Job Advertisement: Closing Date 31st May 2011
Senior Lecturer in Astronomy in the area of Star Formation and Exoplanets
Department of Astronomy
Stockholm University
Stockholm, Sweden
The Department of Astronomy at Stockholm University announces a tenured
position as Senior Lecturer in Astronomy in the area of Star Formation and
Exoplanets, with the possibility of applying for promotion to full professor
at a later stage. Research at the department covers a broad range, from
solar physics, star formation, supernovae, galaxies, to the early
Universe. The Swedish memberships in ESO and ESA allow access to first-class
observing facilities. We are looking for a person with a research
background in star formation and/or exoplanets. We welcome applications
from theoreticians, observers, as well as instrumentalists. The research
at the department in this area is part of the astrobiology activities at
the Faculty of Sciences, Stockholm University.
The main tasks of the appointee will be research, teaching and supervision
of students. To qualify the applicant should have a PhD or equivalent
scientific qualifications, as well as demonstrated teaching proficiency. In
the evaluation equal and special weight will be given to scientific and
teaching qualities. Some weight will also be given to experience with
public outreach. Fluency in Swedish is not a requirement. Stockholm
University strives towards gender balance and applications from women are
particularly welcome.
The formal announcement (reference number SU 612-0838-11) can be found at
the department's website
http://www.astro.su.se/pub/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=3D11011&a=3D95789 and at
Stockholm University's page for vacancies
http://www.su.se/english/about/vacancies/lecturers-researchers.
Please refer to the formal announcement for details of the electronic
application procedure. Further information can be obtained from the head
of department, e-mail: [log in to unmask], tel. +46-8-5537 8513.
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