ERC-funded postdoc in the computational psychiatry of cannabinoids

 

Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position investigating the computational neuroscience and computational psychiatry of cannabinoids on learning and decision-making. The position is funded as part of the “CANNABODIES” project, a 5 year European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant awarded to Micah Allen, principal investigator of the Embodied Computation Group (link: https://www.the-ecg.org/). The candidate will have the unique chance to work at the forefront of computational modelling, neuroimaging, and cannabinoid research in a variety of different decision-making modalities, both locally and together with our international partners. The position is a full-time position and funded for an initial duration of 2 years, and can be extended up to a total of 4 years following an initial probationary period. Eligible candidates are expected to start February 1st, 2022, or as soon as possible thereafter.

The Project

CANNABODIES is a unique ERC-funded project that will investigate the influence of Cannabidiol (CBD) and Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) on interoception, cognition, and learning. In particular, the project involves functional neuroimaging (fMRI) of healthy participants following administration of THC, CBD, or placebo in a within-subject, cross-over placebo-controlled design. A total of 4 individual computational neuroimaging studies will investigate how cannabinoids influence prediction errors related to: 1) fatigue, vigor, and effort, 2) affective bias, 3) interoception, and 4) acute pain. The successful candidate will be expected to lead projects in at least one of these domains, and should as such have a strong background in computational modelling and/or pharmacological studies. Each domain is supported by internationally leading experts in these areas based at Birmingham University, University College London, and Cambridge Psychiatry, respectively, and candidates will have ample opportunities to visit and collaborate with these partners as part of the project. Further opportunities to explore translational work using animal models are available through our local partners, DANDRITE (https://dandrite.au.dk/) and the Translational Neuropsychiatry Unit (https://tnu.au.dk/).

Research Environment

The postdoc will be employed within the Embodied Computation Group, a computational neuroscience lab located in the Center of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience (CFIN). CFIN is an international, multidisciplinary research centre at the Institute for Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Denmark. Investigators at CFIN are supported by state-of-the-art research-dedicated cognitive neuroscience facilities including MRI systems (Siemens PRISMA 3T, Magnetom Skyra 3T), 306-channel TRIUX MEG system (Elekta Neuromag), Optically Pumped Magnetometers (OPMs, FieldLine), PET, navigated TMS, EEG, eye-tracking, electrogastrography, and other physiological recording equipment, together with dedicated parallel processing computing facilities.

Required Qualifications

Appointment as a postdoc requires academic qualifications at the PhD level, in a relevant subject area such as cognitive neuroscience, computer science, biomedicine, or psychology.

The ideal candidate will have expertise in at least 2 of the follow areas:

1. Prior expertise, demonstrated by suitable scientific publications or preprints, in at least one of the four domains of study previously described.
2. Substantive prior expertise with computational modelling in a decision-making context.
3. Substantive prior expertise with pharmacological manipulations, ideally within a neuroimaging context.

Department of Clinical Medicine

As a postdoc at the Department of Clinical Medicine, you will be part of what is probably the largest health science research department in Denmark. Our clinical research covers all the medical specialities and takes place in close collaboration with the university hospital and the regional hospitals in the Central Denmark Region. We have approx. 30,000 square metres of modern research facilities for experimental surgery and medicine, animal facilities and also advanced scanners at our disposal. The department has overall responsibility for the Master's degree programs in medicine and in molecular medicine. At the department we are approx. 425 academic employees and the same number of PhD students cooperating across disciplines. As a postdoc, you will be working on Aarhus University Hospital or another hospital in the Central Denmark Region. You can read more about the department here and about the faculty here.
 

Questions about the position

If you have any questions about the position, please contact Associate Professor, AIAS-COFUND Fellow Micah Galen Allen, Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies tel.: (+45) 8715 3435.

Your place of work will be the Department of Clinical Medicine, CFIN, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.

