Your Tasks
We are seeking a new Director who will complement and further enhance the institute’s outstanding research profile by supporting interdisciplinarity. The successful candidate will bring expertise primarily in the history of the early modern Habsburg Monarchy in its Central European context.
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Your personal sphere of influence:
You will join the group of University Professor Sarah R Davies, which focuses on Technosciences, Materiality, and Digital Cultures and which studies the digital as material practice in contexts in which technoscience is created or negotiated. Your planned research should fall under this theme.
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Your personal sphere of influence:
- University degree in Biology, Molecular Genetics or related fields.
• Successful VBC PhD program Selection or similar international PhD Selection required.
• Practical experience in handling and genetically manipulating non-model organisms
• Experience in genetics and cloning
• Experience with advanced bioinformatics tools.
• High ability to express yourself both orally and in writing.
• Computer literacy (MS-Office; Imaging Software).
• Basic experience in academic writing.
• Didactic competences / experience with e-learning.
• Excellent command of written and spoken English (C1 Level).
• Ability to work in a team.
• Knowledge of university processes and structures.
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Your Tasks
- Cover letter
- Research concept and vision for the strategic development of the OeAI (maximum 4 pages)
- Curriculum vitae, including recent research activities and funding history (maximum 5 pages)
- A list of publications, with PDF files of the four most important ones
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Your personal sphere of influence:
- Your main task is to complete and to submit your dissertation.
- You meet and consult with your supervisor(s) on a regular basis in order to priorities your tasks and get the necessary support to complete your dissertation successfully in time.
- You participate in your department's and the Doctoral School activities and workshops.
- You participate in conferences and publish research results in peer-reviewed journals.
- You actively seek support (workshops, training, coaching etc.) if necessary.
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Tenure-Track Professorship in Mechanistic Cell and Developmental Biology
- Doctoral degree/PhD
- Two years of international research experience during or after doctoral studies
- Outstanding research achievements, excellent publication and funding record, international reputation
- Gender and diversity competence
- Experience in designing of and participating in research projects, ability to lead research groups and acquire third-party funding
- Enthusiasm for excellent teaching and supervision at the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral level
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Your personal sphere of influence:
- You will advise researchers, especially postdoctoral researchers, on career options and application strategies, including reviewing their CVs and conducting mock interviews.
- You will manage multiple communication channels .
- You will develop and organize training courses, workshops, and special programmes tailored to specific target groups.
- You will establish and maintain contacts with industry and business partners to develop exchange and cooperation formats.
- You will participate in designing and implementing networking and career events.
- You will develop new formats and services to continuously improve career support for postdocs.
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Tenure-Track Professorship in Human Computer Interaction
- Doctoral degree/PhD
- Two years of international research experience during or after doctoral studies
- Outstanding research achievements, excellent publication and funding record, international reputation
- Gender and diversity competence
- Experience in designing of and participating in research projects, ability to lead research groups and acquire third-party funding
- Enthusiasm for excellent teaching and supervision at the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral level
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Your personal sphere of play:
- You will be involved in unique ground-based and airborne research projects in which we collaborate with top scientific institutions such as NASA and NOAA
- You will be in the field for large-scale aircraft measurement campaigns (typically several weeks per year) that only a few groups in the world carry out
- Your research will focus on microphysical aerosol properties (in particular on aerosol hygroscopicity), and on the detection of airborne microplastics and carbonaceous aerosol
- You will contribute to the organization and implementation of ground-based and airborne field campaigns
- You will ensure the permanent operation of highly complex aerosol instrumentation
- You will contribute to the setup and operation of upcoming ACTRIS National Facility for aerosol in-situ at the University of Vienna
- You will develop novel methods and analysis tools for in-situ aerosol data using state-of-the-art techniques
- You will analyze and interpret data from the urban background Aerosol Observatory at the University of Vienna, and from past and upcoming ground- and airborne field experiments
- You will continuously stay informed about the state of the art in your field, and develop and strengthen an independent research profile
- You will contribute to outreach by publications, conference presentations and public activities
- You will contribute to the success and self-organization of the group for research, and help with some administrative tasks
- You will contribute to project applications and the acquisition of third-party funding
- You will independently teach courses as defined by the collective agreement, and (co-) supervise students
- You will ensure sustainable know-how transfer in the field of aerosol physics to students, doctoral candidates and PostDocs
- You will train students at all levels on the latest aerosol measurement methods
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Your personal sphere of play:
- You will be involved in unique ground-based and airborne research projects in which we collaborate with top scientific institutions such as NASA and NOAA
- You will be in the field for large-scale aircraft measurement campaigns including SABRE, INSPYRE, and others (typically several weeks per year) that only a few groups in the world carry out
- Your research will focus on airborne in-situ observations of coarse mode aerosols (including biological particles) and clouds
- You will develop novel methods and analysis tools for in-situ aerosol and cloud data using state-of-the-art techniques (e.g., image processing, machine learning)
- A significant fraction of the work will be focused on the maintenance and strategic development of the group's proprietary data evaluation software CAPSlib (Dollner, 2022) for processing and in-depth analysis of coarse mode aerosol and cloud data
- You will contribute to the setup, automation (including extensive software development), and operation of highly complex instrumentation for ground-based and airborne measurements
- You will analyze and interpret data from the urban background Aerosol Observatory at the University of Vienna, and from past and upcoming ground- and airborne field experiments
- You will contribute to outreach by publications, conference presentations and public activities
- You will continuously stay informed about the state of the art in your field, and develop and strengthen an independent research profile
- You will contribute to the success and self-organization of the group for research, and help with some administrative tasks
- You will contribute to project applications and the acquisition of third-party funding
- You will independently teach courses as defined by the collective agreement, and (co-) supervise students
- You will train students at all levels on the latest aerosol measurement methods and on software development for in-situ aerosol data analysis
- You will ensure sustainable know-how transfer in the field of aerosol physics to students, doctoral candidates and PostDocs
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