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Department of Astronomy
Assistant Professor Position
The Department of Astronomy at the University of Texas at Austin invites applications for a tenure-track position at the assistant professor level to begin in the 2012-2013 academic year. We are especially interested in observers, including instrumentalists, working in planetary systems and galaxies. Planetary systems science includes protoplanetary disk formation and evolution, planet formation, extrasolar planetary systems, and solar system objects. Areas of galaxy research of particular interest to us include the formation and evolution of galaxies, first galaxies, reionization, gas content and star formation history of galaxies, the intergalactic medium, and dark matter. Outstanding applicants in other fields may be considered.
The Department seeks a candidate who can conduct a vigorous research program, teach effectively at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and interact constructively with researchers with related interests in the department and the McDonald Observatory.
Available telescope facilities include the following: the 9.2-m Hobby-Eberly telescope and the VIRUS instrument (to be used in the HETDEX survey) now nearing completion; the general-purpose 2.7m and 2.1m telescopes; and the wide-field imaging 0.8m telescope. The department also participates in the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory, 10-m class Southern African Large Telescope, space-based observatories, and the Giant Magellan Telescope consortium. Computational facilities at the Texas Advanced Computing Center include a Dell Linux cluster "Lonestar 4", with 22,656 parallel Intel Xeon processing cores, and the Sun Constellation Linux cluster "Ranger", with 62,976 AMD processing cores, 1.7 petabytes of raw disk storage, and unique visualization facilities.
Letters of application should include a description of research accomplishments, an outline of present and future research interests, a teaching statement, and a curriculum vita with a list of publications. Applicants should arrange for letters of recommendation (minimum of three letters) to be sent to the Chair of the Search Committee. Electronic submission of applicant materials in pdf format, including letters of recommendation, is strongly preferred and should be sent to: search@astro.as.utexas.edu. To assure full consideration, all application materials should be received no later than November 18, 2011.
Paper applications and letters of reference may be sent to the following address:
Chris Sneden, Chair of the Faculty Search Committee
The University of Texas at Austin Department of Astronomy
1 University Station, C1400
Austin TX 78712-0259
Please direct email inquiries about the position to:
search@astro.as.utexas.edu
The University of Texas at Austin is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values diversity in its work force. Women, minorities and faculty couples are encouraged to apply.