Postdoc in Microbe-mineral Interactions

 

We are looking for a postdoctoral scientist to join the lab of Amelia Rotaru at Nordcee, a section at the Department of Biology at the Faculty of Science, SDU. The lab conducts research in ecophysiology with a particular focus on electroactive microorganisms, microbe-mineral/metal, or interspecies interactions. We use electrochemistry, molecular biology, isotopic labelling, expression studies, genetic manipulations, and high-resolution microscopy tools to understand fundamental aspects of how microorganisms interact with their extracellular environment.

The position is for two years with the possibility to extend one year, depending on the progress of the candidate. Possible start on 1 September 2022. The position is fully funded by a European Research Council Consolidator grant. Together with a team of five you will explore the impact of anthropogenic minerals in interspecies interactions involved in methane cycling.

The aim of your project will be to study the molecular mechanisms of how syntrophic partners interact with each other via conductive minerals. Ultimately, you will use the knowledge to apply to the environment. You will be expected to carry out network analyses to predict interspecies interactions in connection to mineral composition of the costal marine sediments we study.

Requirements:

• A PhD in ecophysiology, microbial ecology, microbial genetics, marine microbiology, or a very closely related field
• Documented experience (e.g. published work) with omics, microbiome network analyses, gene deletion studies in organisms like Geobacter or methanogens
• Experience with teaching and training students and staff
• Good organization skills in the lab, but also for sampling expeditions at sea
• Willingness to learn new methods (e.g. transposon mutagenesis, Crispr, big sequence data analyses; bioelectrochemistry etc.) and foster standards of practice for the lab.

This position is subject to the entry into force of grant agreement no by and between European Research Council Executive Agency (ERCEA) and SDU.

For further information please contact Amelia-Elena Rotaru at arotaru@biology.sdu.dk.


Application, salary etc.
The successful applicant will be employed in accordance with the agreement between the Ministry of Finance and AC (the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations). Please check links for more information on salary and taxation.

The application must include the following:
• A motivation letter
• A curriculum vitae including information on previous employment and documenting and explaining how your experience matches the job advertised
• A full list of publications stating the scientific
publications on which the applicant wishes to rely and with links to the online articles
• Two letters of recommendation. 

To qualify you must have passed a PhD or equivalent. Applications will be assessed by an expert assessor/committee. Applicants will be informed of their assessment by the university.

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

Applications must be submitted electronically using the link "Apply online. Attached files must be in Adobe PDF or Word format. Each box can only contain a single file of max. 10 Mb. We strongly recommend that you read How to apply before you apply.

Further information for international applicants considering applying for a job at the University of Southern Denmark.

Please take a look at the webpage from our International Staff Office (ISO) at The University of Southern Denmark.

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Deadline 2022-July-01

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Associate Professorship (permanent) in Public Administration

 

The Department of Political Science and Public Management, University of Southern Denmark, Odense invites applications for one or more associate professorship in Public Administration of February 1, 2023, or as agreed. 

The successful applicant(s) will be affiliated with the Public Administration Section. The Public Administration Section aims to improve decision-making, management, and organization in the public sector. We do this by (1) conducting high-quality research on topics of high societal relevance, (2) deliver high-quality research-based teaching and supervision at the Political Science programme and the department’s two professional master’s programmes (Master in Public Management (MPM) and Master in Public Governance (FMOL), and (3) disseminate research knowledge to key stakeholders in and around the public sector and contribute to on-going public debates.

Based on strong and rigorous methodological approaches, ranging from quantitative experimental approaches and advanced statistical techniques to various qualitative approaches, members of the Public Administration Section study public management, leadership, organization, governance paradigms, public employees, civil servants, public finances, citizen-state interactions, local and central government, and local elections. Members of the section publish both in leading public administration, management and leadership and political science journals as well as Danish and English monographies and anthologies. The successful candidate is expected to support the Public Administration’s strategic objectives. For more information, see the section’s strategy for 2022-2025. In alignment with the section’s strategy, we expect the successful candidate(s) to be able to:

• Publish research at a high international level in areas of relevance to the Public Administration Section, such as public administration, management, and leadership, local government, and political science
• Develop collective research projects by, e.g., initiating and participating in the development of research projects within the section as well as seeking external funding
• Strengthen the section’s national, international, and interdisciplinary network/research collaborations
• Support the development of the section’s research, including helping assistant professors and PhD students in their career via, e.g., supervision, mentorship, co-authorship, and introduction to network
• Conduct teaching and supervision within the full-time political science programme and executive master programmes in public management
• Engage in knowledge exchange activities with the surrounding society

