Open Position @UniGE: Full or Associate Professor in experimental physical chemistry

University of Geneva
Faculty of Science

The Faculty of Science at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, has an opening for a position as

Full or Associate Professor Position
at the Department of physical chemistry
in the domain of experimental physical chemistry

Institute: The Department of physical chemistry of the Faculty of science of the University of Geneva offers an innovative and stimulating scientific environment. Internationally recognized research of the Department includes the development and application of spectroscopic methods to study ultrafast processes, interfaces, aggregates and chiral materials as well as the preparation and study of materials for sustainable technologies and theoretical chemistry.

Assignment: The position is full time with teaching at the Bachelor and Masters levels in the field of general and physical chemistry (6 h/week). The successful candidate is expected to lead a vibrant research program at an internationally competitive level in experimental physical chemistry. The field of research should complement the existing expertise in the department and enable synergies with the priority projects of the Faculty of Science, that is, life sciences, materials sciences, and environmental science. The candidate will be involved in administrative duties in the Department of physical chemistry and in the Faculty of science.

Academic Title Requested: PhD in chemistry or equivalent. Relevant teaching experience. Track record of scientific achievements including publications in high-ranked international journals.  

Starting Date: September 1^st, 2021, or as agreed.

Applications should include a cover letter, detailed CV together with a list of publications, copy of highest degrees/diploma, research and teaching statements, list of referees who may later be contacted directly by the search committee. Recommendation letters are not requested at this stage.

Applications should be submitted exclusively on-line at the following address : https://jobs.unige.ch before September 30^th, 2020 (23:59 Geneva time). APPLICATIONS SENT BY EMAIL SHALL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

Complementary information may be obtained at the following e-mail address : .

Applications from women are particularly welcome.

You can read this announcement on the UniGE job website as well.
 

Céline Wittwer, SCS
22.07.2020

LS2: Call for applications for the PIs of tomorrow session

Life Science Switzerland (LS2) is pleased to announce the call for applications for the session 

 “PIs of tomorrow: The Future of Swiss Research” 

at the next LS2 Annual Meeting 2021, taking place in Geneva, 18-19 February.

This session offers postdocs interested in an academic career an opportunity to present a plenary talk similar in format to a professorship interview seminar. Please, find all the information about the PIs of tomorrow 2020 at https://annual-meeting.ls2.ch/specials/pis-of-tomorrow. The 2021 edition and call will be published in September under the same link. 

Selected participants will have the chance to get a slot for a 15-minute presentation, which should appeal to a broad audience and in which both the achievements accomplished and the proposed future research are to be explained. The talk will be followed by a 10-minute discussion on various aspects of the proposed activity, as well as on career-oriented aspects of the presenter. A knowledgeable jury panel of professors will evaluate the presentations.

The best presentation will be awarded a prize. However, everyone is a winner as all presenters in the session will receive feedback from the jury in a one-to-one private session afterward. Moreover, as a participant in the LS2 Annual Meeting 2021, you will have the opportunity to expand or refresh your network in Switzerland, to interact with scientists in and outside your field. Only applicants having ties to Switzerland will be considered (i.e. Swiss citizenship, Swiss residency, past or on-going affiliation with a Swiss institution of at least two years by the 2021 meeting). Independent position holders are not eligible.

The following documents are required for the application:

1. Cover letter highlighting your interest and eligibility (max. 1 page)
2. Research statement including past work and future research plans with their scientific impact and significance (max. 300 words)
3. CV with a publication list (max. 2 pages)

• Scientific quality of proposed research
• Novelty and creativity
• Relevance and impact
• Research output
• Collaborations, networks, and outreach
• Teaching and leadership 
• Mobility    

To apply, please follow the guidelines in the application link below, where you will be asked to upload your documents as a single pdf file (max. 5 MB) before November 1^st, 2020 (23:59 CET). 
https://form.jotform.com/PIOT2021

Free Access to Kudos Pro

Kudos, the award-winning service for accelerating research impact, has announced that it has extended the sign-up period for complimentary access to Kudos Pro, after more than 5,000 researchers signed up in the first wave.

Kudos Pro comprises a toolkit for showcasing research to broad audiences. Researchers can quickly create profile pages to explain their work, generate briefings for specific audience groups, connect outputs that are distributed across other websites, and track communications across a range of media. Results are collated for easy reporting and analysis. The company provides full guidance and support to assist researchers in maximizing the reach and uptake of their work.

Researchers need to register and activate their 60 days' free access.

Céline Wittwer, SCS
02.06.2020

Swiss Summer School 2019: Trends in Organic Synthesis

The Swiss Summer Schools, also referred to as Villars Summer Schools, are one-week out-of-town course/conference-type events for MSc, PhD and postdoctoral students with a focus on selected topics. They offer a platform for the active scientific exchange between students and lecturers, and between the participants themselves. The students are expected to actively be involved by presenting a poster or a short communication on their research.

Swiss Summer School: Trends in Organic Synthesis
Eurotel Victoria, Villars-sur-Ollon
Sun, August 18 - Thu, August 22, 2019
scg.ch/scs-seminars/2019-1

Researchers from industry as well as students from abroad are most welcome to participate.

Teaching Body

• Prof. Shunsuke Chiba, NTU Singapore
• Prof. Darren Dixon, University of Oxford
• Prof. Herbert Mayr, LMU Munich
• Prof. Ilhyong Ryu, Osaka Prefecture University
• Prof. Corey Stephenson, University of Michigan
• Dr. Joanna Wencel-Delord, University of Strasbourg

There will be a series of special lectures presented by researchers from industry (Firmenich, Givaudan, Lonza, ChemSpeed, Idorsia). After the lecture, and throughout the evening, the lecturers will be available for discussion with the participants.

Links

• Program
• Location
• Registration (Deadline is 30.06.2019)
• Contact

About the Villars Summer Schools

The Villars Summers Schools have a long tradition and date back to the séminaires du 3ième cycle of the 1960ies. Until recently, they were organized by a consortium of universities (Bern, Fribourg, Neuchâtel, Genève, and the EPFL; later joined by the University of Zürich) and are now held as a national event organized by the Swiss Chemical Society as part of its SCS Seminar Series.