Professor and Department Chair of Physics

University of Vermont, United States

Updated: 2 months ago
Location: Burlington, VERMONT
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The University of Vermont invites applications for a faculty member at the rank of a Professor to serve as Chair of the Department of Physics with a starting date of August 19, 2024. The University of Vermont is the principal research institution in Vermont. Applicants must have a Ph.D. in physics or a closely related field, an active high-impact research program, and a record of teaching excellence at the undergraduate and graduate levels. This chair appointment and professorship brings a dedicated research budget and one prospective tenure-track recruitment in academic-year 2025-26 to ensure the growth and shape the future of the department. Additionally, qualified applicants may apply for an endowed professorship.
We seek highly motivated individuals who demonstrate proven leadership at the department level and who will grow their successful, externally funded research programs with strong collaborative spirit. The successful candidate is expected to contribute to teaching at undergraduate and graduate physics levels, advise undergraduate majors, supervise physics PhD students, and commit to academic service. Salary and start-up will be competitive and commensurate with qualifications. Candidates from all fields of physics synergistic with our current strengths in condensed matter physics and biophysics, or with potential to expand our department expertise to benefit our students and interdisciplinary programs are strongly encouraged to apply.
UVM is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and inclusive excellence of the academic community through their teaching, service and research, scholarship, or creative arts. We are an educationally purposeful community seeking to prepare students to be accountable leaders in a diverse and changing world. Members of the UVM community embrace and advance the values of Our Common Ground: Openness, Respect, Responsibility, Integrity, Innovation, and Justice. The successful candidate will demonstrate a strong commitment to the ideals of accessibility, inclusiveness, and academic excellence as reflected in the tenets of Our Common Ground. To that end, candidates must provide a diversity impact statement as part of the application detailing how they will further the diversity of the unit through their teaching and service at the University.
UVM is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category legally protected by federal or state law.
The University of Vermont, established in 1791, is a comprehensive research university with a current enrollment of 12,000+ undergraduate, graduate, and medical students. The scientific and academic environments in the Department of Physics, the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, and throughout the UVM community are dynamic, highly collaborative, and multi-disciplinary. Reflecting our innovative and collaborative spirit, our faculty actively collaborate in their teaching and research with faculty in other UVM Colleges and Schools, plus the UVM Medical Center. The successful candidate will be joining UVM following a period of unprecedented growth that has led to the successful completion of world-class STEM facilities.
The University is located in Burlington, Vermont, and enjoys a panoramic setting on the shores of Lake Champlain, between the Green Mountains of Vermont and the Adirondack Mountains of New York. Burlington, a city of 43,000 in a metropolitan area of 214,000, is often rated as one of the best small cities in America. Widely known for its music and food scene as well as its outdoor and adventure lifestyle (Outside Magazine and National Geographic), Burlington has also been hailed as a top technology hub (Forbes) and a city of the future (Business Insider). Furthermore, Burlington’s vibrant entrepreneurial and high-technology ecosystem has been recognized by the National Science Foundation’s US Ignite program, the national TechHire City network, and the Kauffman Foundation. While located in the idyllic rural state of Vermont, our frontier paradise is only a two-hour drive to Montreal and a four-hour drive to Boston. In addition, Burlington International Airport offers direct flights to numerous North American destinations.
Qualifications:
The successful candidate should:
  • Hold a Ph.D. degree in Physics or in a closely related field.
  • Have developed a competitively funded, high-impact research program.
  • Have a successful record in teaching physics at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
  • Have provided research mentorship and academic advising for undergraduate and graduate students.
  • Have a strong record in professional contributions and service.
  • Demonstrate the ability to lead a department’s diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts through prior professional accomplishment.
  • Demonstrate effective leadership through professional training and/or experience at the program, department, center, college, or university level.


Responsibilities:
The successful candidate will assume a range of responsibilities that include:
  • Maintaining an active research agenda, securing external funding, and publishing in peer-reviewed journals.
  • Teaching and advising in the department’s undergraduate and graduate programs.
  • Fulfilling Department Chair responsibilities in the shared governance tradition of UVM. These responsibilities include, but are not limited to, setting department priorities and initiatives, overseeing the department budget, developing teaching staffing plans, overseeing reappointment, promotion, and tenure processes, supervising staff, conducting yearly evaluation of faculty and staff, maintaining and developing relationships with donors, and strategic planning for the future of the department.
  • Engaging in service and outreach activities including interfacing with the UVM Society of Physics Students.
  • Lead departmental efforts to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Applications must be submitted online at www.uvmjobs.com (position #004121). Applicants should provide:
  • A cover letter which describes their qualifications and interest in the position.
  • A current detailed curriculum vitae, including a list of publications.
  • A statement of research interests and goals.
  • A statement of teaching philosophy.
  • A statement on how they will contribute to diversity and inclusive excellence at UVM.
  • Names and (e-mail) addresses of at least three references who can be contacted after the initial application review (these will be managed as part of the application system).

    • Applications without each of these components will not be considered. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis; for full consideration applicants are strongly encouraged to submit all materials by December 1, 2023. Applications will be considered after that date until the position is filled. A background check will be conducted on each final candidate and salary will be made at a level appropriate to the successful applicant’s qualifications and experience. For further information, please contact: Jianke Yang ([email protected]), Search Committee Chair.
    Job Open Date 10/06/2023
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    Posting Number F2810PO
    Department Physics/52270
    Advertising/Posting Title Professor and Department Chair of Physics
    FLSA Exempt
    Position Number 004121
    Employee FTE 0.5
    Employee Term (months) 9

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