Position Description

The University of Vienna is internationally renowned for its excellence in teaching and research, and counts more than 7,500 academics from all disciplines. This breadth of expertise offers unique opportunities to address the complex challenges of modern society, to develop comprehensive new approaches, and educate the problem-solvers of tomorrow from a multidisciplinary perspective.

At the Faculty of Mathematics, the University of Vienna seeks to appoint a

Full Professor

of

Computational Partial Differential Equations

The position:

We are looking for individuals with exceptional research profile in theory and methods in Computational Partial Differential Equations and Scientific Computing. Candidates must be internationally renowned scholars, with an outstanding record of achievements in research, teaching, and acquisition of third-party funding.

Your academic profile:

• Doctoral degree/PhD
• Outstanding research achievements, excellent publication and funding record, international reputatio
• Proven leadership qualities
• Experience in designing and managing large research projects
• Enthusiasm for excellent teaching and supervision at the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral level
  
• Willingness to take on organisational and administrative responsibilities within the Faculty and/or the University

The University of Vienna expects the successful candidate to acquire, within three years, proficiency in German sufficient for teaching in bachelor’s programmes and for participation in university committees.

We offer:

• a dynamic research environment
  
• a wide range of research and teaching support services
• attractive working conditions in a city with a high quality of life
  
• an attractive salary according to the Collective Bargaining Agreement for University Staff (§98 UG, level A1, to be negotiated individually) and an organisational retirement plan
• a “start-up package”, in particular for the initiation of research projects
  
• comprehensive relocation support

Application documents:

Please submit a single PDF file (LastName_FirstName.pdf) containing the following information in English via e-mail to the Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics of the University of Vienna, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Radu Ioan Bot, Privatdoz. (dekanat.mathematik@univie.ac.at):

1. Letter of motivation
2. Academic curriculum vitae
• education and training
• positions held to date
• parental, family or other care leaves as applicable
•  awards and honorscommissions of trust
• previous and current cooperation partners
• list of most important acquired third-party funding as principal investigator, and, if applicable, of inventions/patents
• list of most important scientific talks (max. 10)teaching and mentoring
•  supervision experience (Master and PhD)

3. List of publications and a link to your ORCID record
4. Research statement
• most important research achievements (max. 2 pages) and planned future research activities (max. 4 pages)
• synopsis of five key publications with relevance to the position advertised

5. Teaching and supervision statement
• teaching and supervision concept, including a description of the previous and planned priorities in academic teaching and supervision (max. 2 pages)

Appendices to application document (in a single PDF or ZIP file named “LastName_FirstName_Appendices.pdf/zip”):

1. Five key publications as electronic full text version (if not publicly available)
2. Teaching evaluations (if available, compiled into a single PDF file)
3. Copies of certificates of academic degrees (mandatory, compiled into a single PDF file)

We look forward to new personalities in our team!
The University of Vienna has an anti-discriminatory employment policy and attaches great importance to equal opportunities, the advancement of women and diversity. We lay special emphasis on increasing the number of women in senior and in academic positions among the academic and general university staff and therefore expressly encourage qualified women to apply. Given equal qualifications, preference will be given to female candidates.

University of Vienna. Space for personalities. Since 1365.

Reference no.: DK 506-19

Application deadline: 18 October 2023