At Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria, the position of a
University Professor (f/m/d)
for the subject area of
Innovative Building Materials
pursuant to § 98 of the Austrian University Act (UG) 2002
at the Chair of Ceramics of the Department of Mineral Resources Engineering in the form of a permanent, full-time employment contract in accordance with the Salaried Employees Act.
The candidate should be a person of international standing who represents the entire field in research and teaching.
The ‘Innovative Building Materials’ professorship focuses on new types of mineral binders and building materials (based on primary and secondary resources) that promote the goals of climate neutrality, circularity of systems and waste reduction and support the associated transformation in the building materials industry. Montanuniversität Leoben expects these activities to be integrated into joint research projects with other organisational units, particularly in the fields of applied geosciences, mining, tunnelling, mineral processing, process engineering, waste processing technology and metallurgy. The practical relevance of the research activities is essential and the acquisition of third-party funding for research activities is obligatory. The advertised professorship includes the management of the Chair of Ceramics, whereby the existing research areas of refractory building materials and slags are to be continued synergistically.
Apart from this core area of research, the entire field of mineral binders and building materials is represented in teaching, currently in particular for students on the Bachelor's degree programme ‘Mineral Resources Engineering’ and the two Master's degree programmes ‘Raw Materials Engineering’ and ‘International Master of Science in Building Materials and Ceramics’. The Chair of Ceramics and the Department of Mineral Resources Engineering are involved in international education and research programmes worldwide, which is why the languages of instruction at the department for students at Bachelor's, Master's and doctoral level are both English and German.
Great importance is attached to the willingness to co-operate with the other chairs of the Department of Mineral Resources Engineering and other chairs of the Cluster of Excellence for Raw Materials at the Montanuniversität Leoben.
Employment requirements are a relevant doctorate, a habilitation or an equivalent scientific qualification.
The applicant is expected to have teaching and research experience as well as the didactic skills to organise excellent teaching and to have demonstrated the ability to apply his/her engineering knowledge to problems from industry in the course of his/her professional career. Leadership skills, and in particular the ability to work in a team, as well as the willingness to take on organisational and administrative tasks within the university are required.
Residency in the Greater Leoben/Graz area is desired.
Pay scale classification is in the A 1 bracket in accordance with the Collective Agreement for University Employees. In this bracket, the monthly salary stipulated for full-time employment in the collective agreement is € 6.362,50 gross (14 times per year). Given appropriate qualification, a higher salary may be negotiated.
Montanuniversität Leoben is committed to increasing the proportion of women and strongly recommends for qualified women to apply. Given the same qualification as the best-suitable co-applicant, women shall be given preference.
The application with the usual documents (curriculum vitae, proof of the above-mentioned employment requirements, description of previous research and teaching activities) including a list of projects carried out, a teaching and research concept and copies of the five most important publications must be sent electronically by 07.03.2025 to the Rector of Montanuniversität Leoben, Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. mont. Dr.-Ing. E.h. Dr. h.c. Peter Moser, Franz-Josef-Straße 18, 8700 Leoben, Austria. Please upload your documents as a zip-file with the filename "MUL-IB-first-name-last-name.zip" under the following link: https://oc.unileoben.ac.at/index.php/s/yHQgsigwy5qOabx
Additional information can be obtained from the Head of the Appointments Committee, Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. mont. Helmut Flachberger, Franz-Josef-Straße 18, 8700 Leoben, Österreich, Tel.: +43/3842/402-1800, E-Mail: helmut.flachberger@unileoben.ac.at.
The Rector:
Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. mont. Dr.-Ing. E.h. Dr. h.c. Peter Moser
