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22/04/2021

Research professor in coastal, offshore and hydraulic engineering (BOFZAP)

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  • ORGANISATION/COMPANY
    KU Leuven
  • RESEARCH FIELD
    Engineering › Civil engineering
  • RESEARCHER PROFILE
    First Stage Researcher (R1)
  • APPLICATION DEADLINE
    17/09/2021 23:59 - Europe/Brussels
  • LOCATION
    Belgium › Leuven
  • TYPE OF CONTRACT
    To be defined
  • JOB STATUS
    Full-time
  • HOURS PER WEEK
    38
  • REFERENCE NUMBER
    BZP-2021-1

OFFER DESCRIPTION

Research
It is part of the assignment of the appointed candidate to develop, within the domain of coastal, off-shore and hydraulic engineering an international, competitive research programme, to pursue excellent scientific results at an international level and to support and promote national and international research partnerships. The candidate must meet a strong research profile or have the potential to do so. In addition, the candidate is expected to have a multidisciplinary attitude and a willingness to cooperate intensively with other researchers and research units at KU Leuven.
The candidate:

  • Is an excellent, internationally oriented researcher and develops a research programme at the forefront in the field of coastal, offshore and hydraulic engineering. Numerical modelling of the hydrodynamics is a key aspect of the research. The candidate will use state-of-the-art numerical models and play a prominent role in new developments thereof for applications in the envisaged research field.
  • Strengthens existing research lines and brings complementary and/or additionally new expertise by working closely with the members of the research unit.
  • Publishes at the highest scientific level in the leading international journals and conferences in the field of coastal, ocean and hydraulic engineering and related disciplines.
  • Develops an own research group.
  • Supervises master students, PhD students and postdocs at a high international level.
  • Aims to acquire competitive research funding from national and/or international agencies and submits effective research project proposals for this purpose.
  • Establishes both within KU Leuven, national and international partnerships in the context of the research programme.
  • Strives for excellence in research and provides a contribution to the international research reputation of the Hydraulics and Geotechnics section of the Department of Civil Engineering and KU Leuven.
  • Has a pronounced interest in fundamental research, but also pays attention to the valorization and applications of the research, e.g. by attracting and executing more applied research projects from government or industry in the available research facilities (e.g. in the ‘COB’ Coastal and Offshore Basin in Ostend, a new facility jointly operated by UGent, KU Leuven and Flanders Hydraulics).

Teaching
Although the position regards a research professorship at the start of employment, the candidate is expected to gradually contribute to state-of-the-art teaching.The candidate also contributes to the pedagogic project of the faculty/university. He/she develops teaching in accordance with KU Leuven’s vision on activating and research‐based education and m... For more information see https://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/jobs/60014018

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Benefits

  • We offer full-time employment in an intellectually challenging environment. KU Leuven is a research-intensive, internationally oriented university that carries out both fundamental and applied scientific research. Our university is highly inter- and multidisciplinary focused and strives for international excellence. In this regard, we actively collaborate with research partners in Belgium and abroad. We provide our students with an academic education that is based on high-quality scientific research.
  • Depending on your qualifications and academic experience, you will be appointed to or tenured in one of the grades of the senior academic staff: assistant professor, associate professor, professor or full professor. In principle, junior researches are appointed as assistant professor on the tenure track for a period of 5 years; after this period and a positive evaluation, they are permanently appointed as an associate professor.
  • You will work in Leuven, a historic and dynamic and vibrant city located in the heart of Belgium, within twenty minutes from Brussels, the capital of the European Union, and less than two hours from Paris, London and Amsterdam.
  • KU Leuven is well set to welcome foreign professors and their family and provides practical support with regard to immigration and administration, housing, childcare, learning Dutch, partner career coaching, …
  • In order to facilitate scientific onboarding and accelerate research in the first phase a starting grant of 100.000 euro is offered to new professors without substantial other funding and appointed for at least 50%.

Eligibility criteria

  • You have a Master of Science degree preferably in Civil Engineering. Your PhD degree is in the field of hydrodynamics. You have demonstrated excellence in numerical modelling. If you have recently obtained your PhD, it is important that you support your research and growth potential with academic references [e.g. demonstrate potential through at least one top publication, article(s) in preparation, academic references, active involvement/contribution in promising research projects, …].
  • You have a strong research profile in the field and an indisputable research integrity.
  • The quality of your research is proven by publications in the leading journals and conferences in the field of coastal, ocean and hydraulic engineering and related disciplines. Contributions to the development of public domain software is a plus.
  • International research experience is considered as an important advantage.
  • You have demonstrable qualities related to academic education. Teaching experience is a plus.
  • You possess organizational skills and have a cooperative attitude. You also have leadership skills within a university context.
  • Proficiency in English is required.
  • The official language used at KU Leuven is Dutch. If you do not speak Dutch (or do not speak it well) at the start of employment, KU Leuven will provide language training to enable you to take part in meetings. Before teaching courses in Dutch or English, you will be given the opportunity to learn Dutch, respectively English, to the required standard.

Selection process

More information on the content of the job can be obtained from the academic contact person: Prof. Jaak Monbaliu, Chair Department of Civil Engineering, tel. +32 16 32 16 61, mail: jaak.monbaliu@kuleuven.be
More information on the guidelines, regulations and application file is available from Ms. Kristin Vermeylen (kristin.vermeylen@kuleuven.be , tel. +32 16 32 09 07) or Ms. Christelle Maeyaert (christel.maeyaert@kuleuven.be , tel. +32 16 31 41 94).
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