Junior Professor (Tenure Track) for Experimental Solid State Physics with a focus on Spin Physics (Professor - Universities of Applied Sciences)

Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (JGU) is one of the major universities in Germany. It unfolds its strength, innovative power, and dynamism within the Rhine-Main science region. As a full university, JGU enables teaching and learning that transcends disciplinary boundaries and opens up great potential for internationally renowned, interdisciplinary research. JGU unites almost all its facilities on a campus near the city center – a place of vibrant academic culture for researchers, teachers, and students from all continents.

In the Department of Physics, Mathematics and Computer Science, at the Institute of Physics, a

Junior Professor (Tenure Track) for Experimental Solid State Physics with a focus on Spin Physics

Bes. Gr. W 1 LBesG with Tenure Track to W 2 | Civil servant status on a temporary basis

is to be filled at the earliest possible date.

Tasks and Expectations:

We are looking for a personality (m/f/d) who has demonstrated initial scientific achievements in research and the ability to conduct independent research at a high international level, and whose scientific focus lies in a current field within the area of experimental spin physics with reference to solid state physics questions.

Spin-related research is a very successful focus at JGU with an excellent infrastructure (technology platform with nanofabrication and characterization, spectroscopy, helium liquefier for low-temperature experiments, etc.) and a number of coordinated research projects in which participation is desired. Furthermore, active participation in applying for future projects is expected. The person to be appointed should represent the topic of spin physics in selected aspects that fit into the overall profile of activities in this area.

Participation in coordinated research associations such as the Collaborative Research Center SFB/TRR 173 Spin+X, in the profile area TopDyn – Dynamics and Topology – and, if possible, other coordinated research projects enables cooperative research in an active environment with excellent equipment. Cooperation with partners, such as groups at the Institute of Physics, in Chemistry, as well as within the framework of the cooperation of the Rhine-Main Universities (RMU) and the RPTU in Kaiserslautern, is expected.

Integration into further associations such as the Max Planck Graduate Center with Johannes Gutenberg-Universität or the Spin Phenomena Interdisciplinary Center is possible.

Tasks include participation in the general teaching duties of the department. Applicants are therefore expected to bring the necessary didactic skills and corresponding commitment. Furthermore, appropriate participation in academic self-administration is expected. The courses in the Master Physics program are conducted in English. The position holder is therefore expected to have appropriate English language skills. The willingness to also offer courses in German in the future after the tenure evaluation is also expected.

Requirements:

In addition to the general civil service law requirements, applicants must fulfill the recruitment requirements required in § 54 Hochschulgesetz Rheinland-Pfalz.

The state of Rheinland-Pfalz and JGU represent a concept of intensive student support and therefore expect a high presence of teachers at the university, as well as a cooperative, team-oriented, and creative way of working, strong communication skills, and the willingness to take on responsibility in the sense of the JGU leadership guidelines and to develop actively accordingly.

Junior professors with tenure track are initially appointed as civil servants on a temporary basis for a period of six years. Following this, a permanent transfer to a professorship (Bes.Gr. W 2 LBesG) is intended if the position holder has proven themselves in accordance with the relevant university law regulations (evaluation process) and the general civil service law requirements are met. Additionally, an evaluation of the performance level with an orienting character takes place in the fourth year of the junior professorship.

We offer:

JGU strongly supports the compatibility of family and career and promotes the professional development of its employees on the basis of an extensive personnel development offer.

As a place of diversity, JGU welcomes qualified applications from people with different backgrounds.

JGU is committed to increasing the proportion of women in the scientific field and therefore has a particular interest in applications from women.

People with severe disabilities and people equated to them according to § 2 Abs. 3 SGB IX will be given preferential consideration if they are suitably qualified.

Please apply by 30.10.2026 at the latest via the appointment portal of Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, which you can reach via the following link:

https://berufungsportal.uni-mainz.de/datenabfrage/ExperimentelleFestkoerperphysikSpinphysik (https://berufungsportal.uni-mainz.de/datenabfrage/ExperimentelleFestkoerperphysikSpinphysik)

Here you can digitally upload your application including a cover letter, CV, certificates, diplomas, teaching philosophy including a list of previous teaching experience, list of independent third-party funded projects, publication list, and a research plan, as well as up to 3 central publications.

For questions and further information regarding the scientific focus, the location spokesperson of the SFB TRR173 Spin+X, Mathias Kläui, is available at +49 6131 3923633.

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