Terms of employment

• Appointment as a postdoc requires academic qualifications at PhD level.
• Further information on the appointment procedure can be found in the Ministerial Order on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Universities.
• The appointment is in accordance with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (Akademikerne).
• Remuneration is in accordance with the above, and the Salary agreement catalogue for staff at Health.
• The yearly base salary for a fulltime postdoc position with minimum 3 years of working experience after achieved MSc degree is DKK 486,969.17 or DKK 512,713.62 with minimum 4 years of working experience after achieved MSc degree. The base salary includes a position related supplement and pension (17.1 %). Additional supplement(s) for special qualifications can be negotiated. Authorisation supplemement(s) will be granted, if relevant for the position. Your local eligible trade union representative at Aarhus University negotiates your salary on your behalf.
• Researchers recruited from abroad are offered a special researcher tax scheme with a lower tax rate.
• Further information on qualification requirements and job description can be found in the.Ministerial Order on Job Structure for Academic Staff

Application

Your application must include the following:

• Motivated application
• Curriculum Vitae
• Diploma
• A list of publications
• A teaching portfolio. We refer to Guideline on the use of teaching portfolios
• A maximum of five of the publications of greatest relevance to the job may be submitted
• Template for applicant - postdoc must be completed and uploaded under ‘Extra documents’ (the template cannot be opened in Chrome. Please use another browser for this purpose)
• Strategic research plan can be uploaded
• Coauthor statement(s) can be uploaded
• References/recommendations can be uploaded separately in the e-recruitment system

We refer to the faculty’s Guidelines for applicants.

The assessment committee may decide to include non-submitted material in its statement. In such cases, you will be informed and obliged to submit material, unless your application is withdrawn.

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.

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.

International applicant?

Aarhus University offers a broad variety of services for international researchers and accompanying families, including relocation service and career counselling to expat partners. Please find more information about entering and working in Denmark here. Aarhus University also has a Junior Researcher Development Programme. 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.

Deadline1 Dec

Expected start1 Feb

• Department of Clinical Medicine - Center of Functionally Integrative NeuroscienceUniversitetsbyen 38000 Aarhus C

• Fixed term full-time position1 Feb 2022 - 31 Jan 2024ID: 7232

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Professorships in Economics

 

The Department of Economics and Business Economics at Aarhus BSS, Aarhus University, invites applications for positions as full professor in the field of economics. The professorship is a full-time and permanent position starting on 1 August 2022 or as soon as possible subject to mutual agreement.
 

The department covers the classical fields in economics: microeconomics, macroeconomics, and econometrics, including behavioral economics, financial economics, industrial organization, international economics, labor economics, amongst other fields. The department also covers fields in business economics in broad terms including management science, financial accounting, auditing, finance, business analytics. Some fields tend to overlap across economics and business economics.
 

Job description

The successful candidate is expected to contribute significantly to the research, teaching and general academic environment of the department and to promote the overall strategy of the department and Aarhus BSS. You are expected to teach and supervise students at Bachelor’s, Master’s and PhD level and to carry out research of the highest international standards, which contributes to developing the academic field of economics.

Also, the successful candidate is expected to attract external research funding, to develop corporate business relations, and to contribute to knowledge exchange and dissemination of research results. The department is international and has more than 30 nationalities represented as department members. Non-Danish applicants are expected to learn Danish within the first few years of employment and the department supports language training and offers teaching relief to learn Danish.
 

Qualifications

To qualify for a Full Professorship, the applicant must take on a leadership role in research collaboration, teaching development and administrative duties. The applicant must conduct original research within the field of economics in broad terms and must be able to demonstrate to have made significant contributions to developments in the field. The applicant’s publication record should document publications in highly ranked scientific journals. The applicant must have demonstrated independence and research leadership e.g., in attracting external funding and supervision of young researchers. Equally important, the applicant must be able to demonstrate high quality teaching at the undergraduate and graduate level and it will be desirable that the candidate has experience with management or development of study programs.

