Two Tenure track professorship positions at Universidad de Concepcion, Chile

The Astronomy Department at Universidad de Concepción, Chile, invites applications for two tenure-track professor positions across all areas of astronomy, including astronomical instrumentation. Minimum requirements are a Ph.D. in astronomy, engineering, physics, or a closely related field, as well as an established record of excellence in research. Strong commitments to teaching, mentoring, outreach, and administration are highly desirable.

The city of Concepción is located a short 50 min flight from Santiago de Chile, about 500 km to the south, on the Pacific Ocean but not far away from the Andes. It is famous for its active cultural life and hosts the Universidad de Concepción, one of the most prestigious in the country. The University is known for its large, lush and green campus, recognized for its design and architectural style.

The Astronomy Department includes 10 faculty, ~12 postdocs, and ~50 Ph.D. and Masters students. Current research spans observational to theoretical Galactic and extragalactic astronomy, including planet, star and cluster formation and evolution, stellar astrophysics evolution and variability, Galactic archeology, the distance ladder, AGN, galaxy clusters and galaxy evolution, astrochemistry, magneto-hydrodynamical and stellar-dynamical simulations. The Department is also interested in opening new research fields.

In addition to existing computational (e.g., http://www.astro.udec.cl/kultrun/) and instrumentation facilities (e.g. CePIA and Cosmic Dust laboratories), the successful applicants will have access to 10% of observing time on all telescopes in Chile (e.g., ALMA, ESO facilities), membership in large survey-mode experiments (e.g., SDSSV, LSST), and opportunities to participate in upcoming facilities (e.g., LCT , CCAT-Prime).

Non-native speaker hires are expected to teach in Spanish within 2 years if they must learn the language, or earlier if they already know the language or the course is in English. The start date may be as early as March 2025, but it is negotiable.

Applicants should submit a cover letter, a CV, a statement of research interests and future plans (max. 4 pages), a teaching statement including student mentoring experience (max. 2 pages), and the names of three professional references, on or before November 15th 2024.