PROFESSOR OF ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison
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- Madison
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Job Details
Job no: 95915-FA
Work type: Faculty-Full Time
Department:L&S/ASTRONOMY/ASTRON
Location: Madison
Categories: Instructional, Research, Scientific
95915-FA
Employment Class:Faculty
Working Title:Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Official Title:ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR(C30NN) or ASSISTANT PROFESSOR(C40NN)
Hiring Department(s):A481100-COL OF LETTERS & SCIENCE/ASTRONOMY/ASTRON
FTE:100%
Anticipated Begin Date:AUGUST 19, 2019
Term:N/A
Advertised Salary:Negotiable
ACADEMIC (9 months)
A Ph. D. in Astronomy or a closely related field is required prior to start of appointment. Area of specialization within Astronomy is open.
Minimum number of years and type of relevant work experience:A strong record of original published research is required.
Two years of postdoctoral experience in Astronomical research by start of the appointment preferred.
Position Summary:
Summary: The Department of Astronomy in the College of Letters and Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison seeks candidates for position at the tenure-track level. Applications at the associate professor level may be considered in exceptional cases.
Duties: The appointee will be expected to perform teaching, research and service duties in the Astronomy Department. Classroom teaching and individual instruction and supervision of graduate and undergraduate thesis research is required. The appointee will participate in Department, College, campus and national level committees as appropriate.
The Department of Astronomy is strongly committed to a diverse and inclusive academic environment. Women and candidates from member groups traditionally under-represented in the field of Astronomy are strongly encouraged to apply.
Current departmental areas of expertise and interests include: the interstellar and intergalactic medium, stellar astrophysics, exoplanets, galaxies and active galactic nuclei, observational cosmology, computational astrophysics, plasma astrophysics, high energy/multi-messenger astrophysics; radio/sub-mm, IR/optical and X-ray observation; and instrumentation.
Faculty applicants are invited to take advantage of our Department facilities. We are currently partners in the WIYN 3.5m telescope on Kitt Peak (including the NEID exoplanet spectrograph) and in the 11m Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) in South Africa. We are also a full institutional member in the SDSS IV consortium. Other facilities include the Washburn Laboratories instrumentation lab and the UW-Madison Center for High-Performance/High-Throughput Computing.
We welcome applicants from all areas of astrophysics. The position is open at the assistant professor level, however applications at the associate professor level will be considered in exceptional cases.
A criminal background check is required prior to start of appointment.
Snezana Stanimirovic
sstanimi@astro.wisc.edu
608-890-1458
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1 (out-of-state: TTY: 800.947.3529, STS: 800.833.7637) and above Phone number (See RELAY_SERVICE for further information. )
Applications must be received through http://jobs.wisc.edu. To begin the application, please click on the "Apply Now" button. Applicants are asked to upload the following 5 documents:
-A brief cover letter indicating their motivation to apply for a faculty position in the UW-Madison Astronomy Department
-A current curriculum vitae and a bibliography
-A three-page summary of research interests
-A one-page statement of teaching philosophy and interests
-A one-page statement describing how the applicant plans to foster an inclusive and diverse research and learning environment
In addition, applicants will be asked to enter contact information for three references. These references will receive an electronic link through which they can upload a signed letter of reference.
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Applications received on or before December 1st, 2018 are guaranteed full consideration.
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Applications Open: Sep 28 2018 Central Daylight Time
Applications Close:
Organization
In achievement and prestige, the University of Wisconsin–Madison has long been recognized as one of America's great universities. A public, land-grant institution, UW–Madison offers a complete spectrum of liberal arts studies, professional programs and student activities, and many of its programs are hailed as world leaders in instruction, research and public service. Spanning 935 acres along the southern shore of Lake Mendota, the campus is located in the city of Madison.
The university trace
s its roots to a clause in the Wisconsin Constitution, which decreed that the state should have a prominent public university. In 1848, Nelson Dewey, Wisconsin’s first governor, signed the act that formally created the university, and its first class, with 17 students, met in a Madison school building on February 5, 1849.
From those humble beginnings, the university has grown into a large, diverse community, with about 40,000 students enrolled each year. These students represent every state in the nation, as well as countries from around the globe, making for a truly international population.
UW–Madison is the oldest and largest campus in the University of Wisconsin System, a statewide network of 13 comprehensive universities, 13 freshman-sophomore transfer colleges and an extension service. One of two doctorate-granting universities in the system, UW–Madison’s specific mission is to provide “a learning environment in which faculty, staff and students can discover, examine critically, preserve an
d transmit the knowledge, wisdom and values that will help insure the survival of this and future generations and improve the quality of life for all.”
The university achieves these ends through innovative programs of research, teaching and public service. Throughout its history, UW–Madison has sought to bring the power of learning into the daily lives of its students through innovations such as residential learning communities and service-learning opportunities. Students also participate freely in research, which has led to life-improving inventions ranging from more fuel-efficient engines to cutting-edge genetic therapies.
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