Two job offers at ETH Zurich

The Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences (www.chab.ethz.ch) at ETH Zurich invites applications for a professorship as follows:

Professor of Organic Chemistry

The new professor has an established, internationally recognized research program on the synthesis, characterization, understanding and application of functional organic molecules and materials. He or she will be expected to teach undergraduate level courses (German or English) and graduate level courses (English).

Please apply online at www.facultyaffairs.ethz.ch

Applications should include a curriculum vitae, a list of publications, and a statement of future research and teaching interests. The letter of application should be addressed to the President of ETH Zurich, Prof. Dr. Lino Guzzella. The closing date for applications is 30 November 2015. ETH Zurich is an equal opportunity and family friendly employer and is further responsive to the needs of dual career couples. We specifically encourage women to apply.

Im Departement für Chemie und Angewandte Biowissenschaften (www.chab.ethz.ch) der ETH Zürich ist folgende (ordentliche/ausserordentliche) Professur oder Assistenzprofessur zu besetzen.

Professur oder Assistenzprofessur (Tenure Track) für Theorie der Molekularen Quantendynamik

Gegenstand der Forschung sollte die molekulare Quantendynamik sein. Mögliche Gebiete umfassen die Quantendynamik der Elektronen und Kerne mit Relevanz für chemische Reaktionsdynamik, biologischchemische Prozesse und Molekülspektroskopie. Eine starke methodische, algorithmische und rechnergestützte Ausrichtung ist erwünscht. Die Zusammenarbeit mit experimentell oder theoretisch arbeitenden Gruppen wird unterstützt, und eine Lehrtätigkeit in allen Bereichen der physikalischen und der theoretischen Chemie wird erwartet. Vorlesungen auf MSc-Stufe werden in Englisch gehalten.

Assistenzprofessuren dienen der Karriereförderung junger Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler. Eine Erstberufung erfolgt auf vier Jahre mit der Möglichkeit einer zusätzlichen dreijähren Verlängerung, sowie einer anschliessenden Option auf eine permanente Position.

Bitte bewerben Sie sich auf: www.facultyaffairs.ethz.ch

Bewerbungen mit Lebenslauf und Publikationsliste, sowie einer Beschreibung der beabsichtigten Forschungs- und Lehrtätigkeit sind bis zum 31. Oktober 2015 online einzureichen. Das Anschreiben ist an den Präsidenten der ETH Zürich, Prof. Dr. Lino Guzzella, zu richten.

Als verantwortungsbewusste Arbeitgeberin mit fortschrittlichen Arbeitsbedingungen setzt sich die ETH Zürich für Chancengleichheit, für die Bedürfnisse von Dual Career Paaren und die Vereinbarkeit von Beruf und Familie ein. Die ETH Zürich fordert Wissenschaftlerinnen ausdrücklich zur Bewerbung auf.

Open Position: Professor of Chemistry (Tenure Track Assistant Professor) in Basel

Professor of Chemistry (Tenure Track Assistant Professor)

The Faculty of Science (Philosophisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät) of the University of Basel invites applications for a position of Professor of Chemistry (Tenure Track Assistant Professor).

We are seeking candidates in all areas of Physical Chemistry with an outstanding research record and a strong commitment to undergraduate and graduate teaching. Research areas of particular interest include, but are not limited to, experimental and/or computational exploration of molecular systems, spectroscopy in the broadest sense, or characterization of the dynamics of complex systems. Candidates should have a strong publication record reflecting innovative, interdisciplinary, and collaborative approaches.

The Department of Chemistry is located near the center of Basel, a town which provides a stimulating and supportive environment for interdisciplinary research thanks to the strong presence of science institutes as well as the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. For further information see: http://www.chemie.unibas.ch

The selected candidate should start his or her appointment in 2016. Applications received by September 15, 2015 are guaranteed full consideration. The University of Basel is an equal opportunity and family friendly employer committed to excellence through diversity. To increase the number of women in leading academic positions the university strongly encourages applications from women. Applications, including a curriculum vitae, list of publications, an outline of current and future research plans and names of four referees should be sent by email (as pdf file) to Prof. Dr. Jörg Schibler, University of Basel, Dean of the Faculty of Science, Klingelbergstrasse 50, 4056 Basel, Switzerland at .

For further information, please contact: .

www.unibas.ch

ChemViews Magazine: The Chemistry of Complex Systems

This year’s Spring Meeting of the Swiss Chemical Society (SCS) was held at the University of Basel, Switzerland, on April 24. The meeting included five plenary talks, the presentation of the Werner Prize, and the General Assembly of the SCS. It was organized by Professor Thomas R. Ward and Professor Marcal Mayor from the University of Basel.

Read the full article in the ChemViews Magazine

Article by Vera Koester, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim

Prof. Detlef Günther elected as ETH Executive Board member

Chemist Detlef Günther is set to join the ETH Executive Board. The ETH Board has elected the 50-year-old professor of analytical chemistry as the new Vice President Research and Corporate Relations. Günther is taking over from Roland Siegwart, who will return to his professorship at the beginning of 2015.

Text: www.ethz.ch
Picture: Oliver Bartenschlager / ETH Zürich

Many of the minerals that adorn the desk in Detlef Günther's office have a story behind them. He found the rock crystal above Vättis in the Tamina valley, the cassiterite in Bolivia and the tourmaline in Brazil – all souvenirs from an extraordinary trip that also took him to Mexico. In 2009 he was dumbstruck by what he saw underground when he visited the Naica Mine with a team of doctoral students and post-doctoral fellows. Tree trunk-sized gypsum crystals of astonishing beauty towered over him. Not that it was possible to enjoy it for long, he explains: temperatures in the cavern averaged 60 degrees, and humidity was at nearly 100%. The man is well travelled and has much to tell.

For a chemistry student in East Germany in the mid-1980s, ETH Zurich was a veritable temple for Günther: a university with such tradition and renown in the world of chemistry that it was simply out of reach. Yet Günther would find himself in Zurich much sooner than he could have imagined, albeit via a detour to Newfoundland. As a post-doc in 1994, he spent a year at Memorial University in St. Johns, a “gorgeous, cold and very remote place”, as he recalls it. In other words, it was the perfect place to focus on his work. In Newfoundland, he met earth scientist and ETH Zurich professor Christoph Heinrich. Heinrich, who was interested in the formation processes of mineral raw materials in the Earth's interior, invited Günther to come to Zurich to work on a laser-based method of microanalysis.

Read the full article on www.ethz.ch

David Spichiger, SCS
22.09.2014