Employment as professor at Aarhus BSS requires completion of the supervision course as well as the Blended Learning – Go Online course provided by Centre for Educational Development at Aarhus University. If candidates have not completed equivalent courses prior to employment, continued employment will be conditional on completion of the courses within a five-year period.

The required qualifications in research and teaching are elaborated below:

1 Research qualifications

Applicants are expected to have a well-documented international research profile with emphasis on publications in leading peer-reviewed journals of the relevant field. The applicant should have teaching and research experience for a number of years in a tenured position as associate professor (or similar). The applicant must have produced a significant body of publications in terms of quantity and quality referring to leading journal lists covering the relevant field. As a guideline, the successful candidate has at least one publication per research year (accounting for leave periods) and in total at least 10-15 publications in good peer-reviewed journals, among which a portion must be in top general interest or top field journals. Top general interest and top field journals carry greater weight and generally quality is preferred to and compensates for quantity. Candidates should show research momentum; working papers, and papers submitted to journals and papers documented to be in a revise- resubmit stage are considered as well and a research proposal should describe research plans for the coming years. Qualifications are considered in relation to the number of years as a researcher (accounting for possible leave periods).
Documentation showing the capacity to carry out independent research should be presented.

The applicant should document experience with research leadership and supervision of PhD students, and the ability to and potential for attraction of external research funding should be documented and described.

2 Didactical/pedagogical/teaching competencies and experiences

The applicant should have substantial teaching experience at several levels and the quality of teaching should be documented by positive teaching evaluations, teaching awards etc. A teaching portfolio should be submitted with the application where didactical/pedagogical competencies, experiences, and visions are carefully described. Any experience with course- and education development should be described.

Who we are

The Department of Economics and Business Economics is one of the six departments at Aarhus BSS - one of the five faculties at Aarhus University. Aarhus BSS unites the business and social science-related research fields and brings them closer together to reflect the close relationship between society and the business community. As part of a Top 100 university, Aarhus BSS and the Department of Economics and Business Economics have achieved the distinguished AASCB, AMBA and EQUIS accreditations.

At the Department of Economics and Business Economics, we cover a broad range of academic areas. We aim to conduct research in a broad range of areas within economics business economics and offer degree programmes at the highest level. The department employs approximately 160 academic staff members and 70 PhD students, and our academic staff is highly international and culturally diverse. We focus specifically on the recruitment of excellent and international researchers, and our research and degree programmes also have a strong international focus.

Further information

For further information about the position and the department, please contact Head of Department, Professor Niels Haldrup, tel.: 51504526, e-mail: nhaldrup@econ.au.dk

If you need help uploading your application or have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact HR supporter Ulla P. Bjørn, e-mail: upb@au.dk

Place of work

Aarhus University, Campus Fuglesangs Allé, Fuglesangs Allé 4, 8210 Aarhus V. 

International applicant?

Aarhus University offers a broad variety of services for international researchers and accompanying families, including relocation service and career counselling to expat partners: http://ias.au.dk/au-relocation-service/. Please find more information about entering and working in Denmark here: http://international.au.dk/research/

Terms of employment

The appointment is made in accordance with the Memorandum on Job Structure for Academic Staff at Danish Universities as well as the circular on the Collective Agreement for Academics Employed by the State (in Danish).
The job content and qualification requirements are described in further detail in the Ministerial Order on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Universities.

Application procedure

When you apply for this position it is mandatory to attach the following:

• Application
• Curriculum Vitae. You are encouraged to declare any periods of leave without research activity, including, for example, maternity leave, since your research activities are assessed in relation to your actual research time
• Education (diploma for master's, PhD and possibly higher doctoral degree)
• List of publications (the enclosed publications must be clearly marked on the list of publications)
  Publications. Up to 10 publications can be included in the application. In the event of several authors the publications must be accompanied by a co-author statement concerning the applicant's share of the collaborative work with the consent of the co-authors. Please use this template
• Teaching portfolio. The specific requirements regarding the documentation can be found here

Materials which cannot be uploaded together with the application may be submitted in five copies to Aarhus BSS HR & PhD, Aarhus University, Tåsingegade 1, 2nd floor, DK-8000 Aarhus C.

