Professor (tenure track) of applied mathematics

LUT School of Engineering Sciences is looking for a professor of applied mathematics.

The professorship is located at the Department of Computational Engineering. The department concentrates on applied mathematics, computer vision and pattern recognition, computational spectroscopy, and atmospheric modelling. We have a globally unique cluster of expertise in uncertainty quantification and inverse problems. The department hosts the Research Council of Finland's Centre of Excellence for Inverse Modelling and Imaging and the Flagship of Advanced Mathematics for Sensing, Imaging and Modelling (FAME).

The position is at the assistant/associate/full professor levels of the tenure track and will be filled through an open call for a fixed term of four years (assistant/associate professor) or permanently (full professor). The tenure track system offers researchers a possibility to advance to the next level, provided they meet the requirements in the promotion reviews.

The position is based in Lappeenranta, Finland and starts with a six-month trial period.

The candidates are expected to strengthen the research and activities in mathematical modelling related to the FAME. In addition, the candidate must be able to successfully build a dedicated independent research group alongside existing research lines, reinforcing the specialisation of the department in computational sciences. Candidates must have a strong research record in the field of applied mathematics. We expect evidence of both independent methodological development and numerical applications of methods.

Candidates are required to have a doctorate, high-level scientific qualifications, experience in heading scientific research, the ability to acquire funding, the ability to provide high-level instruction based on research, the ability to supervise final theses, proof of international cooperation in their field of research, and when relevant to the duties of the position, practical experience in the field of the professorship. Candidates must also have research and teaching merits, proof of effective research and the acquisition of external research funding, and international experience.

We value experience of successful project work and research collaboration. Evidence of activity in interdisciplinary and international collaboration will be considered an asset. In this position, spoken and written fluency in English is required.

The duties of the professorship includes bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral education in key areas of computational engineering. In line with the research strategy of the LUT School of Engineering Sciences, advanced teaching will focus on method development involving clean energy production, the circular economy, and spin-off business creation.

The duties of the professor will also include the following research-related tasks:

• design and delivery of bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral education

• supervision of theses and doctoral studies

• preparation of national and international research and education projects

• research with an international impact

• knowledge enhancement for the benefit of industry and the economy

• participating as an expert in the preparation of projects at other LUT units

• administrative tasks related to the activities of the university.

The appointment process description explains the qualification requirements and tenure track appointment criteria.

The salary is determined according to the salary system for university teaching and research personnel. The pay will include an individual pay component based on performance and competence. The annual gross salary for an assistant/associate professor amounts to 49 300 – 66 300 euros and full professor to 69 000 – 102 200 euros depending on the qualifications and experience of the candidate. In addition to a competitive salary, the wide range of benefits that come with this job include a holiday bonus, a generous holiday entitlement, research incentive scheme with personal rewards for high quality publications, flexible working hours, occupational health care, a collegial faculty environment and continued commitment for your support, learning, training and development.

The closing date for applications is 2 April at 15:00, Finnish local time (UTC + 3h). Please submit your application and all required attachments by filling out the online form.

For further information, please contact Lassi Roininen, professor of applied mathematics, +358 40 675 4885, lassi.roininen@lut.fi.

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