Professor of Astronomy

Applications are invited for a full professor position in the astronomy group of the Department of Earth and Space Sciences at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.  The applicants must have exceptional scientific leadership, an outstanding scientific record, and the ability to build a world-class research group.

The active and growing astronomy and astrophysics group at Chalmers includes research groups on evolved stars, massive star-formation, extragalactic star formation, supermassive black holes, galaxy formation and evolution, and galaxy clusters. The group is mainly situated at the site of Onsala Space Observatory (OSO), the Swedish national facility for Radio Astronomy. The observatory operates telescopes in Sweden, including the local LOFAR station, 20m and 25m telescopes, which form part of the EVN/VLBI array, and also is a partner in the APEX telescope in Chile. OSO hosts the Nordic ALMA Regional Center and represents Sweden within the SKA Organisation. Members of the astronomy group have strong involvements in several space missions, such as e.g. Herschel, XMM Newton, the JWST and other future instruments.

Preference will be given to applicants that can lead a group within the field of Galactic Astronomy (e.g. ISM, star/planet formation), but exceptional candidates in other areas will be considered. Applicants that can complement the existing research in the astronomy group and use the OSO related local and international facilities (such as ALMA and SKA) are specifically encouraged to apply. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to negotiate a generous startup package.

The application deadline is October 3rd 2016. Submission details can be found at: http://www.chalmers.se/en/about-chalmers/vacancies/Pages/default.aspx?rmpage=job&rmjob=4182

For more information please contact Prof. Wouter Vlemmings ([email protected]) or Prof. Susanne Aalto ([email protected]).