Read more about how to apply for an academic post at Aarhus BSS here

The evaluation process

Shortlisting is applied. This means that an appointment committee (assisted by the
chair of the expert assessment committee) advises the head of department on which applicants are the best overall match for the department and the recruitment needs and which possess the qualifications, competencies, experience and potential described above and in the criteria of Aarhus BSS for evaluating candidates to professor positions.

Through the shortlisting process, the head of department selects the applicants who are to receive a thorough assessment of their professional qualifications. The expert assessment committee will then assess these applicants. All applicants will be notified whether or not their applications have been shortlisted and sent to an expert assessment committee for evaluation. The shortlisted applicants will be informed about the composition of the committee.

Please note that the assessment of applicants is based solely on the material received prior to the application deadline.

For further information about the recruitment process, shortlisting procedure and guidelines for assessment committees please visit this Website: https://medarbejdere.au.dk/en/faculties/business-and-social-sciences/employment- and-career/employmentprocedure/vip-policy/

Read more about Aarhus BSS' professorship policy here.

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.

The application must be submitted via Aarhus University’s recruitment system, which can be accessed under the job advertisement on Aarhus University's website.

Deadline1 Dec

Expected start1 Aug

• Department of Economics and Business EconomicsFuglesangs Allé 48210 Aarhus V

• Full-time positionID: 7174

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Postdoctoral position studying marine VOC in the Arctic

 

The Department of Ecoscience, Aarhus University are pleased to invite applications for a 24-month postdoctoral scientist position to work on the interdisciplinary Villum Experiment project “Does organic matter released from the melting Greenland Ice Sheet influence cloud processes in the Arctic?” The position offers a unique research opportunity to conduct both field and laboratory investigations in an area extremely impacted by climate change and thus high on the international agenda
 

Job description

The Greenland Ice Sheet is melting fast and releasing large stores of organic material (OM) to the coastal ocean. This project hypothesizes that this OM could be volatilized (to volatile organic compounds, VOC), serving as a precursor to aerosols on which cloud droplets grow.

There are currently few known sources of VOC and aerosols to the Arctic atmosphere, but recent research hints that some marine VOC may have allochthonous origins. Clouds and aerosols are critical to understand because they have both warming and cooling effects, and thus the potential to amplify or buffer climate warming. Yet they remain one of most unconstrained variables affecting Earth’s radiative balance. This project will expand our understanding of the coupling of land-ocean-atmospheric processes and uncover novel sources of VOC influencing cloud formation processes in the Arctic.

The postdoctoral candidate will participate in a field expedition to Northeast Greenland (August 2022), where they will collect samples from Greenland Ice Sheet run-off and marine surface waters, along with atmospheric samples. The candidate will be tasked with characterizing OM and VOC contributions from the Greenland Ice Sheet using spectrophotometry, combined with molecular-level analyses using liquid chromatography coupled to high-resolution mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS). Additionally, the candidate will evaluate the potential for these VOC to form aerosols by channeling them to an atmospheric chamber where online detectors will monitor the production and growth of aerosols from VOC precursors.
 

Your profile

The postdoctoral candidate should hold a Ph.D. in chemistry or similar, with focus on atmospheric chemistry and chemical analysis.

The ideal candidate will have specific expertise in several of the following:

• Spectrophotometric characterization of OM
• Molecular analyses with HPLC-MS and GC-MS
• Atmospheric simulation chamber experiments
• Organizing and conducting fieldwork
• Multivariate statistical expertise
• R, Phyton, or similar statistical programming skills are highly desired

As this project seeks to truly bridge the aquatic, marine and atmospheric sciences, the candidate will not only need a strong chemistry background, but also a keen interest in ecology and Earth system science. Excellence in both written and spoken English is required. The candidate must have good collaboration skills and at the same time be able to take responsibility and work independently. The candidate should also be interested to co-supervise MSc students and collaborate with other groups inside and outside the university.

