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The Faculty of Sciences, Geneva University, Switzerland, has an opening for a position as
Full Professor, Associate Professor, or
tenure track Assistant Professor
Comparative Sedimentology
The Department of Geology and Paleontology, Section of Earth and Environmental Sciences (SSTE; http://www.unige.ch/sciences/terre) invites applications for a professorial position (Full, Associate, or tenure track Assistant). We seek an outstanding scientist with a combination of proven success and a high potential for future development. The successful candidate will join a leading Swiss group in the areas of sedimentology, carbonate petrography, micropaleontology, paleoclimatology, reservoir geology, and basin analysis that has strong relations with the petroleum industry. The preferred research orientation is the sedimentology and diagenesis of continental and marine siliciclastic deposits, with an emphasis on integrating the parameters of modern sedimentary environments with ancient sequences. Teaching duties include undergraduate and graduate courses and field courses. The ability to teach in French within 12 months after arrival is highly desirable.
This position is part of a substantial renewal of the professorial staff of the three Departments of the SSTE (five successions during 2011-2013). Development of an ambitious research program, including the supervision of M.Sc. and Ph.D. students, will be facilitated by reliable and generous competitive support from national and local funding bodies and the participation at the inter-university Doctoral Program in Earth Surface Processes and Paleobiosphere (ESPP). Masters-level teaching is conducted in collaboration with the University of Lausanne (Ecole lémanique des sciences de la Terre - ELSTE).
The Department operates SEM, cathodoluminescence, microfluoresence, image analysis and porosity-permeability laboratories. Other facilities in the SSTE include a radiogenic isotope and geochronology laboratory (U-Pb, 40Ar/39Ar and fission track dating), fluid inclusion analysis, Raman spectroscopy, and solution-quadrupole ICP-MS. In addition, the ELSTE provides low-cost access to other shared analytical and geochronological facilities in Lausanne, including EPMA, X-ray tomography, EBSD, a stable isotope laboratory, and major and trace element analysis by XRF and laser ablation ICP-MS. A national SIMS laboratory will be established in Lausanne in 2012.
The University of Geneva encourages women to apply for all positions. The closing date for this position is January 5th, 2011 (preferred start is fall semester, 2011). Please submit a curriculum vitae, a list of publications, names of three references, a short research plan, and a copy of the certificate of the highest obtained degree in the form of a single pdf or doc file to , Décanat de la Faculté des Sciences, Sciences III, University of Geneva, 30 quai Ernest-Ansermet, CH-1205 Genève. Additional information concerning the job description and conditions of employment may be obtained at this e-mail address and at http://www.unige.ch/sciences/terre.