Full Professorship (W3) in the field of Functional Materials
The Hamburg University of Technology invites applications from candidates with outstanding achievements in research and teaching in materials science, with a strong focus on functional materials, particularly in the context of architectured and/or hybrid materials systems for mechanical, transport phenomena, energy, or photonic applications. Applicants should have an excellent international track record in foundational research and practical implementation in this area. Candidates should have a strong interest in interdisciplinary work with other engineering sciences present at TUHH and contributing to future materials systems in application domains such as multiscale structured materials that interact with water. We particularly welcome applications from candidates with a background in one or more of the following application areas:
Development, production and characterisation of multiscale structured materials
Inorganic or non-metallic materials
Mechanical, electrochemical or photonic properties
Interactions between materials and the environment, particularly water or aqueous environments
Utilisation of interface and nanoconfinement effects
Development of devices based on materials with extraordinary physical and/or electrochemical properties and potential applications in lightweight construction, actuation, sensing and acoustics, transparent ceramics and structural colour, energy conversion and storage
The successful candidate will head a Materials Science Institute in the School of Mechanical Engineering, more specifically the international master's degree program in Materials Science and Engineering and related degree programs. Additionally, active participation in strategically relevant funding proposals in materials science, such as collaborative DFG or European funding, is expected. The professorship is responsible for teaching in the bachelor's and master's degree programs of the School of Mechanical Engineering. The position holder is expected to actively contribute to the further development of the TUHH's curricula.
