PROFESSOR IN PHYSICS

Victoria University of Wellington

PROFESSOR IN PHYSICS

ACU Ref: 58480
Closing Date: 26 April 2011

School of Chemical and Physical Sciences
Wellington

We are seeking an experimental physicist of professorial standing, with an established record of excellence in research and teaching, who wishes to work in a dynamic multidisciplinary school of physics and chemistry.

The School has a vibrant research programme in experimental and theoretical physics in the fields of astrophysics, condensed matter physics, environmental physics, geomagnetism, and nanotechnology. Candidates will be expected to demonstrate how their research would integrate with and/or synergistically complement the existing strengths of the School (http://www.victoria.ac.nz/scps/research).

The School hosts the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, a national Centre of Research Excellence. There are strong collaborations with three government research laboratories in the Wellington region, and with other national and international research organizations. The School has modern, well-equipped laboratories, and a research community that includes nearly one hundred postgraduate students and postdoctoral fellows.

The School of Chemical and Physical Sciences offers a full range of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, with undergraduate majors in Physics and Applied Physics. To be a successful applicant you must demonstrate your ability to teach physics at all levels and have an outstanding record of published research with an established international reputation in a field of relevance to the School. Experience of academic leadership is expected of professorial candidates. Resources required by the successful candidate to establish their research within the School will be negotiable.

For further information visit http://www.victoria.ac.nz/scps/ or contact Professor John L Spencer, john.spencer@vuw.ac.nz.

Applications close 26 April 2011

Victoria University of Wellington is an EEO employer and actively seeks to meet its obligations under the Treaty of Waitangi.

For more information and to apply online visit http://vacancies.vuw.ac.nz.

Reference A065-11E