For applicants to be deemed qualify for the position, they must meet the criteria in the department’s Scholarly Qualification Matrix (please consult the matrix). We expect applicants to:

• Delineate a research profile aligned with the strategy of the Public Administration Section indicating the po­tential of making international scholarly impact and facilitating research cooperation within the section and across the international research field
• Document a substantial publication record at an inter­nationally recognized level (beyond the topic of and data used for the PhD dissertation). PhD age will be taken into account when evaluating applicants’ publication record
• Document the ability to form and develop professional networks
• Document ample experience with various teaching and supervision formats as well as good teaching results
• Document the ability to develop and implement new pedagogical or didactical techniques
• Have experience with and genuine interest in outreach or knowledge-sharing activities and/or cooperation with external partners
• Document fulfilment of ONE of the following focus criteria
• Success in attracting larger amounts of external funding, and strong potential for successful fundraising of major projects within 2-3 years
• Strong experience and good results with genuine course development and coordination and/or contribution to published teaching material
• Proven ability to identify societal problems and shape research agenda accordingly

Applicants are expected to have good interpersonal skills and be dedicated to taking part in the everyday academic and social environment at the department. Within a three-year period, non-Danish-speaking applicants are expected to master the Danish language at a level which enables reading Danish exam papers and administrative documents and within five years enables the applicant to teach in Danish. The department offers free language classes and a reduction in workload to support non-Danish speaking employees.

The department believes in fostering a stimulating and inspiring environment for both faculty members and students. The department's ambition is therefore to recruit, develop, and retain talented scholars committed to both academic excellence and departmental development. Furthermore, the department wishes our staff to reflect the diversity of society and, thus, welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of personal background.

For further information, please contact Head of Department, Signe Pihl-Thingvad, ssp@sam.sdu.dk or Heads of Public Administration Section, Niels Opstrup, nop@sam.sdu.dk and Mette Kjærgaard Thomsen, mtho@sam.sdu.dk.

Application, salary, etc.

Appointment to the position requires a PhD or equivalent and will be in accordance with the salary agreement between the Ministry of Finance and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations.

An application must include:

• A motivated application
• Detailed CV
• An elaborated research plan (max 3 pages) for the next 5 years that describes:
• Potential to advance the field (both empirically and theoretically)
• Publication strategy
• Planned national and international collaborations
• Potential for obtaining external funding
• Relationships to the goals and actions of the Public Administration Section
• Certificates/Diplomas (Master and PhD degree)
• Teaching portfolio (please see below)
• Complete list of publications (organized into the following categories: peer-reviewed articles, monographs and chapter and non-peer-reviewed articles, monographs, and chapter) indicating which publications where part of the PhD dissertation (e.g., as either working papers or articles)
• Up to 5 of the most relevant publications. Please upload a pdf for each publication. NOTE: If publications have been co-authored, co-author statements must be a part of this pdf and must include information like in this example.

All non-Danish documents must be translated into English.

Applicants applying for an associate professorship are requested to submit a teaching portfolio with the application as documentation for teaching experience as well as supervision qualifications. Formal application instructions and a guide for the teaching portfolio may be found here.

Applications that are incomplete with regard to the above requirements may be rejected without any substantive evaluation.

Assessment of applications will be done under existing Appointment Order for universities. Applications will be assessed by an academic assessment committee that determines whether applicants are qualified for an associate professorship. The committee may request additional information, and if so, it is the responsibility of the applicant to provide the necessary material. The committee reserves the right to arrive at a decision solely based on the material submitted.

Shortlisting may be used in the assessment process.

When the assessment committee has submitted its report, the applicant will receive the part of the evaluation that concerns him/her. The assessment report will subsequently be forwarded to the head of department who will assemble an appointments committee. The appointments committee will manage and complete a series of job interviews with especially promising candidates. On the basis of the applications, the written assessments, the job interviews, and a deliberation within the appointments committee, the head of department determines which candidate(s) will be offered the position.

Applications must be submitted electronically using the link "Apply online". Uploaded files must be in Adobe PDF (unlocked) or Word format.

