Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering at the School of Engineering and Natural Sciences,...

The Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science in the School of Engineering and Natural Sciences at the University of Iceland seeks applicants to fill an assistant professor position in chemical engineering.

The successful candidate is expected to develop an internationally recognized research program. The candidate will teach courses in chemical engineering, mostly at the undergraduate level, and will advise graduate students. In particular, the candidate is expected to teach in courses on Mass & energy balances, Mass transfer, Process control and Chemical engineering lab. The research focus may include e.g. separations, transfer phenomena, process design, reactor design, membrane technologies, or developing sustainable processes. Iceland is uniquely placed with considerable renewable energy resources and the industries are currently seeking for developing sustainable process and therefore a candidate doing research that benefits Icelandic society are desirable.

Undergraduate courses are generally taught in Icelandic and the successful candidate is expected to be able to teach in Icelandic within three years. The University of Iceland provides support to new faculty to attain proficiency in Icelandic.

• A Ph.D. degree in chemical engineering.
• Undergraduate degree in chemical engineering is beneficial.
• Academic teaching experience.
• International research activity.
• Experience with obtaining research funding.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in written and spoken English.

The hiring process will focus on identifying candidates who are best suited to the circumstances and needs of the Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science.

The tentative starting date is December 1st  2022.

Applicants are required to submit the following documents with their application:

The applicant must list up to eight of their most important publications, in relation to this position. The applicant must include a copy of these publications along with the application or indicate where they can be accessed electronically. When multiple authors are listed on a publication, the applicant must include an account of their contribution to the publication. Applications and accompanying documents, which are not submitted in electronic form, must be sent in duplicate to the Division of Science and Innovation, University of Iceland, Main Building, Sæmundargata 2, 102 Reykjavik, Iceland.

The successful candidate will be hired for five years with the possibility of a permanent contract at the end of this period, cf. paragraph 3, Article 31 of the Regulation for the University of Iceland no. 569/2009.  

Processing of applications, evaluation of applicants' competence and hiring shall be in accordance with the Act on Public Higher Education Institutions no. 85/2008 and the Regulation for the University of Iceland no. 569/2009.  

All applications will be answered, and applicants will be informed about the appointment when a decision has been made. Applications are stored for six months after the application deadline. 

Appointments to positions at the University of Iceland are made in consideration of the Equal Rights Policy  of the University of Iceland. 

The University of Iceland has a special Language Policy . 

The University of Iceland is the largest academic institute in Iceland and is ranked among the top 500 universities in the world and engineering and technology is ranked within the top 250 universities in the world by Times Higher Education. The university¿s values are academic freedom, professionalism, and equality. There is an emphasis on flexibility and employee participation in developing study programs and research. At the School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, about 400 are employed in research and teaching. The School offers an international working environment and a quarter of employees and graduate students are international.

The school has around 2000 students and at the Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science there are approximately 800 students that study chemical engineering, industrial engineering, mechanical engineering and computer science. Thereof are about 140 graduate students, both M.Sc. and PhD. The academic staff totals over 30 teachers.

Application deadline is 02.05.2022

Ingibjörg Óðinsdóttir

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