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GIST Faculty Positions Open (1st of 2012)
Faculty Positions available at the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), a government-funded university in Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
GIST seeks candidates whose interest lies in the fields listed below:
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GIST College |
- Economics |
Requirement: Three representative publications(pdfs) | |
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- Computer Science | |||
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- Biology * The primary responsibility: Teach courses in general biology and general biology lab (The ability to teach courses in ecology and/or plant biology is desired) | |||
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Graduate School |
School of Information and Communications |
- Electromagnetics, Physical Electronics - Applied Physics, Biomedical Physics, Optics - HCI (including UI/UX), IT-Art Convergence |
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School of Materials Science and Engineering |
- Semiconducting Materials and Devices - Energy Storage Materials and Devices - Organic Materials for Optoelectronics - All areas of Materials and Science and Engineering |
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School of Mechatronics |
- (1st) Signal Processing - (2nd) Opto-mechatronics - (3rd) Robotics and Control - (4th) New Growth Engine (New & Renewable Energy, etc) - (5th) Bio-medical |
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School of Environmental Science and Engineering |
- Energy Storage - Environmental Science and Engineering (*Only Foreigner) |
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School of Life Science |
- Chemical Biology/Nanobio, Neuroscience, Systems Biology/Computational Biology - Any area of Life Science * Teaching Requirement : Molecular biology, Molecular Biology Lab. |
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Department of Photonics and Applied Physics |
- Femto Science/Ultrafast Photon Source - Optics(Spectroscopy, Nonlinear Optics) - Nano Photonics, Bio Photonics - Condensed matter / Nano / X-ray Physics |
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Department of Medical System Engineering |
- Medical systems & Devices (neuroengineering, cardiovascular disease, cancer diagnostics and therapeutics) - Biomedical instrumentation & Micro/Nano devices - Other relevant Medical Systems Engineering field * Note: Applicants with MD/PhD or PhD in Biomedical engineering are welcome. |
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What is GIST?
GIST was established by the Korean Ministry of Education, Science and Technology in 1993.
As a research-oriented graduate & undergraduate school with superb laboratories, research centers and facilities, GIST allocates a minimum teaching load so that faculty members can devote themselves to research activities. GIST is proud of the following records:
- Nation"s highest number of papers published in SCI journals during the recent 14 consecutive years.
- The 12th in the world in citations per faculty member (QS World University Rankings 2011)
In addition, most of the faculty members and students participate in the government-funded "Brain Korea 21" program.
Requirements
Candidates must possess a Ph.D. degree in a pertinent field at the time of application and should be able to deliver their lectures in English. Qualified international or female scholars are encouraged to apply.
How to Apply
1. GIST offers an electronic version of its application forms in Microsoft Word format. Please download the application forms attached at the bottom of this page.
2. Three letters of recommendation only if the department requests.(to be mailed directly to the academic department from the recommenders.)
3. Applicants must upload all application materials at http://faculty.gist.ac.kr
4. Applications will be accepted until 6PM (Korean Time) on March 31, 2012.
For more information, send an e-mail to academy@gist.ac.kr.