Place of work

The place of employment is the Department of Ecoscience, which is currently located on Vejlsøvej 25, 8600 Silkeborg, Denmark, but will move to the Campus of Aarhus University in Aarhus, C.F. Møllers Alle 4-8, 8000 Aarhus C, on 1 June 2022.
Furthermore, the majority of laboratory work is to be performed at the Department of Chemistry, Aarhus, Denmark. The successful candidate will also be affiliated to the interdisciplinary Arctic Research Centre (ARC) in the Department of Biology, Ole Worms Allé 1, Aarhus, Denmark.

About the research group

The Department of Ecoscience (https://ecos.au.dk/en/) is organised under the Faculty of Technical Sciences and studies life in all respects. We teach, provide consultancy and research in life; right from bacteria to whales over genes to ecosystems and from basic research to applied biology in nature management and biotechnology. The Department has approximately 275 staff members, just over 100 working in Roskilde, and from 2022 nearly 175 in Aarhus. The applicant will join the Marine Ecology Section in the Department of Ecoscience and will work closely with the Department of Chemistry in Aarhus University (AU).

The project is in made in cooperation with the atmospheric chemistry groups of the Department of Chemistry, lead by Assoc. Prof. M. Glasius and Prof. M. Bilde.

The PI of the project, Dr. J. Holding, is a marine ecologist and biogeochemist, whose current research focuses on how OM released from the Greenland Ice Sheet impacts marine carbon cycling. She was recently funded to establish an interdisciplinary research group to expand beyond land–ocean interactions and incorporate interactions with the atmosphere as well.
 

Contact information

For further information, please contact project leader Johnna M Holding, +45 87162167, johnna@ecos.au.dk or Head of Marin Section, Per Andersen, +45 20612746, pean@ecos.au.dk

Application procedure

Please submit your CV and publication list, accompanied by a cover letter detailing your relevant experience as well as a brief (max 1 page) statement of research interest and future research plans (in English). Additionally, please submit a degree certificate and 1 letter of reference. 
 

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

Technical 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.

The application must be submitted via Aarhus University’s recruitment system, which can be accessed under the job advertisement on Aarhus University's website.

Deadline1 Dec

Expected start1 Feb

• Department of Ecoscience - Marine EcologyVejlsøvej 258600 Silkeborg

• Fixed term full-time position1 Feb 2022 - 31 Jan 2024ID: 7225

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Assistant professor or post doc positions with focus on public leadership

 

Crown Prince Frederik Center for Public Leadership at the Department of Political Science at Aarhus University invites applications for one or two positions as assistant professor or post doc, offering the applicants an opportunity to do research focused on public leadership.

The starting date is February 1, 2022, or subject to mutual agreement.

The leadership center

Crown Prince Frederik Center for Public Leadership is a research center that provides robust knowledge about how leadership can improve performance in public organizations and ensures that this knowledge is disseminated and used in leadership training. To become part of this center, your future research must have potential to improve knowledge about leadership and performance in public organizations. The center is located at Department of Political Science and includes researchers from many different disciplines, including psychology, economics and management. We publish in the best international journals and communicate our research results to the political-administrative system and to the public in general.

Job description

The successful applicant is expected to contribute significantly to the center research and dissemination and to the department’s research and teaching environment and the overall research strategy of Aarhus BSS. The most important tasks are:

• Developing and implementing research designs
• Analyzing data
• Writing and publishing papers
• Teaching public policy and political science students
• Disseminating to public managers and decision makers

We expect you to carry out individual and group-based research of the highest international standard, teach and supervise students at Bachelor’s and Master’s level, and participate in the activities of the department and its section for public leadership.

The center offers funding for conferences, additional training, and opportunities for developing a valuable academic network.

