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IERS Message No. 306                                       July 19, 2016
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Job Opportunity in Geodetic Earth System Science at IGG Bonn 


Dear Colleagues,

The Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation of the University of Bonn, 
Germany, is soliciting applications for the position of a Junior 
Professor in Earth System Sciences. For more information see the 
following advertisement.

Yours sincerely,
Axel Nothnagel

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The Institute for Geodesy and Geoinformation (IGG) at the Faculty of
Agriculture, University of Bonn, invites applications for the position
of

   Junior Professor (W1)
   Geodetic Earth System Science

starting as soon as possible.

This vacant professorship is located at the interface between geodesy
and other geosciences. The IGG participates in international research
programs in satellite and space geodesy. It is involved in the regional
research alliance Geoverbund ABC/J of the Aachen-Bonn-Cologne-Juelich
region and in the Centre for Remote Sensing of the Land Surface (ZFL) at
the University of Bonn.

The appointee will have an outstanding doctoral degree and proven
methodological expertise in the use of precise geodetic techniques for
improving our understanding of the Earth system. His/her expertise is
expected to cover at least one of the areas:

- Satellite gravimetry and mass transports,
- Radar altimetry,
- Global space-geodetic techniques (VLBI, GNSS, SLR),
- GNSS remote sensing,
- Numerical modelling of relevant processes of the Earth system and
  integration of geodetic data.

Teaching activities are expected in the study programs Geodesy and
Geoinformation and, if appropriate, in other programs of the Faculty of
Agriculture.

Junior professors will initially be appointed for a period of 3 years.
This appointment can be extended by further 3 years subject to a
positive evaluation. Candidates must comply with the general conditions
of employment according to Paragraph 36 of the Higher Education Act of
North Rhine-Westphalia (Hochschulgesetz des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen).

The University of Bonn is an equal opportunity employer.

Applications (letter of interest, cv, reference letters or copies of
academic certificates, list of publications, teaching activities, short
statement of future research strategies) should be sent by September 30,
2016 to the following address: Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture,
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitaet, Meckenheimer Allee 174,
53115 Bonn, Germany.


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