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Professorship
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VIB group
Department of Molecular Biomedical Research
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Job description
The faculty of Sciences has a vacancy for a professorship, starting from October 1, 2010. It concerns a position as full-time Professor in the rank of Lecturer (docent) or Senior Lecturer (hoofddocent) in the Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, charged with academic teaching (in Dutch), scientific research and carrying out scientific duties in the field of biomedical gene technology.
The governing language at Ghent University is Dutch. However, persons who do not speak Dutch as a native language are welcome to apply.
Depending on the specific profile of the selected candidate, the degree of lecturer or senior lecturer will be granted.
A full-time position at the entry level of Lecturer implies a five-year temporary appointment in a tenure track system. If the university board positively evaluates the performance of the person involved, the position lead to a permanent position in the rank of Senior Lecturer.
A full-time position at the entry level of Senior Lecturer will lead to a tenured position.
However, in the case of a first appointment as professor, the Board of Governors of Ghent University may decide to appoint the candidate for a maximum period of three years, after which he/she may be eligible for tenure following a positive evaluation. As teaching at Ghent University is mostly in Dutch, such evaluation may include the acquired ability to teach in Dutch.
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Profile
• candidates should hold a PhD with a doctoral thesis in sciences: biotechnology, biochemistry, biology, or a PhD with doctoral thesis in biomedical sciences, or a degree recognized as equivalent;
• candidates should have at least two years of postdoctoral experience on October 1, 2010;
• candidates are required to have research experience in the field of study concerned, proved by active participation in international and national scientific meetings and by recent publications in national and international peer reviewed journals;
• candidates are required to have research experience in supervising undergraduate and graduate research in the field of study concerned. He/she is expected to apply actively for research grants and to realize a high research output;
• having proved experience in international mobility, amongst others through participation in research programmes at research institutions not linked to the university where the highest degree was obtained, is recommended;
• candidates are required to possess the necessary didactic, organizational and communicative skills for teaching at an academic level.
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Contact
More detailed information on this vacancy and on the way this job fits in the department’s strategy can be obtained from prof. Frans Van Roy, head of the department (mailto:Frans.VanRoy@UGent.be).
Applications must be sent in duplicate by registered mail to the rector of Ghent University, Rectorate building, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 25, 9000 Ghent, using the specific application forms Autonomous Academic Staff (“ZAP”), including the necessary attestations of competence (copies of degrees), the 12th of March, 2010 at the latest.
The application forms for Autonomous Academic Staff (ZAP)
• can be obtained at Ghent University, Department of Personnel and Organization, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 25, 9000 Gent.
• can be requested by phone: +32 (0) 9 264 31 29 or + 32 (0) 9 264 31 30.
• can be downloaded from the internet:
http://www.ugent.be/nl/werken/aanwerving/formulieren/zap
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