The Faculty of Chemistry and Earth Sciences at Heidelberg University invites applications for a

for appointment in March 2015.

The candidate is expected to represent the entire field of isotope geology in research and teaching. He or she and his or her staff will be in charge of a new high-resolution ion microprobe (IMS 1280-HR), acquired within the framework of the DFG Priority Programme "The First 10 Million Years of the Solar System". Furthermore the ion probe will be available as a national facility for isotope microanalysis.

The W3-professorship for isotope geology is expected to link research groups at the Institute of Earth Sciences with other facilities in Heidelberg, e.g. the Heidelberg Center for the Environment (HCE), the Center for Astronomy and the Max Planck Institutes for Astronomy and Nuclear Physics.

The W3-professorship will be fully integrated into the existing Bachelor and Master courses at the Institute of Earth Sciences.

Prerequisites for employment are a university degree and (in accordance with Article 47, paragraph 2 of the Higher Education Law of the Federal State of Baden- Württemberg) a habilitation, a successfully evaluated junior professorship or equivalent qualifications. The University of Heidelberg seeks to increase the number of qualified women in teaching and strongly encourages applications of women. Handicapped persons with equivalent qualifications will be given preference.

Please submit your application, including a CV, certificates of academic degrees, a description of the candidate's teaching experience, list of funded projects, and a research plan, per email (PDF) and in hardcopy to the Dean's Office of the Faculty of Chemistry and Earth Sciences, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 234, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany. E-mail: dcg@urz.uni-heidelberg.de.

The closing date for applications is 1^st May 2013.