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Lecturer Positions in Yachay Tech, Ecuador
The school of Physical sciences and Engineering at Yachay Tech has open positions for postdoctoral researchers. Scientists holding a PhD (or equivalent degree) with background in Physics, Chemistry, Materials Science and Engineering, Electronic Engineering or related subjects (experimental and theoretical) are welcome to apply. Applicants with a strong record of international publications are especially encouraged to apply.
Yachay Tech is the unique research oriented university in Ecuador. It was inaugurated in March 2014, expecting to be a Think Tank for the project “Yachay City of Knowledge”. It is a research-intensive and inspiring project that aims at changing the productive matrix of a whole country, having important influence in the north Andean region of South America. For more about Yachay Tech, please visit
http://yachaytech.edu.ec/en/
Applicants should expect to be holding a lecturer position with a minimum of 6 (maximum 12) teaching hours. A perfect command of the English language is a pre-requisite to Work at Yachay Tech. After undergraduate common core courses taught in Spanish, the students enter a career program entirely taught in English, which is also required for the research environment. The School of Physical Sciences and Nanotechnology at Yachay Tech expects that postdoc/lecturers conduct research in cooperation with tenure track and tenured faculty members of the School. Currently in Physics we span a wide range of disciplines that include experimental and theoretical Astroparticle Physics, Nonlinear Science, and Condensed Matter Physics, among others. Nanotechnology related areas are focused on Materials and Nanobiotechnology.
The interested candidates must submit an application through physicsjobs@yachaytech.edu.ec or nanotechjobs@yachaytech.edu.ec containing the following information: an up to date curriculum vitae, a complete list of publications, a one page motivation letter and the names of at least three people who are able to provide a knowledgeable reference of the applicant.
The deadline for application is January 31st, 2017. Formal consideration of applications begins immediately and positions will remain open until filled.