Senior Lecturer in Physics

Department of Applied Physics at Chalmers - home of the Graphene Flagship
Stimulated by major needs and challenges in science and a sustainable society, the ambition of the department of Applied Physics is to foster a creative environment for academic research, learning and outreach. We provide a competitive advantage by linking our top-level international and interdisciplinary academic performance in the areas of material science, nanotechnology and energy research with world-leading industrial R&D&I projects. We address a wide array of experimental, computational, methodological and theoretical challenges, from fundamental physics research, through the development of new materials such as graphene to direct industrial projects generating new inventions. We have a strong learning commitment on all levels from undergraduate to PhD studies where physics meet engineering. We are situated in a stimulating and creative environment with newly renovated facilities. The department is the major part of Gothenburg Physics Centre – a collaboration between five departments at Chalmers and Gothenburg University.

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Information about the project
Four departments within Gothenburg Physics Centre (Applied physics, Fundamental physics and Microtechnology and nanoscience at Chalmers + Physics department at Gothenburg university) share teaching responsibilities for students enaged in physics and engineering and teaching programmes. The goal of our operation is to provide the best teachers for each course as well as the best teaching possibilities for our faculty. It is an activity which is under constant change in an environment which is not always that flexible. Especially having two universities involved makes for a larer faculty available but different administrative systems makes the planning more difficult. An important task is for the senior lecturer in Physics is to be a pedagogical and planning node for this operation.

The details of the departmental research activities may be found at http://www.chalmers.se/en/departments/ap/research/

Major responsibilities
The prime task of this position is to be in charge of the teacher planning at Gothenburg Physics Centre. Your responsibilities as senior lecturer also involve teaching on undergraduate, graduate and doctoral levels, as well as performing your own research. The position also includes supervising PhD students, taking part in leadership and administration and actively applying for external funding. Another important aspect involves collaboration within academia and with society at large.

Position summary
Full-time permanent position.

Qualifications
The position of senior lecturer requires a doctoral degree in physics as well as at least 15 higher education credits in teaching and learning in higher education or corresponding expertise. You must be accustomed to teaching and be a skilled educator. For this reason, we place a great deal of emphasis on your pedagogical portfolio. Experience from performing academic research or qualified research in industry/the public sector is meritorious.

The position requires sound verbal and written communication skills in Swedish and English. Chalmers offers Swedish courses.

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



Application deadline: 2015-03-24

For questions, please contact:
Peter Apell, Head of department 
E-mail: peter.apell@chalmers.se

Magnus Karlsteen, Associate professor
E-mail: mkn@chalmers.se


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