Senior Professor in Astronomy & Astrophysics

Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies

SCHOOL OF COSMIC PHYSICS

The Governing Board of the School of Cosmic Physics wishes to nominate an exceptional scientist for appointment by the President of Ireland to the position of Senior Professor in the School and Head of the Astronomy & Astrophysics Section.  The position will become available following the retirement of Professor Luke Drury in June 2018.

In addition to an established international research reputation, the person appointed will be a scientist of vision capable of motivating large national, European and international research projects over decadal timeframes.  

The successful nominee will be expected to define and lead an innovative research programme in the Astronomy & Astrophysics section in the areas of Exoplanetary Systems and/or Sun-Earth Interactions, building on the section's strengths in Star Formation and the Interstellar Medium.  Linking the new activities to work in the Geophysics Section of the School is desirable.   Other current areas of strength are High Energy Astrophysics, and the curating, mining, and knowledge extraction from large data sets.

This is a research position and carries no undergraduate teaching responsibilities.  Guest lecturing in higher education institutions is encouraged. Supervision of graduate students and mentoring of postdoctoral fellows is required.

The post is permanent and pensionable with an attaching salary of €150,212 (PPC scale) €142,702 (Standard scale).

Further details including application procedure can be found here : https://dias.ie/SeniorProfVacancy

Closing Date for Applications : 31 July 2017

DIAS is an equal opportunities employer