The University of Helsinki is among the leading multidisciplinary research universities in the world. As part of the Faculty of Science, the Department of Physics is responsible for high-end research into physics and astronomy on an international level, and academic education in physics based on that research. For more details, see http://www.physics.helsinki.fi/.

The Department of Physics in the Faculty of Science at the University of Helsinki invites applications for a PROFESSOR OR ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR.
The field of the position is space physics. The successful applicant may be appointed to a permanent professorship or a fixed-term associate/assistant professorship (tenure track system consisting of two stages, each 3 – 5 years), depending on her or his qualifications and career stage.

The position belongs to the Department of Physics of the Faculty of Science, and is tied to the Finnish Centre of Excellence in Research of Sustainable Space. This Centre of Excellence gathers together the space science and technology research carried out within the University of Helsinki, Aalto University, University of Turku, and Finnish Meteorological Institute, and aims at revolutionising space research by utilising small spacecraft. The scientific research within the Centre of Excellence focuses on investigating the physical conditions within the near-Earth space to understand causal relationships of events and estimate their effects especially in light of small spacecraft. The University of Helsinki Space Physics group aims at reaching a breakthrough understanding of inner magnetospheric processes as a response to driving from the solar wind and outer magnetosphere, and with this to achieve a deep insight of the small satellite environment as a function of time and space.

The selected person will teach in the field of physics, especially in space physics. She/he will perform scientific investigations related to Earth’s magnetospheric physics, especially focusing onto inner magnetospheric dynamics. She/he will utilise the latest inner and outer magnetospheric modelling tools and small spacecraft data in order to achieve the goals of the Centre of Excellence. The background of the successful applicant will at best cover phenomenological, theoretical and computational space plasma physics.

Call information: https://www.helsinki.fi/en/open-positions/assistant-professorassociate-professorprofessor-space-physics

The deadline for applications is 15 February 2018.

More information of the position will be provided by the Director of the Centre of Excellence, professor Minna Palmroth, minna.palmroth(at)helsinki.fi, +358 2941 51020

More about the Centre of Excellence:
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/news/universe/sustainable-utilisation-of-space

Space Physics Group home page:
http://blogs.helsinki.fi/spacephysics/

Apply link
https://rekry.helsinki.fi/sap/bc/erecruiting/posting_apply?param=cG9zdF9pbnN0X2d…