6 MacGillavry Fellowships: Tenure track position for female researchers 1797 views

The Faculty of Science at University of Amsterdam (UvA) invites applications for 6 MacGillavry Fellowships (Tenure track position for talented female researchers). The women researchers are strongly encouraged to apply if she has a strong track record in one of the Faculty’s scientific disciplines and at the same time have the potential and ambition to obtain a leadership position as professor at the University.

Study fields:

• Astronomy: Exoplanets and Planet formation, Stars and Stellar populations;
• Informatics: Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Information Retrieval, Data Science, Computational Science, Systems and Security, Health Informatics;
• Biodiversity & Earth Science: Ecosystem & Landscape Dynamics, Evolutionary and Population Biology, Theoretical and Computational Ecology, Freshwater & Marine Ecology;
• Physics: a wide range of research areas in Physics, for example within Theoretical Physics (in particular Quantum many-body-theory and Quantum simulations), or within Experimental particle or Astroparticle Physics;
• Mathematics: Statistics, Statistical data science, Discrete mathematics, Quantum information theory, Post-quantum cryptography, Geometry, Number theory, Representation theory;
• Life Sciences: System biology approaches in Host microbe interactions; Fundamental biological aspects of mental health and
• Chemistry: Analytical Chemistry, Computational Chemistry, Molecular Photonics, Sustainable Chemistry.

About the MacGillavry Fellowship:

• Each MacGillavry Fellow will initially be appointed as an assistant professor on a temporary contract for six years.
• During this period the selected candidates are expected to set up their own independent research programme hosted by one of the Faculty’s research institutes.
• The selected candidates are expected to publish in high-profile journals, attract your own external funding and contribute to the teaching programmes within the Faculty of Science.
• After the tenure track is successful, the candidates will be offered a permanent staff position as an associate professor.

Requirements:

• A PhD degree in one of the scientific disciplines of Faculty;
• A scientific profile that links to one of the research fields eligible for application;
• A publication record in international, high quality, peer reviewed journals;
• A few years of postdoctoral experience, preferably at international level;
• Affinity for teaching at undergraduate and graduate level;
• Well-developed organisational and communication skills.

Applications:

• Apply using the application form on the MacGillavry website of the Faculty of Science.