Job Advertisement: Closing Date 30th November 2011
Director of Jeremiah Horrocks Institute, UCLan, UK.
(Full professorial post)
The University of Central Lancashire invites applications for the full
professorial post of Director of the Jeremiah Horrocks Institute, based in
Preston, UK. The JHI Institute (http://www.star.uclan.ac.uk)
includes around 40 staff and research students in Astrophysics, Solar
Physics and related research areas.
The JHI is a partner in the Southern African Large Telescope and in the
COSMOS HPC project, holds core membership in the Herschel-ATLAS and GAMA
survey teams, and hosts the UK data hub for Solar Dynamics Observatory.
The University has a Space Act Agreement with NASA that is unique amongst
UK Universities. Research interests include: solar and solar-terrestrial
physics; stellar and interstellar physics including asteroseismology,
evolved stars and pre-stellar objects; galaxy formation and evolution,
extragalactic jets and large-scale structure.
The JHI Director reports to the Dean of the School of Computing,
Engineering and Physical Sciences, which also hosts teaching in Physics
and Astronomy including a highly successful Astronomy distance learning
programme (www.studyastronomy.com<http://www.studyastronomy.com>)
attracting around 400 students internationally each year and providing
the only BSc(Hons) Astronomy programme by distance learning.
The appointee will be a world-class researcher with excellent leadership
abilities, and be responsible for driving an increase in the fraction of
JHI research judged to be world leading and internationally excellent.
Further Information:
http://www.uclan.ac.uk/information/services/work/191A-22-07.php
Full-time indefinite-term management contract. Reference: 191A-22-07
Closing Date: Wednesday 30th November 2011 at 17:15 UT.
Interviews will be held in Preston in mid-late January.
How to apply: http://www.uclan.ac.uk/information/services/work/apply.php
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