A temporary faculty position in the Physics Department, University College, Cork, in association with the Tyndall Institute.

A temporary faculty position is available from Sept 2009-2010 (renewal possible) in the Physics Department, University College, Cork, in association with the Tyndall Institute. The preferred areas are photonics, solid state electronics, terahertz physics, metamaterials or other area related to our ongoing research (see www.physics.ucc.ie or www.tyndall.ie). Salary approx 50k Euro (USD75k approx). The appointee is expected to teach undergraduate physics and do research with or related to one of our research groups. Applicants should have a PhD or equivalent experience and appropriate portfolio of research experience and achievement. Teaching experience is desirable but not essential.

UCC is a 160 year old full-spectrum university with about 20k students. Physics has 15 faculty and senior research fellows, 10 support staff, ~20 research staff, ~60 PhD students, 25 undergraduate majors per year. Tyndall has 350 people of whom ~100 work in areas related to photonics, most of these being members of UCC Physics.

Anyone interested please contact John McInerney at mcinerney@ucc.ie. Cutoff date for appointment will be mid August but earlier application will be advantageous.

We also expect to open a new search for a technical officer (PhD-level research and teaching support function) at a similar salary scale early in 2010.