Read the guideline for applicants.

Each field can only contain a single file of max. 10 Mb.

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Deadline 2022-Aug-01

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Assistant/Associate Professor in Unmanned Aerial Systems Engineering

 

SDU UAS Center at the Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Institute (MMMI), University of Southern Denmark in Odense invites applications for an open position in Unmanned Aerial Systems Engineering at the levels of associate professor or assistant professor. The position is available from October 2022 or as soon as possible thereafter.

What we offer
The successful candidate will become part of the SDU UAS Center, located at SDU Campus and in HCA Airport where we have state-of-the-art indoor and outdoor laboratories for drones. You will be part of an interdisciplinary and agile research team with many opportunities for developing your own research. We offer a positive work environment and a close connection to the world-leading Robotics community of Odense. We expect the candidate to contribute to ongoing research projects at SDU UAS Center and to eventually acquire their own research funding. The candidate will be conducting teaching in the context of our Master of Science education in Drones and Autonomous Systems, which is part of the Robotics Master of Science education at the University of Southern Denmark.

We expect
We expect candidates to have documented expertise in systems engineering for unmanned aerial systems with real-world applications. The candidate will be expected to conduct research in aerial robotics, focusing on the design and implementation of unmanned aerial systems operating in realistic outdoor environments. Relevant areas of research include (but are not limited to) autonomous systems, swarming, communication and coordination, systems modeling, reconfigurable hardware, safety and reliability, and software engineering. Experience in real-world applications relevant to the green transition (https://ec.europa.eu/reform-support/what-we-do/green-transition_en) is considered an advantage, with a particular focus on those application areas already addressed by SDU UAS.

Commensurate with the seniority of the position applied for, the candidates must have:

• Strong research and publication record,
• Documented teaching experience across undergraduate and graduate programs,
• Significant experience with industrial collaboration,
• Proven track record of attracting research funding.

Research environment
SDU UAS Center conducts research in UAS technologies and future UAS applications within areas such as infrastructure inspection, healthcare logistics, precision agriculture, nature conservation, and environmental monitoring. We are an interdisciplinary team of researchers with specializations within robotics, computer vision, software, embedded systems, ethics, and the design and construction of drone systems. Together we create drone solutions for a flourishing European society. Learn more about the center at https://www.sdu.dk/en/uas

Contact information
For further information please contact Professor Ulrik Pagh Schultz, ups@mmmi.sdu.dk, +45 65503570.

If you experience technical problems you must contact support-sdujob@sdu.dk.

Conditions of employment
Employment as an assistant or associate professor requires scientific qualifications at PhD level. 

Employment as an associate professor is a permanent position. Employment as an assistant professor is for an initial period of 3 years and will cease without further notice at the end of the period.

The successful applicant will be employed in accordance with the agreement between the Ministry of Finance and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. Please check links for more information on salary and taxation.

The assessment process
Read about the Assessment and selection process. Shortlisting may be used. 

Application procedure

The faculty expects applicants to read How to apply before applying. 

The application must be in English and must include:

• A motivational cover letter indicating whether you are applying for an associate or assistant
• professorship position.
• Detailed Curriculum Vitae. 
• Certificates/Diplomas (MSc and PhD).
• Information on previous teaching and supervision experience. Please attach as Teaching Portfolio.
• List of publications indicating the publications attached.
• Examples of the most relevant publications. Please attach one pdf-file for each publication.
• Reference letters and names of references may also be included.
• Other relevant qualifications may also be included.

The application deadline is 1. August 2022. 

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

Further information for international applicants about entering and working in Denmark.

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Deadline 2022-Aug-01

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Postdoc in Computational Modelling of Transcriptional Regulation

 

The Madsen group at the Section for Data Science and Statistics, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Southern Denmark, invites applications from outstanding postdoc candidates who are interested in joining the team and the Human Gene Regulation Map, a part of the new Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Genomic Mechanisms of Disease (NNFC), in a three-year postdoc position. The position is available from 1 September 2022, or as soon as possible thereafter. Application deadline: 1 August 2022.

The Section for Data Science and Statistics
The Madsen group is currently relocating from the Functional Genomics & Metabolism Research Unit at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, SDU to the Section for Data Science and Statistics (DSS) at the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, SDU. The DSS currently hosts sixteen independent research groups focusing on various aspects of data science, including three groups working with bioinformatics and computational biology. The section constitutes an international, ambitious, highly dynamic, and well-equipped working environment having access to state-of-the-art computing facilities, including high performance computing systems.