Your qualifications

Applicants are expected to hold (or be close to completing) a PhD in political science, public administration or another field relevant to the center. Other key qualifications include:

• A good grasp of the relevant academic literature (e.g. about leadership behavior and performance in public organizations).
• Experience with (qualitative and/or quantitative) data collection, data management and data analysis
• Ambition and ability to produce high-quality and high-impact research.
• The ability to work constructively and effectively as part of a research team
• Teaching experience.

We will prioritize applicants who have demonstrated the ability to perform solid and original research results and whom we believe will contribute to the further development of the center’s research, teaching and dissemination.
In their application letter, applicants should motivate why they are interested in being part of the center, how they see themselves contributing to the success of the center, as well as outline potential ideas for future research (1-2 pages).

Who we are

The Department of Political Science is one of the six departments at Aarhus BSS, one of the five faculties at Aarhus University. The department is among the largest and strongest political science departments in Europe, with particular strengths in the areas of public administration and leadership. In 2021, Aarhus University was ranked as the top university in public administration in the world in the ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking.

We emphasize a dynamic and flexible research and teaching profile characterized by pluralism and openness. With more than 100 academic staff members and 50 PhD students, we offer a lively, ambitious and highly collegial research and teaching environment with many international visitors and workshops and a clear international orientation.

For more information about Crown Prince Frederik Center for Public Leadership, please see: https://ps.au.dk/en/cpl/. Corresponding information about Department of Political Science is here: https://ps.au.dk/en.

Further information

Applicants are encouraged to contact center director and Professor Lotte Bøgh Andersen prior to submitting their application to learn more about the center and specific tasks, E-mail: lotte@ps.au.dk.

If you need help uploading your application or have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact HR supporter Anne Arnfeldt Källberg, Tel.: +45 9352 1361, E-mail: aak@au.dk

Place of work
Department of Political Science, Bartholins Allé 7, DK - 8000 Aarhus C
 

International applicant?

Aarhus University offers a broad variety of services for international researchers and accompanying families, including relocation service and career counselling to expat partners. Please find more information about entering and working in Denmark here and here

Terms of employment

The appointment is made in accordance with the Memorandum on Job Structure for Academic Staff at Danish Universities as well as the circular on the Collective Agreement for Academics Employed by the State (in Danish).
The job content and qualification requirements are described in further detail in the Ministerial Order on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Universities.

Application procedure

When you apply for this position it is mandatory to attach the following:

• Application
• Curriculum Vitae. You are encouraged to declare any periods of leave without research activity, including, for example, maternity leave, since your research activities are assessed in relation to your actual research time
• Education (diploma for master's, PhD and possibly higher doctoral degree)
• List of publications (the enclosed publications must be clearly marked on the list of publications)
• Publications. Up to three publications may be submitted. In the event of several authors the publications must be accompanied by a co-author statement concerning the applicant's share of the collaborative work with the consent of the co-authors. Please use this template
• Teaching portfolio. The specific requirements regarding the documentation can be found here

Materials that cannot be uploaded together with the application may be submitted in three copies to Aarhus BSS HR & PhD, Aarhus University, Tåsingegade 1, 2nd floor, DK-8000 Aarhus C.
Read more about how to apply for an academic position at Aarhus BSS here.

The evaluation process

After the application deadline, an assessment committee is appointed. Please note that the assessment of applicants is based solely on the material received prior to the application deadline. For further information, see Guidelines for Assessment Committee, Aarhus BSS.

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.

The application must be submitted via Aarhus University’s recruitment system, which can be accessed under the job advertisement on Aarhus University's website.

Deadline1 Dec

Expected start1 Feb

• Department of Political ScienceBartholins Allé 78000 Aarhus C

• Fixed term full-time position1 Feb 2022 - 31 Jan 2025ID: 6723

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Postdoc on biological treatment of wastewater from hydrothermal liquefaction for biofuel production from sewage sludge

 

The Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Aarhus University, invites applications for a 2-year postdoc position offering applicants an exciting opportunity to join our research on production of biofuel from sewage sludge.
 

