Associate Professor in Hydrogeology

The Department of Geoscience, Aarhus University, Denmark invites applications for a position at the Associate Professor level in Hydrogeology. We seek an innovative and visionary geoscientist trained in the field of groundwater hydrology.
Qualifications
The ideal candidate will contribute to research and teaching within the field of porous-media hydrogeology. The appointee will have expertise in numerical modelling of groundwater dynamics. Knowledge of interactions between groundwater and surface water and contaminant transport in porous media, but also fieldwork experience in e.g. hydrological monitoring and groundwater pollution is advantageous.

The successful candidate will hold a Ph.D. degree in a relevant natural science discipline, have a strong international research standing and a broad multidisciplinary research network. Their scientific profile will be reflected in publications in international peer-reviewed journals. Proven ability to attract external research funding and documented teaching skills are required.

The appointee will expand research collaborations at the highest international level following their own scientific interests and priorities and establish a vibrant research group utilizing external funding from national and international sources. They will develop new curricula and teach classroom as well as field courses and supervise students at all academic levels. They will have interest in collaborating with industrial partners and cooperating with other research units at Aarhus University. The appointee will have an opportunity to develop fruitful collaboration with other research groups at this Department, such as the Hydrogeophysics Group, Quaternary Geology, and Sedimentology.
Department of Geoscience
The Department of Geoscience currently employs around 70 staff including faculty, externally funded researchers, post-docs, Ph.D. students, and administrative and technical personnel. We have a strong research profile spanning a broad range of geological and geophysical disciplines contained in research clusters Climate and Environment; Water; Energy and Natural Resources; and Deep Earth Systems. One prominent research field is hydrogeophysics. We have an outstanding research and teaching infrastructure including geophysical, geochemical, sedimentological and micropalaeontological laboratories, HF-laboratory, a class 100 metal-free clean-laboratory, and TCN dating facilities. We also have the largest pool of hydrogeophysical electromagnetic research instruments in the world. The Department participates in numerous multidisciplinary research centers such as WATEC bridging core-disciplines within the Faculty of Natural Sciences and the Faculty of Technical Sciences.
About us
The place of work is the Department of Geoscience, Aarhus University. The beautiful Aarhus University campus is located close to the downtown of Aarhus, the second largest city in Denmark with about 400 000 inhabitants. Aarhus has a lively and charming downtown close to the Aarhus Bay at the Baltic Sea. In Denmark access to schools, higher education, and health care is free. Generous parental agreements are available. Aarhus University offers a broad variety of services for international researchers and accompanying families, including relocation service and career counselling to expat partners. Ensuring gender balance at Department of Geoscience is a high priority for Aarhus University, and we particularly encourage women to apply. No candidate will be given preferential treatment, and all applicants will be assessed on the basis of their qualifications for the position in question.

In exceptional cases, Aarhus University can offer particularly talented Associate Professors to be admitted to a promotion program to Professor without an open advertisement. To be nominated for the promotion program, the Associate Professor must be assessed within a few years of focused career advancement as able to obtain qualifications corresponding to a professorship appointment in an open call.

The expected appointment is November 1, 2024 or at the nearest possible date.

Application procedure
Shortlisting is used. This means that after the deadline for applications – and with the assistance from the Assessment Committee Chairman and the Assessment Committee if necessary – the Head of Department selects the candidates to be evaluated. The selection is made on the basis of an assessment of who of the candidates are most relevant considering the requirements of the advertisement. All applicants will be notified within 6 weeks whether or not their applications have been sent to an expert Assessment Committee for evaluation. The selected applicants will be informed about the composition of the Committee and will receive their assessment. Once the recruitment process is completed, a final letter of rejection is sent to the deselected applicants.
Letter of reference
If you want a referee to upload a letter of reference on your behalf, please state the referee’s contact information when you submit your application. We strongly recommend that you make an agreement with the person in question before you enter the referee’s contact information, and that you ensure that the referee has enough time to write the letter of reference before the application deadline. Unfortunately, it is not possible to ensure that letters of reference received after the application deadline will be taken into consideration.
Formalities and salary range
Natural Sciences refer to the Ministerial Order on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Danish Universities under the Danish ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation.

The application must be in English and include a curriculum vitae, degree certificate, a complete list of publications, a statement of future research plans and information about research activities, teaching portfolio and verified information on previous teaching experience (if any). Guidelines for applicants can be found here.

Appointment shall be in accordance with the collective labour agreement between the Danish Ministry of Taxation and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. Further information on qualification requirements and job content may be found in the Memorandum on Job Structure for Academic Staff at Danish Universities.

Salary depends on seniority as agreed between the Danish Ministry of Taxation and the Confederation of Professional Associations.

Aarhus University’s ambition is to be an attractive and inspiring workplace for all and to foster a culture in which each individual has opportunities to thrive, achieve and develop. We view equality and diversity as assets, and we welcome all applicants.

Research activities will be evaluated in relation to actual research time. Thus, we encourage applicants to specify periods of leave without research activities, in order to be able to subtract these periods from the span of the scientific career during the evaluation of scientific productivity.

Aarhus University offers a broad variety of services for international researchers and accompanying families, including relocation service and career counselling to expat partners. Read more here. Please find more information about entering and working in Denmark here.

The application must be submitted via Aarhus University’s recruitment system, which can be accessed under the job advertisement on Aarhus University's website, and received by August 1, 2024.
Further information
Further information can be obtained from the Head of Department Professor Jan A. Piotrowski, Department of Geoscience, Høegh-Guldbergs Gade 2, DK-8000 Aarhus C, by e-mail: [email protected] or phone: +45 87156409.

Aarhus University
Aarhus University is an academically diverse and research-intensive university with a strong commitment to high-quality research and education and the development of society nationally and globally. The university offers an inspiring research and teaching environment to its 38,000 students (FTEs) and 8,300 employees, and has an annual revenues of EUR 935 million. Learn more at www.international.au.dk/

Department: Geoscience, Institut for/Department of Geoscience

Deadline: 01 August 2024

Location: Aarhus C Høegh-Guldbergs Gade 2