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Faculty and Postdoc Positions in space sciences at Kyung Hee Univ, Korea
From: Gwangson Choe (gchoe at khu.ac.kr)
School of Space Research Kyung Hee University Yongin 446-701 Korea
Tel: +82-31-201-3821 Fax: +82-31-204-2445 URL: http://space.khu.ac.kr
E-mail Submission and Inquiries: gchoe (at) khu.ac.kr
The School of Space Research at Kyung Hee University in Korea invites applications for tenure-track faculty positions, research faculty positions and postdoctoral fellowships in space sciences and astrophysics. Applicants must have a PhD in space sciences, astronomy, physics or related fields. Faculty candidates must have minimum two years of postdoctoral research experience. Faculty positions are in the level of either an assistant professor or an associate professor. A selection process will be applied to individual applications until all the positions are filled. Thus, there is no deadline for application, and early applicants should have an advantage. Employment can start at any time after each selection is made. Salary will be determined by the University, commensurate with qualifications and experience per KHU pay scale, which starts at around 30,000,000 Korean Won per year for a postdoc with no employment history, 38,400,000 Korean Won per year for a research assistant professor with the minimum required experience, and 55,000,000 Korean Won for a tenure-track assistant professor. For postdocs and research faculty members, the initial contract is for two years and can be renewed contingent upon research performance and funding.
Kyung Hee University (KHU), founded in 1949, is ranked among the top ten universities of Korea, and research in astronomy and space sciences has been performed at the Department of Astronomy and Space Science of KHU. Recently, the Department is awarded a long-term government grant within the scope of the World Class University (WCU) Program, which pursues the World's top class research in diverse disciplines, and it is now expanded to form the School of Space Research. The School is located in the city of Yongin approximately 40 km south of Seoul, and currently has 11 professors and about 30 graduate students. It is the policy of KHU not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or national/ethnic origin.
An application consisting of a CV, a list of publications, and names of three references along with a cover letter should be sent to Prof. Gwangson Choe by e-mail at gchoe (at) khu.ac.kr.
