The Faculty of Geosciences, Westfälische Wilhelms Universität Münster, invites applications for a

Professor of Mineralogy (W3)

in the Institute of Mineralogy.

Applicants should have a strong background in both research and teaching with emphasis in the general area of mineralogy or mineral physics applied to understanding Earth and planetary processes. The ideal candidate will have broad interests in geosciences with a well-established research and funding record. He or she will have an international research profile in one or more of the following disciplines: experimental or computational mineralogy, mineral physics, or mineral chemistry.

The successful candidate will be responsible for teaching basic and advanced mineralogical topics at the B.Sc.- and M.Sc.-level, supervising students at all levels, and leading field courses.

Prerequisite for the application are academic achievements made as a juniorprofessor (assistant professor), in a habilitation (postdoctoral qualification), as a member of the academic staff of a university or non-university research institute, or in a research position in business, industry, administration or other relevant fields in Germany or abroad.

We actively encourage applications from suitably qualified women. Female candidates with equivalent qualifications and academic achievements will be preferentially considered.
We also welcome applications from candidates with severe disabilities. Disabled candidates with equivalent qualifications will be preferentially considered.
Proficiency in spoken and written German is not required initially, but a willingness to learn German within three years is expected.

Applications, including a C.V., statement of teaching strategy, publication list, copies of degree certificates, and a statement of past and future research interests, should be e-mailed as a single pdf file by April 19th, 2013 to the Dean of the Faculty of Geosciences (dekangeo@uni-muenster.de):

Dekanat des Fachbereichs 14 - Geowissenschaften
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universitat Münster
Robert-Koch-Str. 26-28
48149 Münster
Germany

Further information about the Institute may be found at: www.uni-muenster.de/Mineralogie. Informal enquiries about this position may be made to Prof. Andreas Stracke (stracke.andreas@uni-muenster.de), Prof. S. Klemme (stephan.klemme@uni-muenster.de) or Prof. E. Scherer (escherer@uni-muenster.de).