Reference no.: W2675

Universitat

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Saarlandes

Saarland University is a campus university with an international focus and a streng research profile. lts four

oore research areas ‚Computer Science‘, ‚BioMed -Life and Materials‘, ‚lnterdisciplinary European Research‘

and ‚Sustainability‘ are defining features of the university. With numerous internationally respected research

institutes situated in the vicinity of the university and dedicated support for start-up companies, 5.!arland

University is an ideal environment for research, teaching and innovation. The proportion of international

students studying at Saar1and University is weil above the national average and is testimony to the

university’s strong intern,:1tional focus. S;,arl;;md Univer5ity has been officially certified c1s c1 fämily-friendly

universitysince 2004.

The Eoculty of Natural Sciences and Technology at Saarland University brings together numerous disciplines

under one organizational umbreßa with the aim of fostering interdisciplinary collaboration in tE!<lching,

fundamental and exploratory research and in the development of practical applicatioos. The Department of

Materials Science and Engineering is active in the key research fields ‚Multifunctional Materialsand Systems‘,

‚Sustainability and the Circular Economy‘ and ‚Digit.aHzation, Data and Al‘, all of which are constantly

evolving and strongly represented in the faculty’s academic Curricula.

The Department is a major contributor to the university-wide core research area ‚Sust.ainability‘ and is

helping to actively shape the regional transformation project ‚Circular Saar‘ -a key initiative in Saarland that

aims to advance a resource-efficient circular economy. The aim is to work closely with regional partners from

academia, industry and the public sector to develop innovative materials-science solutions for closed-loop

material cycles, recyding strategies and sust.ainable manufacturing processes. The professorship being

advertised will make a major contribution to the project’s scientific profile and visibility, and will strengthen

Saarland University’s role as a catalyst for sustainable regional transformation.

The Department of Materials Science and Engineering in the Faculty cf Natural Sciences and Technology at

Saarland University is inviting applications for the following position to commence at the earliest possible

opportunity:

W2 Professorship (W3 tenure track

position) in Functional Materials

(m/f/x; Reference no.: W2675)

This professorial position is a fixed-term public sector appointment (‚Beamtenverhältnis auf Zeit‘) for a

maximum period of six years. lf the tenure evaluation procedure {teaching appraisal and external assessment

of research work) is positive, the appointee will be promoted to a permanent professorship (�fetime tenure)

at the German academic salary scale W3.

The University is also inviting applications for four further professorships in the fields cf Product

DIIIWllopmant and Clrcularity-Drfvan DKign (m/f/x; reference no.: W276S), Sustainabla Matallurgy and

Structural Mahlrials In a Clrcular Economy m/f/x, reference no.: W2764), Appllad Machanlcs {m/f/x;

reference no.: W2677) and Advanced Recycling Processes for Circular Material Flows (m/f/x:, reference

no.: W2763). Applicants whose research focus is between any of these areas are encouraged to submit a

separate application to each professorship position for which their scientific profile is suitable.

This professorship covers the field of modern functional materials, focusing strongly on sust.ainclbility, the

circular economy clnd resource-efficient technologies. lt wil be a central element of the depcirtment’s future

strategic research priorities: Multifunctional Materials & Systems; Sustainability and the Circular Economy;

Digitalization, Dat.a and Al. lhe person appointed to this position will advance research spanning multiple

material classes in the areas of hierarchkally structured functional materials and/or functional hybrid

materials for sustainability and energy applications. Potential research topics include: adaptive and

switchable meta-materials: 20-and 30-organized functional materials as platforms for catalyst or electrode

materials; solid-state electrolytes; and materials for hydrogen storage. Werk in these fields wil encompass

the development, experimental investigation and evaluation of functional materials with a view to improved

resource efficiency and lower carbon footprints. The person appointed will also be expected to develop

strategies that enhance the circularity, recyclability and reuse of modern materials (‚design for recycling‘),

and to partkipate in research dat.a management initiatives.

Your te.iching duties will cover the field of functional materials with partkular emphasis on sustainable

technologies. In the fixed-term W2 phase of the professorship, you wil be expected to contribute

substantially to core teaching in the Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes (e.g. ceramic and glasses,

functional matericlls, 3D analysis cf microstructures). In the subsequent W3 phase, you will establish a new

teaching module whose focus will be on sust.ainability. In addition, you wil play an active role in the

materials science and engineering practical and laboratory courses and will be closely involved in the

ongoing development of the department’s degree programmes.

You wiß engage in interdisciplinary collaborative teaching and research, partkularly with external research

Institutes (INM, ZeMa, IZFP, DFKI, HIPS), and will contribute to the acquisition and implementation of

regional. national and international research consortia -especiaUy in sustainability research and the circular

economy.

The successful applicant win be a university graduate with a degree in materials science, materials

engineering, chemistry, physics or a related discipline and wil have a strong track record of sustained high­

quality research in sustainable, hierarchically structured and/or hybrid functional materials. You will have

demonstrated your expertise through publications in leading, high-impactjournals, your record of securing

externcll research funding, .ind through your active engagement with the scientific community. An aptitude

for clnd a strong commitment to university-level tE!<lching, the ability to work weil in a tE!<lm and a

collaborative approach to research are required.

We expect you to: (i) play an active role in the internationalization of the university, pcirticularly through

collaborative initiatives with partners in Transform4Europe alHance and the University of the Greater Region

network, as weil as with EUSMAT; CTD contribute to academic self-governance and administrative werk

(during the W2 phase at least at departmental level, and subsequently at faculty and university level); and

(iii) support and supervise junior and early-career researchers.

Saarland University views internationalization as a process spanning all aspects of university life. We

therefore expect members of our professorial statt to promote and fester further internationalizotion.

Special support will be provided for projects that expand colloborotion within existing international

cooperative networks, e.g. projects with partners in the European University Alliance Transform4Europe

(www.transform4europe.eu) or the University of the Greater Region (www.uni-gr.eu).

In accordance with the objectives of its gender equality plan, Saarland University is actively seeking to

increase the proportion of women in this field. Qualified women candidates are therefore strongly

encourclged to clpply. Preferential consideration will be given to applications from disabled candidates cf

equal eligibility. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates irrespective of gender, ncltioncllity,

ethnic herit.age or social background, religious beliefs, personal beliefs er values, disobi�ty, age, sexual

orientation or identity.

To clpply for this position, please submit your app�ccltion by no later thcln 28 MIi)‘ 2026 via Saarland

University’s online professorial appointments platform: www.uni-saarland.de/berufungen. Appliccltion

documents must be uploaded as a single PDF file (max. size 10 MB) and should include the following

documents in the order specified:

•Cover letter

•CV (incl. list of external research funding and awards)

•List of publications and details of external research funding secured

•Overview of research {previous work and research planned at Saarland University, max. 5 pages)

•Teaching credentials Oist of previous courses taught incl. evaluations, explanatory outline of your teaching

concept and approach; max. 5 pages)

•Academic qualifications {undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD/doctoral degree certificates, habi�tation

(if applicable) and other relevant credentials)

•Full copies of your three most important pubkations

•Proof of disability if you dedared cl disclbility in your clpplication

•lf you hold a university degree from a non-German university, please provide proof cf equivalence from

Germany’s Centrcll Office for Foreign Educcltion (ZABJ if avclilable. lf you have not yet requested proof of

equivalence from ZAB, you must sub mit proof at a later date if so requested.

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