As a tenure-track Assistant Professor you will further strengthen research in theoretical chemistry, particularly in the field of Cold Molecule Research. We will encourage you to look for opportunities to strengthen and expand the current activities of the Theoretical and Computational Chemistry and Spectroscopy of Cold Molecules groups, while also being open to other collaborations within the Institute for Molecules and Materials (IMM).

You will be responsible for setting up an internationally competitive research programme, acquisition of research funding (possibly in collaboration with external academic and/or industrial partners), and the supervision and guidance of PhD candidates. Your teaching activities will particularly involve teaching theoretical chemistry courses and will be part of the Education Institute for Molecular Sciences, which is responsible for the Bachelor's and Master's programmes in Chemistry, Molecular Life Sciences and Science.

• A background and a PhD in theoretical chemistry or physics, with a focus on cold molecule theory. Relevant areas of expertise include method development in quantum scattering and electronic structure theory and application to molecular collisions, quantum gases, and spectroscopy.
• An excellent track record as demonstrated by publications, presentations at international conferences and international collaborations.
• Teaching experience as demonstrated by, for instance, student supervision and summer school lecturing and an interest in participating in the educational programmes of our faculty (particularly in teaching theoretical chemistry courses).

Fixed-term contract: You will be appointed for a six-year period; after positive evaluation, you may be offered a permanent contract.

• Employment: 32 - 40 hours per week.
• The exact salary depends on your qualifications and amount of relevant professional experience. A gross monthly salary from a minimum of €3,746 to a maximum of €5,826 based on a 38-hour working week (scale 11-12).
• Further information on a tenure track at the Faculty of Science can be found here.
• In addition to the salary: an 8% holiday allowance and an 8.3% end-of-year bonus.
• Duration of the contract: you will be appointed for a six-year period; after positive evaluation, you may be offered a permanent contract.
• You will be able to make use of our Dual Career Service: our Dual Career Officer will assist with family-related support, such as child care, and help your partner prepare for the local labour market and with finding an occupation.
• Are you interested in our excellent employment conditions?

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Faculteit der Natuurwetenschappen, Wiskunde & Informatica

The Institute for Molecules and Materials is a research institute in chemistry and physics which fosters interdisciplinary research. Its mission is to design and create functional molecules and materials to fundamentally understand their behaviour. IMM comprises 19 research groups active in areas ranging from condensed matter science to organic chemistry and chemical biology. IMM focuses on fundamental research with an open eye for societal applications and educates the next generation of leaders in science and innovation.

IMM distinguishes itself from similar institutes by the intense collaborations and interactions between chemists and physicists and/or experimentalists and theorists and an excellent infrastructure that includes the Scanning Probe Laboratories, the Laser Labs, the Magnetic Resonance Research Center, the High Field Magnet Laboratory and the Free Electron Laser Laboratory (HFML-FELIX).

One of the research goals at IMM is to understand and control quantum properties of individual atoms and molecules and their mutual interactions. Samples of ultracold molecules at temperatures below 1 kelvin have emerged as a promising platform to study the intrinsic properties of molecular interactions at the most fundamental quantum mechanical level, with applications ranging from precision measurements to quantum computing and the realisation of novel phases of matter. IMM is world-leading in this area both experimentally and theoretically. Theoretical methods developed at IMM have resulted in groundbreaking applications for quantum gases, astrochemistry, and atmospheric chemistry.  

The rapidly evolving field of ultracold quantum gases is now employing molecules to control quantum states of matter and observing chemical reactions. This opens up the opportunity for new developments in the theoretical understanding of molecular interactions, taking into account the quantum nature of electrons as well as nuclei. In order to fully realise the potential of ultracold molecules, we need a better understanding of collisions between molecules. Under these conditions, interactions with light and external electric and magnetic field strongly affect collisional properties and provide opportunities for control, and ultimately the development of gas phase quantum devices. Methods and software need to be developed to allow first principles study of the quantum systems and a large-scale computational studies are required to interpret and guide experiments at IMM and elsewhere.