establish an outstanding, externally funded research program. Evidence of excellence in teaching should be demonstrated through teaching accomplishments and student evaluations of previous teaching submitted as part of the application. Candidates also must have a record of excellence in research as demonstrated by publications in top ranked and field relevant academic journals, patents, and presentations at significant conferences. The Department has 140 employees including presently 27 faculty members. The professor will be a part of the section for Physical and Biophysical Chemistry and is expected to interact closely with the other faculty members, as well as faculty from other DTU departments and other universities. Responsibilities and tasks The position covers research and research-based teaching including: •Research leadership in order to strengthen and develop the specific field •External collaboration •Other duties: •Innovation and/or public-sector consultancy •Knowledge-exchange with society at large •Educational guidance and supervision of assistant professors and researchers (postdoctoral fellows and PhD students) •Academic assessment work. The purpose of the position is to strengthen the department’s research and education in physical chemistry, using state of the art tools and methodology of experimental and/or theoretical physical chemistry to understand complex chemical systems at the molecular level. The professor will have the responsibility to initiate, supervise, and communicate fundamental and applied research in the field of physical chemistry. The educational responsibilities can include a broader range of topics within general and physical chemistry. The professor should develop the above mentioned research areas at DTU Chemistry in fruitful collaboration with relevant staff at the department and should establish strong links to other departments at DTU and departments at other Danish and foreign universities. It is important that the professor will engage in the increasing industrial collaboration of DTU Chemistry. This also implies securing major external funding for the area and initiating new projects to strengthen and develop physical chemistry in Denmark. The successful candidate is expected to take a lead position in teaching at the Bachelor, Master, and PhD level. Qualifications Notable achievements will be expected within research/innovation and research-related leadership, and generally achievements in extension of the qualifications stipulated for the position, which are: •Extensive original scientific output at international level that has been instrumental in advancement of the field in question. •Documented and successful teaching and dissemination experience at different levels within academia. Requirements for the position are: •A strong background in, and an innovative approach to, physical chemistry relevant for fundamental understanding as well as the application potential of new insight. •A track record of academic cross-disciplinary collaboration. •Interest for application oriented research and industrial collaboration. Assessment In the assessment of the candidates consideration will be given to •the ability to teach •scientific production at international

Arbejdsgiver Navn: Danmarks Tekniske Universitet

Arbejdsgiver telefonnummer: 45252525

Arbejdsgiver faxnummer: 45881799

Job kort beskrivelse:
Undervisning og forskning på universiteter og højere læreranstalter

land: Danmark

region: Hovedstaden

Kontrakt varighed: Fast

Kontrakttype: Fuldtid

krævede uddannelse: Ikke angivet

Kilde til jobtilbud: AMS, Offentlige arbejdsformidlinger, Danmark