Lectureship or Senior Lectureship in Physical Chemistry:
Durham University, UK

We seek to appoint a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Physical Chemistry
from 1 September 2011, as a replacement for Dr. Nigel Clarke, who has
been appointed to a Chair at the University of Sheffield. The new
Lecturer will be expected to establish an internationally leading
research group in physical chemistry or chemical physics, preferably in
the area of soft matter chemistry, and will engage in a full range of
teaching at undergraduate and graduate levels.

A Lectureship is a permanent academic position (technically
non-fixed-term), subject to a 3-year probationary period. It is
approximately equivalent to a tenure-track Assistant Professorship in a
US University.

To be considered for a Senior Lectureship, an applicant would need to be
already heading an internationally leading research group, with a
sustained record of raising research funding and publishing high-quality
research.

Durham University is ranked among the top 100 Universities worldwide in
both the QS and Times Higher Education 2010 World University Rankings. 
The Department of Chemistry is one of the strongest in the University,
and attracts high-calibre students at both undergraduate and graduate
levels. There are currently 40 permanent research group leaders, about
100 Ph.D. students and approximately 50 postdoctoral and research
fellows. We pride ourselves on the cooperation and collaboration between
different research groups and different disciplines. Particular research
strengths in physical chemistry and chemical physics include polymers;
colloids and interfaces; chemical dynamics; cold and ultracold
molecules; laser spectroscopy; ultrafast dynamics; plasma and surface
chemistry; solid-state NMR; X-ray and neutron diffraction; and
theoretical and computational chemistry, including molecular quantum
dynamics, materials simulation and density-functional theory. More
details are available at https://www.dur.ac.uk/chemistry/research

The Department teaches both a 4-year (M.Chem.) and a 3-year (B.Sc.)
degree in Single Honours Chemistry and contributes to 3-year and 4-year
degrees in Natural Sciences. Additional students take some of their
modular courses in Chemistry. Year 1 has approximately 100 undergraduate
students reading Chemistry (offer AAA) as their main subject with 150
more taking Chemistry as a significant part of the Natural Sciences
degree (entry 210; offer AAA). In a typical year, we expect that 70
students will graduate with an M.Chem. degree, about 30 will take a
B.Sc. in Chemistry and about 20 will graduate with a 4-year Natural
Sciences degree in Chemistry and Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics, or
Chemistry and Biology.

The Chemistry Department has strong links with the Biology and Physics
Departments. Staff members from all three departments are involved in
the Biophysical Sciences Institute, which was established in June 2007
http://www.dur.ac.uk/biophysical.sciences/
Further strong links with the Department of Physics occur in the areas
of soft matter, chemical physics (including computational chemistry),
and cold atoms and molecules. The University has recently set up a
Centre for research in Soft Matter (Director: Prof. Tom McLeish, Deputy
Director: Dr. Lian Hutchings) to bring together soft matter research in
physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics and engineering.

More information on the Department and its research activities can be
found via http://www.dur.ac.uk/chemistry/

The closing date for applications is 03 March 2011. Details of the
online application procedure are available at
http://ig5.i-grasp.com/fe/tpl_durham01.asp?newms=jj&id=65457&newlang=1

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