W3-Professorship in Marine Ecology

Job title:

W3-Professorship in Marine Ecology

Company:

Universität Rostock

Job description

The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of Rostock invites applications for aW3-Professorship in Marine Ecologyat the Institute for Biosciences. The position should be fil ed by October 1st, 2027 (within budget considerations).The Institute of Biosciences at the University of Rostock addresses organismal and molecular questions across the
entire breadth of the biosciences. The professorship advertised here wil focus on marine synecology (e.g. food
webs, energy/material flows, dynamics and resilience of marine ecosystems). A connection to future research on
the Baltic Sea (brackish water, coastal regions) is desired. The biological research station in Zingst can be
integrated for this purpose. Additionally, collaboration with the Institute’s research initiatives and a wil ingness for
interdisciplinary scientific work, especially within the Department of “Maritime Systems” of the Interdisciplinary
Faculty of the University and with the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Re-search Warnemünde, is expected.
The professorship is expected to cover the full breadth of ecology in courses for the Bache-lor’s program in
Biosciences and the Bachelor’s program in Biology Teaching. The professor-ship should make a substantial
contribution to teaching in the Master’s program in Marine Bi-ology. Supportive involvement in teaching related to
nature and species conservation is also desired. The language of instruction is German. For up to two years,
teaching can be con-ducted in English; within this period, sufficient proficiency in German must be demonstrably
acquired to teach in German.
A qualified doctoral degree, several years of independent research activities in the field of marine synecology,
ideally including international experience, a habilitation or habilitation-equivalent qualifications, as well as the
wil ingness and documented ability to acquire third-party funding, are required, as is the wil ingness to engage in
academic self-governance.For further inquiries, please contact:
Prof. Dr. Inna Sokolova, Chair of the Search Committee
Tel.: +49 381 498 6050
E-Mail: inna.sokolova@uni-rostock.de****The employment requirements for professors are determined by §58 (1 and 2) of the State Higher Education Act
(LHG M-V). According to this, appointment requires a completed university degree, a doctorate, teaching
experience (§ 58 Paragraph (1) LHG M-V), and additional academic achievements, which must generally be
demonstrated through a junior professorship or a habilitation; otherwise, equivalent academic achievements (§ 58
(2) LHG M-V) are required for employment.The professorship is to be fil ed according to § 61 LHG M-V as a position with civil servant status for life, or, if
applicable, for 5 years. It is also possible to fil the position as a regular state employee.Special abilities and achievements in teaching as well as in the organization of science and academic self-
administration are taken into account. For this purpose, the results in teaching, the ideas for future teaching
including the didactic design of courses are to be presented and the experience in scientific management is to be
described. Active engagement and experience in the acquisition of third-party funds are expected.The University of Rostock is committed to its university leadership guidelines.Equal opportunities are an integral part of our personnel policy. The advertisement is therefore addressed to all
persons regardless of their gender (* gender-neutral). Disabled applicants wil be given preference if all other
qualifications are essentially equal.The University of Rostock is seeking to increase the proportion of women in academic positions and therefore
strongly encourages qualified women to apply with reference to § 7 Abs. 3 of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Equal
Opportunities Act. Women wil be given priority in the case of substantially equivalent qualifications, unless reasons
relating to the person of the male competitor prevail.Applications with the usual documents (full CV, a complete list of academic and professional background,
publications, teaching experience, certificates, any additional qualifications, a summary of grants and externally
funded reasearch activities) as well as a research concept for the Rostock location (2-3 pages) and a teaching
concept (1-2 pages) should be sent no later than 22.08.2025 to the University of Rostock, Dean of the Faculty
of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Wismarsche Str. 45, 18057 Rostock or by email to dekan.mnf@uni-
rostock.de. (Please send a single PDF file with max. 5MB). We would like to point out that your e-mail wil be sent
to us unencrypted.The protection of your personal data is very important to us. Therefore, the data collected in the context of the
application process is collected, processed and used in accordance with the relevant data protection regulations.Unfortunately, the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern cannot cover application costs. Please submit only copies of
your application documents, as these wil not be returned after the application process has been completed.

Expected salary

Location

Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Job date

Sun, 29 Jun 2025 01:35:27 GMT

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