DISCIPLINE: Earth sciences

EXPIRES: August 10, 2023

KEY WORDS: earth sciences, atmospheric physics.

DESCRIPTION (field, expectations, comments):

We are currently seeking a candidate for Assistant professor position at the Institute of Geophysics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw.

The candidates have to conform to the conditions stated in art. 113 of Higher Education Law dated 20.07.2018 (Journal of Laws of the Republic of Poland 2023, item 742 with subsequent amendments).

The researcher will join our project titled Synergetic aerosol remote sensing of Pandora within ACTRIS, nr: 2021/03/Y/ST10/00206. The position is tenure track, with a contract duration of 12 months.

The approximate salary is 10.000 PLN (brutto-brutto).

Planned start of employment: October 1, 2023

The necessary conditions required from applicants are:

1. doctorate (PhD) Earth sciences or physics or similar;
2. work experience or PhD thesis related with PGN or AERONET data;
3. knowledge on satellite and ground-based passive remote sensing;
4. knowledge on meteorology, pollutant dispersion, and modelling;
5. efficiency in programming (MATLAB or Python), ability to use Ms Office, LaTeX ;
6. experience in algorithm development or development of atmospheric models;
7. good level of English knowledge (spoken and written);
8. ability to work in a group and as an individual researcher;
9. readiness to work to a deadline;

Description of expected tasks:

1. aerosol and gases passive remote sensing (photometry and satellite retrievals) and meteorological analyses;
2. data collection and analyses against meteorological information, atmospheric modelling;
3. participation in the field campaign in Warsaw (WP 4.2);
4. lidar data processing with the existing codes provided by the EARLINET-ACTRIS (SCC, GRASP) and comparing obtained results (WP3.2);
5. assessment of aerosol possible sources and type basing on the models outputs and satellite data (WP4.3);
6. involvement in conferences and project meetings;
7. publication of work results in scientific journals.

Additional information:

The candidate must meet the conditions set by the National Science Center for people employed in a post-doc position. In particular, the person employed for this position must have a doctoral degree obtained no earlier than 7 years before the year of employment in the project. This period does not include breaks related to maternity leave, additional maternity leave, leave on the conditions of maternity leave, additional leave on the conditions of maternity leave, paternity leave, or parental leave granted on the terms specified in the provisions of the Labor Code or the receipt of sickness allowance or rehabilitation benefits in connection with incapacity for work, including those caused by diseases requiring medical rehabilitation. For women, the indicated 7-year period may be extended by 18 months for each child born or adopted. A woman can choose a more favourable way to indicate breaks in her scientific career.

The employment will take place in accordance with the NCN regulations, in particular the employed person must meet the following conditions jointly:

• the principal investigator was not a supervisor or assistant supervisor of her doctoral dissertation;
• their PhD degree has been awarded by another institution than the one planned to employ them at this post or they have completed a continuous and evidenced post-doctoral fellowship of at least 10 months in another institution than the host institution for the project and in another country than the one in which they have been conferred a PhD degree;
• at the time of receiving remuneration, they will not be receiving any other remuneration paid from the funds granted to research projects under NCN calls under the heading of direct costs;
• in the period of receiving the remuneration they will be receiving no remuneration from another employer pursuant to an employment contract, including an employer with registered office outside of Poland;
• during the period of receiving this remuneration, he will not receive retirement benefits from the social security system;
• will be employed for at least 6 months.

Interested candidates should submit their applications to the Administrative Office of the Institute of Geophysics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 5, 02-093 Warszawa, room B4.41 or via e-mail: sekretariat.IGF@fuw.edu.pl (with title: Assistant professor in project nr 2021/03/Y/ST10/00206) including:

1. Application for the position.
2. Information on the processing of personal data - information clause and consent clause - attachment to the announcement (available on the website: https://bsp.adm.uw.edu.pl/wp-
   content/uploads/sites/18/2021/01/Klauzula-informacyjna-przy-rekrutacji-do-pracy_11_2019_EN.docx - the PDF-format with a signature)
3. CV with contact data.
4. Copy of PhD diploma.
5. List of research papers, including number of citations according to the Web of Science database and short description of three most important achievements.
6. Contact data to a scientist from outside the University of Warsaw, who can provide opinion on the candidate.
7. Personal questionnaire for the person applying for employment available at: https://bsp.adm.uw.edu.pl/en/forms-to-download/ (For the person applying for employment, p. 1).

All documents should be signed by the candidate. Questions concerning the post should be addressed to the Administrative Office of the Institute of Geophysics.

The decision will be taken not later than September 8, 2023. The candidate may be asked for a qualification interview with the commission appointed by the Dean of the Faculty of Physics.

The candidates will be informed individually.

The candidates will be informed about the results of selection procedure by an e-mail.

This announcement is the first step in the procedure of employing a assistant professor and its positive result will be a base for consecutive steps.