[Taxacom] Professor position in Systematic Botany at the University of Vienna

[Tod Stuessy]

Please note deadline 10 JUNE 2011



Job Announcement

 

As stated in its development plan (http://www.univie.ac.at/rektorenteam/ug2002/entwicklungs plan.html) the University of Vienna aims at strengthening its position as a major research-oriented university. Key elements of this strategy include the provision of an attractive range of research-based study programmes, support for furthering the work of junior academic colleagues, and high-calibre professorial appointments.

 

The Faculty of Life Sciences of the University of Vienna announces the position of a

 

Full Professor of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany

 

(full time permanent position under private law). The University of Vienna intends to increase the number of women on its faculty, particularly in high-level positions, and therefore specifically invites applications by women. Among equally qualified applicants women will receive preferential consideration.

 

The Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, invites applications for a full professorship in Systematic and Evolutionary Botany. Applicants should have an excellent international track record in modern integrative research topics such as molecular systematics, phylogenetic analysis, biogeography, speciation or any other related field. International perspectives and collaborations are expected.

 

Candidates should be interested in building bridges between Systematic and Evolutionary Botany and the main branches of organismic biology within the Faculty of Life Sciences. The professorship is part of the thematic cluster 'Patterns and Processes in Plant Evolution and Ecology' at the Faculty Center of Biodiversity. Current research at the Faculty Center includes molecular phylogenetics, biogeography, population genetics, cytogenetics, mycology, phytochemistry, plant morphology, vegetation science, alpine ecology, landscape ecology, conservation biology, plant-animal interactions, and tropical ecology. 

 

The Faculty Center offers excellent research and teaching conditions including a well equipped set of molecular, cytogenetic, and morphological laboratories; IT facilities; an extensive botanical library; a herbarium (1.4 million sheets); a Botanical Garden (Core Facility of the Faculty; 8ha, with more than 11000 species); and access to a tropical research station (La Gamba, Costa Rica). 

 

The candidate will be required to teach at all academic levels including current M.Sc. curricula such as "Plant Sciences" and "Evolutionary Biology". Excellent teaching and mentoring skills are necessary and should be documented in the application. Although teaching is largely in German, the University of Vienna is committed to expand teaching in English.

Successful candidates will have the following qualifications: 

<      PhD and post-doctoral experience at a university or other research institution.
(Austrian or equivalent international academic degree in the relevant field)

 

<      Outstanding research and publication record, with an excellent reputation as an active member in the international academic community ­(Habilitation (venia docendi) or equivalent international qualification in the relevant field is desirable)

 

<      Experience in designing, procuring and directing major research projects, and willingness and ability to assume the responsibility of team leadership

 

<      Experience in university teaching, and willingness and ability to teach at all curricular levels, to supervise theses, and to further the work of junior academic colleagues

The University of Vienna offers 

<      Attractive terms and conditions of employment with a negotiable and performance-related salary, associated with a retirement fund

<      A "start-up package" for  the initiation of research projects  

<      An attractive and dynamic research location in a city with a high quality of life and in a country with excellent research funding provision

<      Support for relocation to Vienna, where appropriate

Candidates should send an application containing at least the following documents:

 

<      Academic curriculum vitae

<      Brief description of current research interests and research plans for the immediate future 

<      List of publications together with

a)      specification of five key publications judged by the applicant to be particularly relevant to the advertised professorship together with an explanation of their relevance

<      PDF versions of these five publications provided either as email attachments or through URLs of downloadable copies 

<      List of talks given, including detailed information about invited plenaries at international conferences

<      List of projects supported by third-party funds

<      Short survey of previous academic teaching and list of supervised PhD theses

Applications, written in English and in electronic form (preferably as a pdf file), should be sent to the Dean of the Faculty of Life Sciences of the University of Vienna (O. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Horst Seidler; e-mail: dorothea.prenner at univie.ac.at, no later than June 10th, 2011 and be referenced under the Identification Nr. 20/2-2011.