Assistant Professor with tenure track in Materials Science

This offer includes:
• A four-year tenure-track position at Chalmers.
• Funding for one PhD student and operational costs.
• A leadership training programme and professional training in teaching and supervision.
• A language course for non-Swedish speakers.
• An employment benefit package including: relocation, preventive healthcare, occupational pensions, parental leave pay, wellness benefits.

After successfully passing tenure assessment, you will be offered a permanent faculty position at one of the suitable departments at Chalmers.

Read more here: www.chalmers.se/advance

Assistant professor in Materials Science
The vision for the Materials Science Area of Advance is to make an impact on society and contribute to sustainability through excellence in materials science. Our research, education and innovation focus on three challenge-driven areas:

- Materials for Health (materials and tissue interaction, biomaterials, bio-sensing) 
- Materials for energy application (energy storage, conversion and distribution, solar harvesting) 
- Sustainable materials (catalysis, corrosion, light-weight composites and alloys, materials from renewable feedstock).

Important enablers in this work are: 
- Application and development of advanced experimental tools, both in-house and at neutron and synchrotron X-ray sources. 
- Application and development of advanced computational tools from atomistic to continuum length scales.

Our faculty have a broad background and hold appointments with departments such as Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Materials and Manufacturing, Physics, Microtechnology and Nanoscience and Applied Mechanics. Chalmers has a long tradition of outstanding research in materials science, physics and chemistry. The strength of the environment lies in the broad spectrum of research topics (soft and supramolecular matter – functional oxides – metals – intermetallics – composites – alloys), and in the fact that many programs span the complete range from curiosity-driven research to applications. The breadth of the research provides a readiness to take on new challenges faced by society. It also provides a basis for a close collaboration with industry on different levels and on different time scales.

http://www.chalmers.se/en/areas-of-advance/materials/

Major responsibilities
The successful candidate will conduct research within an area of advance, in line with the intentions described in the application. You will complement rather than duplicate our existing competences. You have an ambition to create synergies between our existing research groups. You will contribute with:

• Active engagement in research, developing a distinct line of research through independent research projects.
• Actively contributing to education on all levels. 
• Supervising masters and doctoral students. 
• Applying for external research funding. 
• Participating in joint departmental and university-wide undertakings.
• Participating in international collaborations on a high scientific level.
• Collaborating with research groups within and outside of Chalmers.

Qualifications 
We are looking for candidates who are interested in building a research group and attracting external funding and who are interested in research and education. You are open-minded and interested in collaborating across borders within and outside Chalmers. Interest in and experience from teaching and supervision as well as a post-doctoral or equivalent stay at an institution other than the one where the PhD was awarded are considered merits. Teamwork, leadership, organisational and entrepreneurial skills are advantages.

You have:
• A doctoral degree in a relevant field (materials science, physics, chemistry or chemical engineering, biomaterials or similar), not older than 7 years. Exceptions will be made for longer periods resulting from parental leave.
• Performed high-quality research.
• Demonstrated ability to establish national and international collaborations. 
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal, in English

Position summary
The appointment as assistant professor is a four-year entry-level faculty position with tenure track, whereby the employee has the opportunity to acquire both pedagogical and scientific qualifications. An assistant professor is expected to improve her or his ability to formulate and solve scientific problems, to publish scientific articles, and to develop abilities in teaching and supervision, by means of both practical training and independent study. The aim is to achieve the level of associate professor within four years and if successful you will be offered a permanent faculty position at Chalmers.

Chalmers continuously strives to be an attractive employer. Equality and diversity are substantial foundations in all activities at Chalmers.

Application procedure
The application should be marked with Ref 20160235 and written in English.

Application deadline: 1 September 2016

For questions, please contact:
Professor Aleksandar Matic,
+46 31 772 51 76