Tenure-Track or Tenured Faculty Positions at the Department of Chemistry, KAIST
The Department of Chemistry at KAIST (https://chem.kaist.ac.kr) invites applications for tenure-track or tenured positions at all professor levels beginning in the spring of 2021. We seek outstanding candidates in all areas of chemical science, excluding computational chemistry, but are particularly interested in applicants with a research focus in experimental physical chemistry (integrated with materials/nano/bio), organic chemistry, and biochemistry. Exceptional candidates with interests in other areas, including multidisciplinary approaches and new emerging subdisciplines are also encouraged to apply.
Candidates must have a doctorate in chemistry or a related science, and some postdoctoral experience is preferred. Candidates will be expected to establish a creative, vigorous, and independent research program and excel in teaching at both graduate and undergraduate levels. The Chemistry Department at KAIST places a priority on teamwork, communication, and collaboration among its faculty.
1.
Submit the following application materials via e-mail (hee-seung_lee@kaist.ac.kr) by May 22, 2020.
-
An application form attached, including the summary
of key achievements and plans of
teaching and research
-
Curriculum Vitae
* Do not include personal information.
2. After review, suitable candidates will be contacted and asked to submit three reference letters. (For full
professor
or tenured professor
positions, six reference letters are required.)
3.
Finalists will be contacted and invited to present a research
seminar and give a proposal
talk at KAIST.
1.
Applications from senior graduate students and junior postdoctoral researchers will be considered. When appropriate, provisions will be made to allow for additional postdoctoral research after
contractually securing a position
at
KAIST.
2. We strongly encourage international candidates to
apply.
3. Junior faculty positions are tenure-track. Under university regulations, faculty members with extraordinary research accomplishments, teaching records, and services to the KAIST community will be
granted tenure within a few years.
4.
The Department of Chemistry at KAIST guarantees a competitive start-up package appropriate for the needs of the
subdiscipline.
Prof.
Hee-Seung Lee
The Chair of Faculty Search Committee
E-mail: hee-seung_lee@kaist.ac.kr
The Department
of Chemistry at KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
invites applications for tenure-track or tenured positions at all professor
levels beginning in the spring of 2019. We seek outstanding candidates in all
areas of chemical science, but are particularly interested in applicants with research
focus in organic chemistry, physical chemistry, and biochemistry. Exceptional
candidates with interests in other areas including multidisciplinary approaches
and new emerging subdisciplines are also encouraged to apply.
Candidates
must have a doctorate in chemistry or a related science and some postdoctoral
experience is preferred. Candidates will be expected to establish a creative,
vigorous and independent research program, and excel in teaching at both graduate
and undergraduate levels. The Chemistry Department at KAIST values teamwork,
communication and collaboration among its faculty.
Application process
1.
Submit
your CV and research proposal to Professor Hee-Seung Lee, chair of the faculty search
committee, via email by May 20, 2017 (hee-seung_lee@kaist.ac.kr). A template
for the research proposal is enclosed.
2.
After
review, suitable candidates will be contacted and asked to submit three
reference letters including one from the research advisor (July, 2017).
3.
Finalists
will be contacted after the evaluation of recommendation letters and will be invited
to present a research seminar and give a proposal talk at KAIST (August and September,
2017).
Notes
1.
You
may use your own creative format for the research proposal. In that case, the
following items must be included: research background, a statement about the
creativity and novelty of the proposed work, the long-term vision for the
proposed research, citations of relevant work.
2.
Applications
from senior graduate students and junior postdoctoral researchers will be
considered. And when appropriate, provisions will be made to allow for
additional postdoctoral research after contractually securing a position at
KAIST.
3.
We
strongly encourage international candidates to apply.
4.
Junior
faculty positions are tenure-track. In accordance with university regulations,
faculty members with extraordinary research accomplishments, teaching records,
and services to the KAIST community will be granted tenure within a few years.
5.
The
Department of Chemistry at KAIST guarantees a competitive start-up package
appropriate for the needs of the subdiscipline.
Contact
Professor
Hee-Seung Lee
291
Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu- Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
E-mail:
hee-seung_lee@kaist.ac.kr, Tel: +82-42-350-2846 (office)
Department
Homepage: http://chem.kaist.ac.kr/
|
