Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Algebraic Geometry in Netherlands

Faculty of Science
Maximum Salary: € 4,970 gross/month
Vacancy number: 62.23.11
Closing date: 14 April 2011

Job description
As an assistant professor you will join the Mathematical Physics (MP) group. Your research should be in Algebraic Geometry in the widest possible sense. Possible fields of interest: Algebraic Groups, Moduli Spaces or Integrable Systems.
You will develop and teach courses within the general curriculum of students of Mathematics. You attract and manage external research funding and supervise PhD students. You perform outreach activities and will help attract more mathematics students.

Requirements
As a candidate for this position you have:
• a PhD in mathematics;
• several years of postdoctoral experience;
• a track record in mathematics research in the relevant domain evidenced by publications in important peer reviewed journals and talks at conferences and workshops;
• teaching experience and good teaching skills, as well as a clear vision on academic teaching; you should have acquired the Basic Teaching Qualification (BKO) or be willing to acquire this within two years;
• the ability to attract and manage external research funding;
• the ability to supervise PhD students;
• the ability to perform outreach activities and to help attract more mathematics students;
• good proficiency in English, spoken and written;
• fluency in Dutch, or willingness to learn Dutch in order to teach in Dutch after 2 years.

Organization
The Mathematics Department in Nijmegen is part of the Institute for Mathematics, Astro and Particle Physics, abbreviated IMAPP. The Mathematics division in IMAPP consists of three groups: Algebra and Logic, Applied Stochastics, and Mathematical Physics. The opening for the tenure track assistant professor is in the Mathematical Physics (MP) group. This group has three chairs: Analysis, Geometry and Mathematical Physics. The main research themes in MP are Noncommutative Geometry, Lie groups, Special Functions and Symplectic Geometry.
Website: http://www.ru.nl/math/

Conditions of employment
Employment: 1,0 fte
Maximum salary per month, based on a fulltime employment: € 4,970 gross/month
The monthly salary will be between €3,195 and €4,970 (Salary scale 11 or 12) on a full-time basis, depending on qualifications and experience.
Duration of the contract: Initially for a period of 5 years with possibility of tenure.

Additional conditions of employment
The initial appointment will be temporary, for a period of 5 years. Upon satisfactory completion of the review period it will become permanent.

Other Information
You are requested to submit a covering letter, a curriculum vita, a list of publications and/or invited talks at conferences and the names of at least two referees.

Shortlisted applicants will be invited to an interview and will be asked to give a sample lecture.

Additional Information
Prof. dr. Gert Heckman
Telephone: +31 24 3653233
E-mail: g.heckman@math.ru.nl

Application
You can apply for the job (mention the vacancy number 62.23.11) before 14 April 2011 by sending your application -preferably by email- to:

RU Nijmegen, FNWI, P&O, mrs. M. Vossen
PO Box 9010, 6500 GL, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Telephone: +31 24 3652131
E-mail: vacatures@science.ru.nl