Professor position in Earth Sciences

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General conditions
Application procedure
Academic environment
Financial support
Contacts

General conditions

Applicants should have a PhD in Earth sciences and an established track record in carbonate sedimentology. The successful candidate is expected to develop research in carbonate sedimentology and associated fields (e.g. paleoclimates, palaeoecology, geomicrobiology of carbonate systems, stratigraphy, etc.). She/he will establish an independently funded research programme and lead the research activities of a group of graduate and/or postgraduate students.

The future appointee is expected to participate actively in teaching at all levels to undergraduate and graduate students in general Earth sciences and sedimentology. She/he should be able to teach in English as well as in one or both of the two official languages of the University, French or German.

The appointee is expected to participate in administrative work within the Earth Sciences unit and the Department of Geosciences, and possibly also at the level of the Faculty. She/he is also expected to maintain or establish international connections.

The position offerd is that of a tenured associate professor.

Young scientists and women are encouraged to apply

Application procedure

Hard copies of the following documents should be forwarded to the mailing address below:

Prof. Rolf Ingold
Dean of the Faculty of Sciences
University of Fribourg
Chemin du Musée 8
CH-1700 FRIBOURG
Switzerland

Please send also an electronic version of the application to the Dean's office to sylvain.debrot@unifr.ch

Academic environment

Study programmes
Languages
Administrative structure
Research focus
Infrastructure

see also http://www.unifr.ch/geoscience/geology/

Study programmes

The Earth Sciences unit of the Department of Geosciences is in charge of a Bachelor, a Master and a PhD curriculum in Earth Sciences, and service teaching to other natural sciences curricula, in particular to students of Geography and Biology. The MSc curriculum is established and taught together with the Institute of Geology of the University of Berne. The graduate education in sedimentology also includes a doctoral school programme together with the universities of Geneva, Lausanne, Berne, and Basle (http://earth-processes.cuso.ch/).

Languages

The University of Fribourg is bilingual and teaching at the Bachelor level is exclusively in French or/and German. Students can choose to take their exams in either language. At the Master and PhD levels, classes are taught in English.

Therefore, candidates must be able to teach in English plus French and/or German from the onset, and to have colloquial skills in all three languages or be willing to acquire such skills within a few years.

Administrative structures

Earth Sciences and Geography are both part of the Department of Geosciences. Presently the Earth Sciences unit employs 4 professors and 2 senior lecturers. Major decisions are taken by a Council that comprises the teaching staff of both units and representatives of the technical/administrative staff and students.

Research focus

The research in the Earth Sciences unit is encompasses a variety of subjects within its 6 groups (for details see http://www.unifr.ch/geoscience/geology/).

Infrastructure

The Earth Sciences unit of the Department of Geosciences is located on the campus of Pérolles. The appointee will have access to the equipment of the unit (FEG-SEM, X-ray diffraction and XRF lab, chemistry lab, thin section lab); access to infrastructure of other departments/ institutes is possible upon bilateral agreement. A central store for chemicals, labware and office supplies is located in the basement of the chemistry building.

Financial support

The new professor will receive a share of the Geosciences Department’s operating budget, which is calculated according to standard procedures in use in the Faculty and in the Department. She or he will also be able to acquire new equipment from an annual allowance that the Department receives for this purpose. However, the appointee is expected to actively seek additional external funding.

Set-up grant

The new professor will be granted CHF 80’000, distributed over two years for the acquisition of apparatus. In addition, special grants are given for the acquisition of books and computers.

Positions attached to the professor position

The new professor will have access to the Earth Sciences unit's administrative and technical staff (one secretary and two technicians). Assistant positions and tutors will be attributed in accordance with the other academic staff.

Contacts

If you need further information, please contact Prof. Jean-Pierre Berger: jean-pierre.berger@unifr.ch,
Tel +41 26 300 89 75.

See also the website of the Department of Geoscience