W1-Professorship with Tenure Track to W2 „Synthetic Organic Chemistry”

The Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg is a modern university with a long-standing tradition in academic excellence and a wide range of international partner institutions. It is the largest university in Saxony-Anhalt with approximately 20,000 students, more than 3,000 employees, and a history in education spanning 500 years. Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg's aim in offering the junior professorship with tenure track is to enable young academics with excellent prospects to become independent at an early stage of their career and to offer them long-term career prospects. The junior professorship with tenure track is aimed at academics in the early career phase.

The Faculty of Natural Sciences II represents the fields of chemistry, physics, and mathematics in research and teaching. Research is focused on synthetic and biological macromolecules, solid-state interfaces, and nanostructures, as well as energy conversion and storage materials and contributes to the university's profile areas of transformation and sustainability.

The Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg is looking to appoint an outstanding individual to a W1-Professorship with Tenure Track to W2
„Synthetic Organic Chemistry” within the Faculty of Natural Sciences II, Institute of Chemistry. The position will commence preferably by October 1^st, 2025.

We are seeking an outstanding individual with a clear potential for development in research and teaching in organic chemistry. Ideal candidates should have an outstanding doctorate in chemistry and demonstrable expertise through excellent development and application work in current research areas of organic chemistry. The candidate should develop an independent scientific profile and independent research approaches that complement the existing research at the Institute of Chemistry in a meaningful way.

Applications from all areas of modern synthetic organic chemistry are expressly welcome. The professorship is intended to further strengthen current and future research networks of the faculty, in particular the Graduate Research School 2670 "Beyond Amphiphilicity" as well as the successor activities of the Collaborative Research Center TRR 102 and activities in the Federal Excellence Strategy.

The incumbent will represent teaching in the field of organic chemistry in bachelor's and master's and state examination degree programs. Active participation in academic self-administration is expected.

Further duties and responsibilities are stipulated in section 34 of the Saxony-Anhalt State Law of Universities.

Applicants must fulfil the appointment requirements in accordance with section 40 of the Higher Education Act of Saxony-Anhalt. In particular, the prerequisites for appointment are a completed university degree, pedagogical aptitude, and a special aptitude for academic work, which is usually demonstrated by the outstanding quality of a doctorate. As a rule, the time between the final doctoral degree examination and the application for this junior professorship should not exceed six years.

Junior professorships are filled on the basis of a temporary civil service contract, initially for a period of three years. The position shall be renewed for a further three years conditional upon a positive mid-term evaluation.

If the tenure evaluation is positive, the position is transferred to a permanent W2 professorship without a new call for applications and - provided the general civil service requirements are met – the appointment is made as a civil service for life, or alternatively the position is transferred to a permanent employment contract under private law.

The Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg is committed to diversity and aims to create an inclusive environment where our staff and students feel valued and inspired. In particular, we aim to increase the proportion of women appointed as permanent staff; therefore, appropriately qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply for this position.

The Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg strives to provide an environment compatible with work-life-balance and has been certified as a family-friendly university since 2009.

Applications from candidates with disabilities are particularly welcome and will be given preference in the event of equivalent qualification.

If you have any questions about the contents and the application process, please contact Dr. Birgit Lebek (birgit.lebek@natfak2.uni-halle.de).

Applications in a digital format (preferably as a single pdf file) should include a complete curriculum vitae, copies of qualifications, a brief description of the candidate’s scientific background, a list of publications and successful third-party funding acquisition, as well as a description of previous teaching experience. In addition, a research concept taking into account the research focus of the faculty is required.

Please include a private contact address and send applications to the following address by October 27th, 2024:

Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Faculty of Natural Sciences II
Dean Prof. Georg Schmidt
06099 Halle (Saale), Germany
Email:dekan@natfak2.uni-halle.de

Contact person for queries concerning this position is Prof. Dr. Georg Schmidt
dekan@natfak2.uni-halle.de

Please note that the University is unfortunately unable to reimburse costs associated with the application.