We are looking for a personality (f/m/d) who will expand KIT's role in research, teaching, and innovation in establishing novel methods in the design, operation, and research of particle accelerators. This applies both to future accelerators, which can only be made possible through the development of new concepts, and to the efficient autonomous operation of existing accelerators.

The professorship works on topics such as innovative (including AI-based) methods for operating accelerators in a nonequilibrium state, the development of accelerator designs with reduced size, improved stability, and higher cost and energy efficiency of existing and novel systems, such as compact storage rings. Challenges include the diagnosis and real-time control of instabilities in accelerators across the entire scale, from heat to collective effects in electron bunches. The implementation and demonstration of research results at the test facilities of the Accelerator Technology Platform (ATP) at KIT and, if applicable, at cooperation partners is expected.

The successful candidate will establish and independently lead a working group on autonomous particle accelerators at the Institute for Beam Physics and Technology (IBPT). They will participate in the program-oriented funding of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers, particularly in the “Matter and Technologies” program. Research topics and tasks in the program include new accelerator technologies, methods of electron beam control and diagnosis.

The successful candidate will work closely with colleagues of the ATP, particularly in the fields of physics, electrical engineering, and computer science. They will raise third-party funding from national and international sources and actively support the transfer of scientific/technological results into applications. In teaching, appropriate participation in courses, special lectures, and export lectures is expected.

The candidate has acquired a junior research group in a competitive funding program (e.g., DFG Emmy Noether Junior Research Group, Helmholtz Junior Research Group, ERC Starting Grant, junior research group from ministries) no later than three years prior to this call for applications.

You will execute large-scale research tasks with a teaching obligation of 6 hours per week per semester, if you have been evaluated positively. In other cases, your teaching obligation will be 4 hours per week per semester.

Requirements

The candidate has acquired a junior research group in a competitive funding program (e.g., DFG Emmy Noether Junior Research Group, Helmholtz Junior Research Group, ERC Starting Grant, junior research group from ministries) no later than three years prior to this call for applications.

A completed doctorate in physics, outstanding internationally recognized scientific achievements in the field of accelerator physics, and pedagogical aptitude are also required.

Employment is subject to Art. 14, par. (2) of the KIT Act in conjunction with Art. 51 LHG Baden-Württemberg (Act of Baden-Württemberg on Universities and Colleges) as well as to the Quality Assurance Concept for Junior Professorships and Tenure-track Professorships at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).

Contract duration

Employment is limited to six years as a civil servant for a fixed term or as a salaried employee. Before the expiry of the third year of work, an interim evaluation will take place. The evaluation procedure and evaluation criteria are outlined in the Quality Assurance Concept for Junior Professorships and Tenure-track Professorships at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Specific interim and final evaluation criteria will include visible contributions to the field of research, such as publications and specialist lectures, internal and external research collaborations, evaluations demonstrating successful teaching, supervision of young scientists, and contributions to third-party funding. In case of a positive final evaluation, you will be offered a full professorship (W3).

Contact person in line-management

For further information, please contact Professor Anke-Susanne Müller, email: anke-susanne.mueller@kit.edu.

Candidature

Please mail your application with the relevant documents (curriculum vitae, list of publications, diplomas/certificates, teaching evaluations, description of previous and planned research and teaching activities, research and teaching concept, description of your own contributions in the abovementioned areas, acquired third-party funds, statement on scientific honesty), preferably as a single PDF file, to Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Division V – Physics and Mathematics, Head of Division Professor Marc Weber, E-Mail: dekanat@physik.kit.edu

Vacancy number: 1344/2025

We prefer to balance the number of employees (f/m/d). Therefore, we kindly ask female applicants to apply for this job.

Recognized severely disabled persons will be preferred if they are equally qualified.

As a family-friendly university, KIT offers part-time employment, leaves of absence, a dual career service, and coaching to support the work-life balance.

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