The Ruhr area, one of Europe’s largest metropolitan regions, offers
attractive career opportunities for excellent scientists and scholars
from around the world. In 2021, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, TU Dortmund
University and the University of Duisburg-Essen established
the Research Alliance Ruhr to bundle their cutting-edge international
research on the most urgent challenges facing humankind.
There will be four research centers and a college. This is just the
latest chapter in our long-standing collaboration as the University
Alliance Ruhr (UA Ruhr), a community of 14,000 researchers and
120,000 students in the heart of Germany.
As part of the Research Alliance Ruhr, the Research Center Future Energy
Materials and Systems (RC FEMS) is seeking to fill the following position
at the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum
as soon as possible:
Professorship (W3) for
Advanced Transmission Electron
Microscopy (m/f/d)
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
The person selected to hold the new professorship will build an internationally
visible research program and initiate, acquire, and carry out
interdisciplinary research projects and foster international contacts. The
research focus should be on the use of advanced analytical and quantitative
transmission electron microscopy (TEM) with novel in situ and in operando
methods to investigate structure-function relations in materials
for future energy systems. Complex chemical, electronic and magnetic
structures, interfaces (e.g., solid-solid, solid-liquid), low-dimensional materials,
quantum- and nanomaterials should be studied on broad length
and time scales and employing control parameters such as temperature,
strain, electric or magnetic fields.
The successful candidate should also demonstrate interest in materials
informatics and modeling for advanced and autonomous microscopy
and phase analysis as well as for correlative microscopy.
The teaching load is reduced to four weekly hours per semester. The successful
candidate is expected to contribute to English-taught courses in
the Master‘s degree programs.
YOUR QUALIFICATIONS
The future professor should be an internationally acknowledged scientist
in the field of advanced analytical and quantitative TEM including in
situ methods, with experience in the study of structure, properties and
kinetics of materials with high resolution in real and reciprocal space.
Applicants are expected to provide outstanding expertise to support and
further develop cooperation within the interdisciplinary materials
research department (MRD, www.mrd.rub.de), in the ZGH (http://zgh.rub.de) with its research directions of mechanically-, physically- and
chemically-dominated interfaces, and the existing and future CRCs with
a focus on solid-state physics and drive the thematic expansion of the
Research Center FEMS.
Expertise in leadership of a research group as well as publications in
high-ranking peer-reviewed journals and successful experience in the
acquisition of competitive third-party funding projects are mandatory.
Strong organizational skills, the ability to cooperate with other researchers,
and the willingness to independently initiate and guide large research
proposals are required.
In addition, the recruitment criteria of Sections 36 and 37 of the North
Rhine-Westphalia Higher Education Act (Gesetz über die Hochschulen
des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, HG NRW) apply.
ATTRACTIVE ENVIRONMENT
The Research Center “Future Energy Materials and Systems” aims to develop
new materials that are urgently needed for energy carrier generation,
energy conversion, storage, and transport in a targeted, rapid and
sustainable manner. The goal is to understand fundamental properties
and relevant processes in the generation and use of complex materials in
order to develop building blocks for a sustainable energy system. At the
same time, the center is looking into regenerative processes to replace
energy-intensive ways of materials production and processing. Here, nine
new professorships will be established over the next three years. The
Research Center is linked to all three member universities of the University
Alliance Ruhr. We offer you an excellent scientific environment and
attractive opportunities for collaboration with renowned international,
national, and regional partners. The professorship advertised here will be
closely associated with the faculty of physics as well as the materials research
department (MRD) and the Center for interface-dominated high
performance materials (ZGH) of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
RESEARCH ALLIANCE RUHR
The Research Alliance Ruhr is a joint
undertaking of the three major
universities in the Ruhr area and was
initiated by the Ruhr Conference. The
four research centers will focus on
„One Health,“ „Chemical Sciences and
Sustainability,“ „Trustworthy Data Science
and Security,“ and „Future Energy
Materials and Systems.” In addition, the
Research Alliance Ruhr is establishing a
„College for Social Sciences and
Humanities“.
The Research Alliance Ruhr will appoint
up to 50 research professors in the next
few years and also offer numerous
positions for research assistants. Join
us now to create innovations for the
world of tomorrow in Europe‘s densest
university landscape, where you can
find a wide range of scientific and
industrial partners right on the
doorstep.
YOUR APPLICATION
If you are interested in this position,
please send your application in a single
PDF file by 30.04.2023 to:
dekanat@physik.rub.de
Please provide the usual documents: (1)
CV, (2) list of publications, (3) documents
demonstrating your academic
and professional career, including copies
of certificates, (4) an exposé of your
research profile with reference to its
relevance for the Research Center, (5) a
list of successful external grant applications,
(6) an overview of your experience
in academic self-administration, and (7)
a teaching-learning concept including
information on your previous teaching
activities.
Please address any questions to Professor
Dr. Ilya Eremin, Dean of the faculty of
Physics and Astronomy:
Tel: +49 234 32 - 23445 or
dekanat@physik.rub.de
OUR WELCOME SERVICES
Our Welcome Services are happy to assist
especially international applicants
and their families with relocating to
the Ruhr area, an up-and-coming metropolitan
region. We can advise you on
housing in urban or more rural areas
and help you find childcare if needed.
Our Dual Career Service can help your
partner with their own professional
development in the region if requested.
DIVERSITY
The UA Ruhr promotes diversity and
equal opportunities. We strive to significantly
increase the percentage of
women in research and teaching and
therefore welcome applications from
female academics. We give preference
to severely disabled applicants if their
qualifications meet the requirements.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Further information about the Research
Alliance Ruhr can be found at
www.uaruhr.de/researchallianceruhr