Group Leader

The winning candidate will be employed as a group leader and Institute Professor at the International Centre for Interfacing Magnetism and Superconductivity with Topological Matter – MagTop at the Institute of Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IFPAN). In addition to the group leader, the group will consist of at least three young researchers financed by the MagTop project and employed with the group leader participation.

Research will concern experimental studies of topological semiconductors and/or semimetals with a special emphasize of functionalization of topological surface states for Schottky barriers and catalysis. However, studies of other topics proposed by the candidate in the cover/motivation letter are welcome. Please consult MagTop web pages and for a wide range of growth and experimental facilities already available at MagTop and IFPAN. Applications for supporting purchasing additional experimental set ups are possible. Women as MagTop leaders and double career scheme are welcome.

Contract: till 31 May 2029 with a possibility of prolongation

Inquiries: sent to the address open_positions@MagTop.ifpan.edu.pl

Application documents and deadline:

• Detailed CV (please fill Group_Leader_cv.doc attached to the announcement (Attachment no. 2)
• An extended CV containing additional relevant information not included in the above form (maximum 3 pages),
• Full list of publications,
• A copy of PhD diploma,
• Cover/motivation letter, please mention earliest possible starting date (1 page),
• Contact details to three references,
• A statement by the candidate of consent to the processing of personal data for the purposes of recruitment (as in attachment) should be send.
• Please submit all documents quoting #JOB47/2024 by 24 January 2025 simultaneously to: rekrutacja@ifpan.edu.pl, open_positions@MagTop.ifpan.edu.pl , and to MagTop’s International Scientific Committee Hartmut.Buhmann@physik.uni-wuerzburg.de
• Visit for all details: https://magtop.ifpan.edu.pl/job-opportunities/open-positions/