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The Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, invites applications for a fulltime 12-months postdoc position offering applicants an exciting opportunity to join an interdisciplinary group with focus on bottom-up synthetic biology.
This is a 1–year position from 01st October 2023 or as soon possible thereafter.
Job description/research project/research area
The postdoctoral candidate will to be working on a project that involves the synthesis and characterization of modified-lipids, which are aimed to be used in drug formulations.
Your profile
Applicants with a PhD in organic chemistry or medical chemistry are preferred.
- Extensive substantiated experience in organic synthesis
- Extensive substantiated expertise in characterization (NMR, mass spectroscopy, etc.)
- Expertise in synthesis or modification of lipids is beneficial
- Multiple peer-reviewed publications relevant journals publishing research in organic chemistry
- The successful applicant needs to be able to work as part of an interdisciplinary research team
- Basic expertise in teaching and undergraduate student supervision
- Fluent written and oral communication in English is required
Who we are
The interdisciplinary nanoscience center (iNANO) at Aarhus University, Denmark, is one of the world-leading nanoscience centres with strong track records within education, research, technology transfer, industrial collaboration, and innovation.
iNANO hosts some of the strongest research infrastructure platforms in Europe, thus providing optimal conditions for carrying out world-class research within the centre’s strategic research areas: Nanomaterials, Nanomedicine, and Nanofood.
By taking part in numerous industrial research collaborations, iNANO researchers contribute to strengthening industrial competitiveness and the advancement of society to solve grand challenges.
Finally, iNANO is strongly committed to transferring cutting-edge knowledge to society through the education of highly qualified students in truly interdisciplinary nanoscience BSc and MSc programmes and talented PhDs at the graduate programme iNANOSchool.
The Laboratory for Cell Mimicry aims to develop nature-inspired solutions to address biomedical challenges.
What we offer
The successful candidate is offered:
- Access to a well-developed research infrastructure
- A research climate inviting lively, open and critical discussion within and across different fields of research
- A working environment with teamwork, close working relations, network activities among young scientists and social activities
- A workplace characterized by professionalism, equality and a healthy work-life balance
- A work environment with close working relationships, networking and social activities
Place of work and area of employment
The place of work is Aarhus University, Denmark. The area of employment is the interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center at Aarhus University Denmark.
Contact information
For further information, please contact: Professor Brigitte Stadler, bstadler@inano.au.dk
Deadline
Applications must be received no later than July 31st 2023.
Application procedure
Shortlisting is used. This means that after the deadline for applications – and with the assistance from the assessment committee chairman, and the appointment committee if necessary, – the head of department selects the candidates to be evaluated. All applicants will be notified whether or not their applications have been sent to an expert assessment committee for evaluation. The selected applicants will be informed about the composition of the committee, and each applicant is given the opportunity to comment on the part of the assessment that concerns him/her self. Once the recruitment process is completed a final letter of rejection is sent to the deselected applicants.
Letter of reference
If you want a referee to upload a letter of reference on your behalf, please state the referee’s contact information when you submit your application. We strongly recommend that you make an agreement with the person in question before you enter the referee’s contact information, and that you ensure that the referee has enough time to write the letter of reference before the application deadline. Unfortunately, it is not possible to ensure that letters of reference received after the application deadline will be taken into consideration.
Formalities and salary range
Natural Sciences refers to the Ministerial Order on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Danish Universities under the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation.
The application must be in English and include a curriculum vitae, degree certificate, a complete list of publications, a statement of future research plans and information about research activities, teaching portfolio and verified information on previous teaching experience (if any). Guidelines for applicants can be found here.
Appointment shall be in accordance with the collective labour agreement between the Danish Ministry of Taxation and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. Further information on qualification requirements and job content may be found in the Memorandum on Job Structure for Academic Staff at Danish Universities.
Salary depends on seniority as agreed between the Danish Ministry of Taxation and the Confederation of Professional Associations.
Aarhus University’s ambition is to be an attractive and inspiring workplace for all and to foster a culture in which each individual has opportunities to thrive, achieve and develop. We view equality and diversity as assets, and we welcome all applicants.
Research activities will be evaluated in relation to actual research time. Thus, we encourage applicants to specify periods of leave without research activities, in order to be able to subtract these periods from the span of the scientific career during the evaluation of scientific productivity.
Aarhus University offers a broad variety of services for international researchers and accompanying families, including relocation service and career counselling to expat partners. Read more here. Please find more information about entering and working in Denmark here.
Aarhus University also offers a Junior Researcher Development Programme targeted at career development for postdocs at AU. You can read more about it here.
The application must be submitted via Aarhus University’s recruitment system, which can be accessed under the job advertisement on Aarhus University's website.
Aarhus University
Aarhus University is an academically diverse and research-intensive university with a strong commitment to high-quality research and education and the development of society nationally and globally. The university offers an inspiring research and teaching environment to its 38,000 students (FTEs) and 8,300 employees, and has an annual revenues of EUR 935 million. Learn more at www.international.au.dk/
INFORMATIONER OM STILLINGEN:
- Arbejdspladsen ligger i:
Aarhus Kommune
-Virksomheden tilbyder:
-Arbejdsgiver:
Aarhus Universitet, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, 8000 Aarhus C
-Ansøgning:
Ansøgningsfrist: 31-07-2023; - ansøgningsfristen er overskredet
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