Assistant Professor of Crop Stress Physiology

The Assistant-Professor´s duties will primarily include research within the NanoPUT project funded by the Independent Research Fund Denmark aiming at elucidating the underlying mechanisms controlling the uptake and translocation of nanoplastics (NPs) in crops, and to develop effective strategies to reduce the accumulation of NPs during plant development. The knowledge gained will escort a stable green transition in food sustainability as proposed by the European Green Deal - Farm to Fork Strategy. To achieve this goal, we will combine critical expertise and innovative methodology in plant water relations, gas exchange and stomatal regulation, hormonal signaling, and bio-imaging techniques at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH) and the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany (MPICI). The position is for 30 months.

Further information on the Department is linked at https://www.science.ku.dk/english/about-the-faculty/organisation/departments/. Inquiries about the position can be made to Head of Department Professor Morten Petersen or Research Group Leader Professor Fulai Liu, fl@plen.ku.dk, phone +45 35333392

The position is open from 1st April 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter.

The University wishes our staff to reflect the diversity of society and thus welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of personal background.

Terms of employment
The position is covered by the Memorandum on Job Structure for Academic Staff.

Terms of appointment and payment accord to the agreement between the Ministry of Finance and The Danish Confederation of Professional Associations on Academics in the State.

Negotiation for salary supplement is possible.

The application, in English, must be submitted electronically by clicking APPLY NOW below.

Please include

• Curriculum vitae
• Diplomas (Master and PhD degree or equivalent)
• Research plan – description of current and future research plans
• If available, description and documentation of teaching and supervision experience and qualifications- please describe and document:
• Experience with supervision of BSc and MSc students
• Teaching experience
• Formal pedagogical training, e.g., documentation of taking the “Introduction to University Pedagogy” course
• Complete publication list
• Separate reprints of 5 particularly relevant papers

The deadline for applications is 15 January 2025, 23:59 GMT +1.
After the expiry of the deadline for applications, the authorized recruitment manager selects applicants for assessment on the advice of the Interview Committee.

You can read about the recruitment process at https://employment.ku.dk/faculty/recruitment-process/.

Interviews/trial lectures will be held on 14 February 2025.