Appointment - Full Professorship (W3) for Theoretical Physics with focus in the field of theoretical atomic and molecular physics

Professur (W3) für Theoretische Physik

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The Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the University of Freiburg invites applications for a

Full Professorship (W3) for Theoretical Physics
with focus in the field of theoretical atomic and molecular physics

in the Department of Physics to be filled by as soon as possible.

This professorship is also particularly suitable for highly qualified early career researchers.

The applicant must have an outstanding international reputation in the field of theoretical physics, demonstrated through his/her considerable publication activity and extensive third-party funded projects. The professorship must strengthen the faculty in the fields of statistical and mathematical physics of complex biological systems far from equilibrium, especially from the point of view of applications of stochastic calculus in thermodynamics and statistics of individual fluctuating trajectories accounting for memory effects.

Teaching activities in the full range of theoretical physics in the physics degree programs as well as the supervision of Bachelor, Master and PhD theses are expected.

Prerequisites for the employment of Professors are a university degree, an outstanding dissertation and an excellent publication record. Substantial achievements and experience in academic research and teaching, at the level of a Habilitation according to the German academic system, are expected.

The appointment to the professorship requires that the person to be appointed has successfully secured funding for the W3 position for several years through a highly competitive third-party funding programme or comparable funding format. This funding must be suitable for use with the W3 position and must have been granted within the past three years.

We are particularly pleased to receive applications from women for the position advertised here.

The university supports individuals appointed to professorial positions through a Dual Career Service and a Family Service.

The following application documents are to be submitted:

• Curriculum vitae
• Certificates of degrees and academic qualifications
• Complete list of papers and invited lectures specifying the five most important publications
• Teaching concept (1 page)
• Research concept (2-3 pages)
• List of third-party-funding

Please send your application including supporting documents mentioned above and the application form (https://intranet.uni-freiburg.de/public/downloads/saz/bewerbungsbogen-professoren-en.pdf) citing the reference number 00004100, by January 17, 2025 at the latest.

Please send your application to the following address in written or electronic form:

An den Vorsitzenden der Auswahlkommission
Prof. Dr. Günter Reiter
Dekanat der Fakultät für Mathematik und Physik
Ernst-Zermelo-Str.1
D-79104 Freiburg
E-mail: berufungen@physik.uni-freiburg.de

Further information on the appointment procedure can be found in the Procedure Governing Appointments to Professorships at the University of Freiburg, available under https://intranet.uni-freiburg.de/public/downloads/saz/berufungsleitfaden.pdf