Position Announcement
Arctic Environmental Technology
University Centre in Svalbard
Longyearbyen, Norway
Application Deadline: Monday, 31 March 2008
For further information, please go to:
http://www.unis.no
The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) in Longyearbyen, Norway,
invites applications for a faculty position in Arctic Environmental
Technology.
The position as professor / associate professor at the Department of
Arctic Technology includes the principal responsibility for the
development of environmental technology at UNIS. This includes
technological competence aimed at teaching and research on the spread,
distribution, source elucidation, and remediation of pollutants both on
and offshore.
The department has established research activity within the two topics:
pollution related to petroleum activity in the Arctic and organic
pollutants (including emerging contaminants) in the Arctic. Applicants
that can continue the activity within one of these two topics will be
preferred. UNIS provides access to a new laboratory for organic
environmental chemistry including modern trace analytical equipment
(GC/MS, GC/ECD and HPLC-DAD instruments).
The position includes the responsibility two courses: "Pollution in the
Arctic" and "Fate and modeling of pollutants in the Arctic." The
candidate will also be partly responsible for other courses at the
department.
It is expected that the scientist chosen for the position will conduct
research within the general activity at UNIS and participate in the
supervision of Masters and PhD students in co-operation with the other
universities. The candidate is also expected to participate actively in
the recruiting of students to UNIS.
Inquiries about this position may be directed to:
Aleksey Marchenko, Associate Professor
Phone: + 47-79-02-33-65
E-mail: aleksey.marchenko [at] unis.no
Roland Kallenborn, Professor
Phone: + 47-79-02-33-51
E-mail: roland.kallenborn [at] unis.no
For more details about the vacant position and to apply, please go to:
http://www.unis.no