Published on: 01.08.2025

The University of Bonn is an international research university with a wide education and research profile. With a 200-year history, approximately 31,500 students, more than 6,000 staff, and an excellent reputation at home and abroad, the University of Bonn is one of the most important universities in Germany and is recognized as a university of excellence.

Geochemistry/Petrology section of the Institute of Geosciences (IfGeo)

We are seeking a highly motivated candidate to fill a full-time lecturer and research facility management position in the Core Facility Earth System Sciences that is being created at the University of Bonn. The employment will be permanent with a probationary period of 3 years. Key analytical tools that will become part of the Core Facility are EPMA, LA-ICP-MS, XRD, and Raman Spectroscopy instruments. A piston cylinder for experimental petrology and clean laboratory facilities of IfGeo’s Geochemistry/Petrology section will also be included. The Core Facility will be used by the IfGeo’s geochemistry/petrology and geology research groups, and will be accessible to IfGeo-external researchers from the University of Bonn and elsewhere. The facility provides the research infrastructure to investigate a wide spectrum of experimentally generated and natural samples (e.g., rocks, minerals, water, bones) for major and trace element geochemistry (lithophile, chalcophile & siderophile elements) and isotopic systems.

Deadline:

28.09.2025

Reference number:

2025/98

Working time model:

full time

Starting date:

on or before 1 January 2026

Duration:

Permanent

Pay grade:

A13 LBesO/TV-L EG 13

Applications to:

gzellmer@uni-bonn.de

Your tasks

• teaching at the Bachelor and Master levels as well as supervision of Bachelor and Master research projects (teaching load 9/8 SWS[1]);
• improving, maintaining and managing the Solid Earth component of the Core Facility;
• working with and training users (from Bachelor students to senior researchers);
• managing orders, bills and budgets of the analytical facilities;
• organizing regular meetings with technical staff, and delegating work to technicians, whose support will enable workload management;
• acting as the Geochemistry/Petrology section Health & Safety Officer;
• pursuing their own research including acquiring external research funding and publishing in peer-reviewed journals. This should preferably be in the field of petrology/geochemistry.