As stated in its development plan (http://www.univie.ac.at/rektorenteam/ug2002/entwicklungsplan.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 Earth Sciences, Geography and Astronomy of the University of Vienna announces the position of a

(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 con-sideration.

The professorship is assigned to the interdisciplinary research field of the Faculty "Earth system partnership - focus Geosphere". The candidate should cover a possibly broad field of Geophysics in research and teaching. The professor will be responsible for a MSc programme in Geophysics and should foster the scientific cooperation between a series of relevant institutions within as well as outside the University framework (e.g. with the Technical University of Vienna, with the National Geophysical Service of the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics, The Federal Geological Institute, The Federal Office for Calibration and Measurement and others).

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 expects the successful candidate to acquire, within three years, proficiency in German sufficient for teaching in Bachelor programmes and participation in committees

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
• Supportfor 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
• 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 and a CD-Rom containing these pdf files
• 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 in English should be submitted by email (preferably as PDF attachments) to the Dean's office of the Faculty of Earth Sciences, Geography and Astronomy of the University of Vienna, Ingrid.Mayrhofer@univie.ac.at, Althanstraße 14, A- 1090 Wien, no later than June 15^th, 2008 with reference DKZ 5/I/2-08.