Department of Chemistry Job Adverts

Applications are invited for two posts of Associate Professor (or Professor) of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry. The successful candidate will also be appointed to a Tutorial Fellowship at Merton College (position one) and the second position at Wadham College under arrangements described in the Job Description and Person Specification.

Applications are invited from those with research interests in all areas of physical and theoretical/computational chemistry and its boundaries with other disciplines. Preference may be given to those undertaking experimental programmes of research.

The successful candidates will hold a doctorate in physical and/or theoretical chemistry or a related field, and have a proven track record of high-quality research and publication at an internationally excellent standard, along with evidence of imaginative research plans and the potential to lead and manage new research initiatives.

The postholders will be required to engage in original research within the field of physical chemistry (interpreted broadly) and/or theoretical chemistry and/or boundaries with other disciplines; to secure research funding, and to carry out teaching and demonstrating at undergraduate and graduate level.

The posts are available from September 2017 or as soon as possible thereafter.

Applications for these vacancies are to be made online. For instructions on how to apply, and for further details, including the job description and selection criteria, please click on the following links Associate Professor or Professor (Merton College) - 124089 and Associate Professor or Professor (Wadham College) - 126454.

Enquiries about the posts should be addressed to the Head of Physical Chemistry, Professor Stuart Mackenzie via Laura-Jean Holdcroft using the email address below or tel: 01865 275402.

Applicants may want to consider applying for both positions.

The closing date for applications is 12.00 noon on Thursday 16 February, 2017. Interviews will be held in Oxford and are likely to take place during the week commencing 20 March 2017.

Applications are particularly welcome from women and black and minority ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in academic posts in Oxford.