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The Laboratory of Planetology and Geosciences and the STU Department of the Faculty of Science and Technology are recruiting a Senior Lecturer and a University Professor.

These positions will be filled according to the general Galaxie campaign schedule. The profiles (subject to final publication) are as follows :

1- Professorship at Nantes University :

Earth Sciences teaching at Nantes University covers
all disciplines in the field, from the first year of the SVT bachelor’s degree to the master’s degree in Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environment (STPE), the master’s degree in Environmental Management (GE) and the MEEF-SVT, as well as in the international Erasmus Mundus GeoPlanet master’s program. The person recruited will have extensive teaching experience in Geosciences (Bachelor’s, Master’s) and will have exercised teaching responsibilities. He/she will be required to teach both in the classroom and in the field. Teaching will take place at Bachelor’s and Master’s levels (particularly in the Earth and Planetary Sciences section of the STPE Master’s program, where courses are taught in English), and may also involve doctoral studies. With a very good knowledge of our courses, the person recruited will be involved in responsibilities at Licence, Master or Department level.

Research profile :
The Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géosciences (LPG – UMR 6112) is organized into 3 research themes (Earth, Planets and Moons, and Coastal and Marine Systems), an organization that promotes the interdisciplinary nature of the laboratory’s activities. By combining different approaches (observation, experimentation, modeling), the LPG has acquired recognized expertise in characterizing the surface of the Earth and other solar system bodies, and in understanding the geological processes that shape them.
The laboratory is looking to recruit a university professor who will consolidate the current lines of research within the laboratory’s themes, while enriching them with his or her own skills, from one or more of the specialties already present: experimental petrology, magmatic petrogeochemistry, terrestrial and planetary mineralogy and alteration. The person to be recruited must demonstrate a willingness to take an active part in the collective tasks associated with running a CNRS UMR, as well as administrative responsibilities.
Candidates are expected to have a solid publication record, good project management experience, and experience in managing or leading research themes or teams.

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Applications are open from 04/03/2025 to 04/04/2025 at 4:00 pm, Paris time, via the Odyssée module of the Higher Education and Research website, https://odyssee.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/accueil.

2- Teacher-researcher position at Nantes Université :

Teaching in Earth Sciences at Nantes Université covers all disciplines in the field, from the first year of the SVT bachelor’s degree to the Master’s degree in Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environment (including its international Erasmus Mundus GeoPlaNet course), the Master’s degree in Environmental Management and the MEEF-SVT.
The person recruited will have teaching experience in the geosciences, and will be required to teach petrology (sedimentary, metamorphic, magmatic) both in the classroom and in the field. A high level of field experience is therefore expected: the person recruited will be involved in setting up, running and supervising camps or field trips at Bachelor’s and/or Master’s level. Master’s-level courses will be partly taught in English. The person recruited is also expected to take on teaching responsibilities in the medium term (course, year…).

The scientific objectives are broad, and may include endogenous magmatic petrology, terrestrial or planetary sedimentary context, or preparation for the return of extraterrestrial samples. This research will fit in with one or more of the LPG’s research themes, Earth, Planets and Moon, or Coastal and Marine Systems. They should be based on the analytical geochemistry equipment available at the LPG or within the shared GEOBIOSE platform.

Published on March 5th, 2025