2024-10-30 THE SCHOOL OF SUSTAINABILITY AT LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY LÜNEBURG INVITES APPLICATIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING JUNIOR PROFESSORSHIP WITH TENURE TRACK OR FULL PROFESSORSHIP:
Sustainable Chemistry (Open Rank: W1 with tenure track leading to W2 or W2)
Chemistry is a crucial science for sustainability, as it has a significant influence on the material foundations of sustainability (e.g., resources, material flows, products, processes, energy requirements, material environmental impact, digitalization). At the same time, it is directly linked to an industrial sector – the chemical industry and downstream industries, which utilizes its products. The "chemical industry" therefore plays a decisive role in the sustainability discourse in several respects, but also in the concrete achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Thus, the importance of sustainable chemistry in research, teaching and application is receiving increasing attention in science, industry and politics, as well as in the international environment in general. However, further research and developments in teaching are needed to make this understanding fruitful for chemical practice and sustainability and to avoid rebound effects.
The junior professorship with tenure track or the full professorship “Sustainable Chemistry”, located at the School of Sustainability at the Institute for Sustainable Chemistry, is intended to address these deficits. The future position holder is expected to make substantial contributions to the field of sustainable chemistry. This also applies to experimental and practical contributions that shape the discourse. Your work includes an understanding of the role and contributions of chemistry to sustainability in general, considering the SDGs of the UN in science and the industrial sector. A strong interest in research collaboration within the Institute for Sustainable is essential and expected and your focus complements the existing research.
Learn more and apply on the Leuphana University website.
