AdresseConsider making the switch to the University of Freiburg: lt is one of the most renowned and strongest research universities in Germany, with a history spanning more than 500 years. You'll engage in topnotch research and teaching with a unique spectrum of disciplines, perspectives, and people - right in the heart of one of Germany's most beautiful cities.
The University of Freiburg's human resources policy is oriented toward the principles of equal opportunity and diversity. The university is committed to the goal of creating a family-friendly university.
The University of Freiburg invites applications for the
Tenure-Track Professorship for Single Molecule Sensing
funded by the Carl-Zeiss Foundation at the Faculty of Engineering in the Department of Microsystems Engineering to be filled at the earliest possible date.
This is a grade W1-professorship to which performance payments can be offered.
This professorship is suitable for highly qualified early career researchers at an early stage in their careers. Conditions governing the appointment in accordance with section 51 (3) LHG Baden-Württemberg apply.
The successful candidate represents the field of Single Molecule sensors in research and teaching. Current questions include single-molecule sequencing of proteins and the detection of epigenetic modifications, for example by nanopore technology, enzymatic degradation or reverse translation. Novel approaches in the field are to be pursued and multidisciplinary cooperations are to be established, both with the professorships of the Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), the Department of Computer Science, the faculties of physics and chemistry, the Max-Planck-lnstitute for Epigenetics, and the Hahn-Schickard-lnstitute for Microanalysis Systems. A translation into personalized medicine is aimed at.
Prerequisites for the employment are a university degree, an outstanding dissertation in the field and an excellent publication record.
This position has a fixed term of four years. After a successful interim evaluation, it will be extended by two years. Furthermore, the tenure procedure towards Full Professorship (W3) will be initiated after successful interim evaluation.
The tenure procedures are regulated in the Statutes and Quality Assurance Concept for Junior Professorships and Tenure-Track Professorships and agreed upon with the Ministry of Science (https://www.zuv.uni-freiburg.de/service/tenure). As a prerequisite for granting tenure and the subsequent conversion into a full professorship (W3) (1) the requirements defined in the Statutes and Quality Assurance Concept have to be met and (2) the subject specific criteria determined by the Technical Faculty have to be met.
We are particularly pleased to receive applications from women for the position advertised here.
The following application documents are to be submitted:
- Curriculum vitae
- Certificates of degrees and academic qualifications
- Complete Iist of papers and invited lectures, specifying the 5 most important publications; an existing Google Scholar Profile should be free from errors
- Short research profile and short research statement about the planned scientific work
- Record of classes taught and teaching experience
- Record of projects acquired; the funding amount attributed to the own group/own person should be clearly indicated
Please send your application including supporting documents mentioned above and the application form (https://intranet.uni-freiburg.de/public/downloads/saz/bewerbungsbogen-professoren-en.pdf by 15.04.2024 at the latest.
Please send your application in electronic form (via e-mail in a single PDF-file) to the following address: Dean, Faculty of Engineering, University of Freiburg, Georges-Koehler-Allee 101, 79110 Freiburg, Germany, e-mail: dekanat@tf.uni-freiburg.de. You will receive an electronic acknowledgement of receipt within one week.
Further information on the appointment procedure can be found in the Procedure Governing Appointments to Professorships at the University of Freiburg, available under https://intranet.uni-freiburg.de/public/downloads/saz/berufungsleitfaden-en.pdf.
