Professor in Observational Radio Astronomy

Applications are invited for a professor in Observational Radio Astronomy in the Department of Radio and Space Science at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg. The holder of the chair will act as Assistant Director of the Swedish National Facility for Radio Astronomy, the Onsala Space Observatory. Chalmers hosts the Swedish National Facility for Radio Astronomy on behalf of the Swedish Research Council. The National Facility operates two radio telescopes in Onsala (and a LOFAR station will be built in 2010), is a partner in the Atacama Pathfinder EXperiment (APEX) in Chile, and plays an important role in the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) project. The National Facility is a member of European and global networks for very long baseline interferometry (VLBI). Chalmers and the National Facility support active research in advanced receiver design and in radio astronomy. Radio science at Chalmers has given rise to research groups in space geodesy, remote sensing, and aeronomy, which continue to develop in new ways. The department has teachers and students in electrical engineering, physics and engineering physics and environmental science. General information can be found at: http://www.chalmers.se/rss/oso. The post as Professor in Observational Radio Astronomy is a full time tenure appointment. The holder of the post is supposed to play a leading role, in research and in education on the research level, in the field of the post. Information about research and development, planning of research projects, as well as collaboration with industrial, academic and governmental partners are other important parts of the position. Required qualifications The post requires documented research and teaching experience at high level. The applicant must be capable to take a leading role for the research within the Observational Radio Astronomy area and is expected to be able to prove the ability to attract external grants. Your own research and the PhD students are financed primarily by external grants. The applicant should be able to demonstrate good leadership capability and high capability of cooperation. Innovation abilities are appreciated. Application procedure You will find all the details pertaining to the application procedure on our website: http://www.chalmers.se/rss/EN/news-summary/vacancies/positions/professor-in Please note that the application should be sent electronically by using our application form, which you will reach through our website.