[IGSMAIL-4834]: Job Offer

[Bettina Hörstrup]

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IGS Electronic Mail      09 Feb 11:06:55 PST 2004      Message Number 4834
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Author: Hoerstrup

      in der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft

Full Professorship (C4)

Satellite Geodesy and Earth System Science

in the Institute for Geodesy and Geoinformation Technology, Technical
University of Belin (Faculty VI), and the GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam

The Technical University of Berlin – Faculty VI (Civil Engineering and
Applied Geosciences) and the GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam invite
applications for a joint appointment of a full professorship :

Description:                 Professor, C4, for Satellite Geodesy and Earth
System Science

Appointment date:      immediately

Announcement code: VI-438

Responsibilities:          The successful candidate will be based at the
GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam. His or her duties will be (1) to promote the
field of Satellite Geodesy and Earth System Science in the TU Berlin,
faculty of Civil Engineering and Applied Geoscience (2 hours lecture per
week),

(2) to act as Director of Department 1 Geodesy and Remote Sensing at the
GeoForschungsZentrum and

(3) to lead one of the sections of that department, depending on the
candidate's field of expertise.

The candidate will also be expected to act as spokesman of the programme
theme Global processes and Geomonitoring within the GeoForschungsZentrum
Potsdam.

Qualifications:             We seek an internationally recognized scientist
with demonstrated capacity for interdisciplinary research and leadership
ability, to direct a department with some 100 scientists and technicians. A
Ph.D. in an appropriate academic field is required, as well as proven
teaching ability and a record of excellence in research. The candidate will
possess a broad range of expertise and have long-standing experience in
physical geodesy and modelling of geoprocesses, and particularly with
applications of satellite geodesy in the fields of geophysics, oceanography,
meteorology and climate research. A record of success in funding through
large international research programs is expected. The candidate must meet
the conditions for professorial appointment specified in the Berlin code of
higher education (Hochschulgesetz), § 100.

The Technical University of Berlin and the GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam
strive to increase the percentage of femal employees in academic teaching
and research, and we particularly encourage applications from female
candidates.

Candidates with physical handicaps will be given preference in the case of
equal qualifications.

Letters of application should include a resume, a list of publications and a
statement of research interest (including proposals). They should be
submitted, stating the above given code number within 4 weeks after
publication of this announcement to the office of the President, Technical
University of Berlin, Sekretariat H12, Straße des 17. Juni 135, D-10623
Berlin.