Job Radboud University Nijmegen (RU Nijmegen) - Full Professor of Correlated Electron Systems in High Magnetic Fields

As Professor of Correlated Electron Systems in High Magnetic Fields you will be part of the High Field Magnet Laboratory’s scientific staff, which is responsible for the Laboratory’s scientific programme and user support programme under the management of the HFML director.
You will teach physics in the Bachelor‘s and/or Master’s degree programmes at the Educational Institute for Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy of the Faculty of Science.

- outstanding track record in the field of correlated electron systems;
- strong network in the high magnetic field research community and ability to attract and support external users;
- broad scientific interest and readiness to collaborate with the other HFML scientific staff members and IMM groups;
- proven track record in the acquisition of international funding and projects;
- considerable teaching experience and skills, and willingness to obtain the required teaching qualifications;
- proficiency in the Dutch language, or willingness to acquire adequate proficiency within two years;
- proficiency in the English language.

The HFML is a world-class facility committed to generating the highest available magnetic fields. These fields are used by both internal and external users to perform experiments in soft condensed matter, strongly correlated electron systems, and semiconductor and nanosystems. In addition, the HFML has a strong programme in magnet technology. The professorial position is meant to strengthen the research line in correlated electron physics.

This full professor position in experimental physics is part of the High Field Magnet Laboratory. The HFML employs 35 scientific and support staff, and is run jointly by Radboud University Nijmegen (RUN) and the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM). It is part of the Faculty of Science at RUN. The HFML research programme is executed in close collaboration with the Institute for Molecules and Materials (IMM), where several theoretical and experimental physics and chemistry groups work in the field of condensed matter physics, spectroscopy and molecular materials.

Over the past few years there has been enormous activity in the fields of rare earth, transition metal based cuprates and, more recently, iron-based oxidic materials (pnictides). Oxides of the transition metals are among the most intriguing and useful materials in modern condensed matter physics. The large range of valence configurations of the metal ions occasions many possible oxide ground states (e.g. insulating, semiconducting or metallic), and exhibit properties such as colossal magnetoresistance, ferro- and antiferromagnetism, metal-insulator transitions, and high and low temperature superconductivity. In addition, modern growth techniques allow the creation of heterostructures of these oxidic materials, extending their versatility. Many of these properties are studied successfully in high magnetic fields by means of experiments with magnetoresistance, quantum oscillations, magnetization and specific heat.

No commercial propositions please.

prof. J.C. Maan, chair of the Advisory Committee and director HFML
+31 24 3653422
jc.maan@science.ru.nl

www.ru.nl/hfml;www.ru.nl/imm;www.fom.nl

Radboud University Nijmegen