The Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences of the University of Paris VII (STEP Department) is closely collaborating with the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris in education and research in the Earth Sciences, Planetary Exploration and Environmental Sciences. Together with IPGP, a community of about 150 professors and researchers, 150 technical staff and 150 graduate students, post-docs and visitors is dedicated to research and higher education in the physical and chemical geosciences. It is located in the Universities of Paris VII and IPGP campus, in the center of Paris, France.
More information can be found in the web sites of the STEP Department and IPGP at [1].
Three tenured positions assistant professor level are expected to open in the Department in the Spring of 2007. The positions will probably (pending a decision from the French Ministry in charge of Higher Education) be the following: 1) Assistant professor (Maître de Conférence) in Quantitative Geology 2) Assistant professor (Maître de Conférence) in High Pressure Mineralogy and Geochemistry 3) Assistant-professor (Maître de Conférence) in Planetology or Remote Sensing of Natural Hazards
The announcement and confirmation of the positions are expected in Spring of 2007. However, all future candidates must be approved and registered on the Assistant professor qualification list of the French Ministry of Education. The deadline for qualification is October, 16, 2006 and more information on the qualification process can be found at: [2]
Possible candidates or interested persons are encouraged to contact one or several of the research teams of IPGP and STEP Department for more information on the research projects developed by the Department. A list of the research teams, and associated team leaders, can be found at [3]
As most of the lectures are performed in French, a good knowledge of French is requested for these positions. The positions are open to all citizenship. STEP Department and IPGP are equal opportunity employers. For more information, contact Pr. Ph. Lognonné, STEP Search committee, at [4]
