The Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center, Aarhus University, invites applications for a 30 month Post-doctoral research position offering applicants an exciting opportunity to join a new research project on “Plant macromolecules as modulators of nanoparticle biotransformation, uptake and plant growth enhancement for nano-enabled agriculture”. The starting date is 1. October 2021 or as soon as possible thereafter.
Job description
The position will develop methods in nanoscience and apply them to study interactions of proteins and nanoparticles in the context of plant growth and mitigation of plant stress. The applicant will work together with plant scientists, materials scientists and biophysicists with a focus on interdisciplinary approaches.
The project will involve
• Plant culture
• Protein separation
• Nanoparticle-protein interactions
• Nanocharacterisation
Your profile
Successful applicants should hold a PhD in Plant science or similar, and are expected to have:
• Documented experience in culture and study of plants at the organism and cell level
• Documented experience of protein analysis and separation technology
• A strong track record of collaborative publications
• Experience of interdisciplinary environments
• Experience with nanoscale science and approaches
• Good communication and language skills
Previous experience with protein-nanoparticle interactions is an advantage.
Who we are
iNANO, Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (
www.inano.au.dk), was established in 2002 and at present is a major research and education center based at Aarhus University hosting 60 senior scientists, ~80 PostDocs and ~100 PhD students.
The center combines expertise and faculty from Physics, Chemistry, Molecular biology and Medicine to carry out world class interdisciplinary research in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.
The center gives access to a broad range of infrastructure, tools and expertise including clean-room facilities. With a 5 year undergraduate nanotechnology programme and nanoscience graduate programme (
https://phd.nat.au.dk/programmes/nanoscience/) the center provides a full educational environment.
In addition to the large base of basic research, the center has a large number of ongoing industrial projects and partnerships.
The position will be hosted in the Nanobiointerfaces Group at iNANO (
nanobiointerfaces.dk) with collaborators at AU-Flakkebjerg and DTU.
What we offer
The center offers:
• an exciting interdisciplinary environment with many national, international and industrial collaborators
Place of work and area of employment
The position includes two permanent workplace addresses in Aarhus and the Copenhagen area respectively. The attendance at each workplace address is by agreement with your immediate supervisor. At the time of employment, the distribution between the workplace addresses is expected to be 1-2 days with place of employment in Aarhus and 3-4 days with place of employment in the Copenhagen area. In Aarhus the place of work is iNANO Center Aarhus University. In the Copenhagen the places of work include Lyngby and Flakkebjerg. The area of employment is Aarhus University with affiliated institutions.
Contact information
For further information, please contact: Professor, Duncan Sutherland, +45 23 38 57 89,
duncan@inano.au.dk
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 Finance 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 Finance 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.
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