Associate Professor in Materials Chemistry
University of Tartu Institute of Technology
Estonia

Duties:

• internationally recognised research;
• initiation and preparation of research projects and proposals, including national (Estonian Research Council, Archimedes) and by European Commission;
• supervision of PhD students and students at other academic levels.

• chemistry, material science;
• incorporating of the mentioned competencies with other fields present in the research group (computational simulations, soft robotics, robotics) to carry out interdisciplinary research.

Additional competence in the following fields is desirable:

• modern organic synthesis to develop materials;
• analytical chemistry to characterize materials structure and properties;
• previous research in the following fields: biomaterials, ionic liquids or conductive polymers.

Requirements:

• strong publication record in international research journals;
• experience in teaching and supervising students, including (co-)supervision of PhD students;
• internationally recognised research at post-doctoral level;
• previous successful track record in applying to scientific funding and conducting research projects (for example MSCA, TTP, NSF, or any other at the level).