W3-Professorship for Applied Catalysis

In cooperation with the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis e. V. (LIKAT), the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of Rostock is seeking to fill a

W3-Professorship for "Applied Catalysis"

at the earliest possible date, subject to budgetary regulations. The future research of the person to be appointed should be in the field of applied catalysis and focus on one of the following areas:

• application relevant homogeneous catalysis or
• application relevant photocatalysis or
• reaction engineering of application-relevant catalytic reactions.

The person should have already led cooperation projects with private-sector companies in one of the above-mentioned research areas and also have extensive experience in acquiring public third-party funding. They should have attracted international attention with innovative research projects and have corresponding scientific publications.

The position includes the assumption and responsibility of a research area with existing staff and infrastructure at LIKAT. The willingness to engage in intensive interdisciplinary exchange and cooperation with the established research areas within the framework of LIKAT's thematic fields as well as active participation in interdisciplinary research networks is expected.

The position requires a focus on equality and anti-discrimination, a high level of social and intercultural skills, a motivating, appreciative management style, collegiality as well as communication and teamwork skills.

A central goal of the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis is the transfer of scientific results for the benefit of society. Future job holders are expected to contribute to the fulfillment of this goal. In addition, participation in the profile lines of the University of Rostock is desired.

For information please contact:

Prof. Dr. Matthias Beller, chair of the appointment committee

Phone: 0381/1281-113

E-mail: matthias.beller@catalysis.de

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The requirements for appointment are determined in accordance with § 58 para. 1 of the Higher Education Act of the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (LHG M-V): completed university studies, doctorate, experience in teaching, habilitation or comparable scientific achievements, usually in the context of a junior professorship.

The appointment is made according to the Berlin Model. In accordance with § 61 LHG M-V, the professorship will be filled by a lifetime civil servant or, if necessary, by a temporary civil servant for a period of 5 years. It is also possible to fill the position as a regular state employee.

The teaching duties are regulated in the cooperation agreement between LIKAT and the University of Rostock. The content of the lectures will be coordinated with the Institute of Chemistry at the Faculty of Natural Sciences. Active involvement in teaching is expected. Teaching experience in industrial and applied catalysis is desirable.

Special skills and achievements in teaching as well as in scientific organization and academic self-administration will be taken into account. For this purpose, the results in teaching, the ideas for future teaching including the didactic design of courses must be presented and the experience in scientific management must be described.

The University of Rostock is committed to its university management guidelines.

Equal opportunities are part of our personnel policy. Therefore, the advertisement is addressed to all persons regardless of their gender. Severely disabled applicants will be given special consideration in case of equal aptitude, ability and qualification.

The University of Rostock aims to increase the proportion of women among academic staff and therefore strongly encourages qualified women to apply with reference to Section 7 (3) of the Equal Opportunities Act of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Women will be given priority in the case of essentially equivalent qualifications, unless reasons relating to the person of the co-applicant prevail.

Applications with the usual documents (tabular curriculum vitae, description of scientific and professional career, list of publications, list of previous teaching activities, additional qualifications in higher education didactics (habilitation) and previous third-party funding as well as description of future research intentions) should be sent  by 07.06.2024 to the Universität  Rostock, Dekan der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät, Wismarsche Straße 45, 18057 Rostock or by e-mail to dekan.mnf@uni-rostock.de (please in a single PDF file of max. 5 MB). We would like to point out that your e-mail will be sent to us unencrypted.

The protection of your personal data is very important to us. Therefore, the data collected during the application process will be collected, processed and used in accordance with the relevant data protection regulations.

Unfortunately, application costs cannot be covered by the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. If invited to an interview, travel expenses and, if applicable, accommodation will be reimbursed by the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis. Please only submit copies of applications, as these will not be returned after the procedure has been completed.

We ask that applications only be submitted as copies, as these will not be returned once the process has been completed.