Expected start date and duration of employment

The position is for 2 years. The starting date is January 2022 or thereafter.
 

Job description

The demonstration project Sludge2Fuel will turn sewage sludge, a waste stream from wastewater treatment, into biofuel. The project will implement the first full-scale hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) plant at the wastewater treatment plant of Fredericia, Denmark. HTL, a process resembling the geological formation of fossil crude oil, converts wet biomass such as sewage sludge into biocrude oil. However, HTL produces an aqueous waste stream containing high levels of dissolved organic matter (about 50 g COD/L) with potential inhibitory effects to the microbial communities and processes in the wastewater treatment plant or with detrimental effects to the effluent water quality. This project aims to investigate options for bioremediation of this aqueous waste stream.

Specific tasks are:

• Investigate biological treatment of HTL wastewater using lab-scale bioreactors and in full-scale
• Investigate effects of HTL wastewater on microbial communities and processes in lab and full-scale
• Chemical (LC and GC-MS of micropollutants and HTL compounds) and toxicological (in vitro bioassays) profiling of HTL wastewater before and after treatment and in final effluent in lab and full-scale
• Working and reporting in a team with several academic and industrial partners
• Supervision of master and bachelor students
• Publishing peer reviewed papers

Candidates are encouraged to describe research ideas as part of the application (research proposal of max. 2 pages).

Your profile

Our ideal candidate holds a PhD in environmental engineering or similar and has experience with environmental microbiology and biological wastewater treatment, has an open mind to develop new ideas and is eager to collaborate with the project partners.

The following qualifications are considered as an advantage:

• Experience with environmental microbiology and biological wastewater treatment
• Experience with operation lab-scale bioreactors
• Experience with LC-MS or GC-MS
• Publishing in peer-reviewed journals
• Developing and writing project proposals

Where experience is lacking, the candidate must be motivated to learn and will get the opportunity to develop new skills. Excellence in both written and spoken English is a requirement.
 

Who we are

The research group ‘Microbial Technologies for Clean Water’ specializes in processes at the interplay between microorganisms and pollutants in water. One of the focus areas is the development of biotechnologies for recovery of valuable resources from wastewater. We investigate and exploit the variety of biochemical processes that are catalysed by microorganism by combining approaches from the fields of environmental chemistry, microbiology and biotechnology. Currently, the group consists of 3 postdocs, 1 PhD and master and bachelor students.

The Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering has strong biotechnology research areas within industrial biotechnology, environmental and process engineering, industrial microbiology, modelling of biological processes. The successful applicant will be working with biotechnology and will produce and disseminate knowledge and research results about the biological and chemical basis of relevant processes. Translation of results into solving relevant societal problems within environmental issues, health and industry is a highly prioritized part of our work.

What we offer

We offer a well-financed and unique research opportunity to conduct research on bioremediation of HTL wastewater as part of a unique technology demonstration project at a high international level.

We guarantee access to well-developed research infrastructure including state-of-the-art instrumentation for chemical analysis (UHPLC-HRMS, GC-MS).
 

Place of work and area of employment

The successful candidate will be employed by Aarhus University, located in the vibrant student-city of Aarhus. The place of work is the Aarhus University Centre for Water Technology (WATEC) (https://watec.au.dk/) at the Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering (https://eng.au.dk/), Universitetsbyen 36, 8000 Aarhus C.
WATEC is a strongly growing and highly dynamic interdisciplinary center for water research.
 

Contact information

Further information about the position may be obtained from Leendert Vergeynst, +4550577938, email: leendert.vergeynst@eng.au.dk
 

Deadline

Applications must be received no later than 15 November 2021
 

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

Technical 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.

The application must be submitted via Aarhus University’s recruitment system, which can be accessed under the job advertisement on Aarhus University's website.

Deadline15 Nov

Expected start1 Jan

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