In addition to the DSS, the Madsen group is a partner in ambitious national and international research centres, in which the successful candidates can actively participate and (net)work.

The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Genomic Mechanisms of Disease (NNFC)
The Madsen group is a partner in the Human Gene Regulation Map (HGRM), a part of the new Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Genomic Mechanisms of Disease (NNFC). The HGRM is an international joint research centre between four research groups at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and four Danish research groups. The aim of HGRM is to build comprehensive maps of gene regulation in the human genome as a resource for uncovering biological mechanisms on common genetic diseases, with an initial focus on cell types relevant to cardiometabolic diseases including type 2 diabetes. We aim to combine recent advances in genomics, molecular biology, single-cell analysis, and stem cell models with approaches in computational biology and machine learning to identify fundamental rules of gene regulation.

The Center for Functional Genomics and Tissue Plasticity (ATLAS)
The Madsen group is a partner in the Center for Functional Genomics and Tissue Plasticity (ATLAS) at University of Southern Denmark, supported by the Danish National Research Foundation. ATLAS is a national joint research centre between five research groups at the University of Southern Denmark and three research groups at Odense University Hospital (OUH). The aim of ATLAS is to obtain systems-level, mechanistic and cell type-resolved understanding of adipose and hepatic tissue plasticity in response to diet-induced obesity and regression in mouse models; and to translate this for in-depth understanding of the functional changes in human adipose and hepatic tissues in response to severe obesity and reversal. The centre applies a combination of functional genomics approaches including single cell sequencing, mouse models, proteomics, in vivo targeting, computational biology, and clinical studies.

Research Projects and Roles
As a postdoc in the Madsen group, you will be engaged in a highly ambitious project aimed at shedding new light on the regulatory and functional architecture of the human genome with the aim of furthering the understanding of how it contributes to health and disease. You will interact and collaborate closely with other researchers in the Madsen group as well as with members of the other research groups within the DSS, the department and the research centres. 

The successful candidate will be responsible for modelling transcriptional regulation by applying recent machine learning architectures, such as graph neural networks and transformers, to both public and in-house high-throughput datasets, and subsequently interpret these models to glean new insights into the rules underlying control of the human genome. Hands-on experience with bioinformatics is considered an advantage.

Qualifications/requirements
We are looking for highly motivated, dedicated, and ambitious candidates with:
• A PhD degree in Applied Mathematics, Data Science, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, or a closely related field.
• Documented experience with statistical programming (e.g. Python).
• Documented experience with applied machine learning.
• Strong communication and collaborative skills and an interest in working in an interdisciplinary environment.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English.
Experience with -omics data analysis (e.g. ATAC-seq) is considered an advantage.

We offer:
• A three-year postdoc position in a stimulating and supportive, international research environment.
• Access to state-of-the-art equipment, facilities, and infrastructure.
• Opportunity to interact with an extensive network of national and international collaborators.
• A competitive salary and social benefits (e.g. health coverage, parental leave, social security etc.).
• Dedicated assistance and support with various practical, social, and legal aspects (housing, visa, administration, tax etc.), especially for international candidates through our international staff office (ISO) and department.

For further information please contact Assistant Professor Jesper Grud Skat Madsen at jgsm@imada.sdu.dk.  


Application, salary etc.
The successful applicant will be employed in accordance with the agreement between the Ministry of Finance and AC (the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations). Please check links for more information on salary and taxation.

The application must include the following:
• A curriculum vitae including information on previous employment.
• A full list of publications stating the scientific publications on which the applicant wishes to rely.

Shortlisting may be used in the assessment process.

Incomplete applications and applications received after the deadline will neither be considered nor evaluated.

To qualify you must have passed a PhD or equivalent. Applications will be assessed by an expert assessor/committee. Applicants will be informed of their assessment by the university.

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

Applications must be submitted electronically using the link "Apply online". Attached files must be in Adobe PDF or Word format. Each box can only contain a single file of max. 10 Mb. We strongly recommend that you read How to apply before you apply.

Further information for international applicants about entering and working in Denmark.

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Deadline 2022-Aug-01

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Postdoctoral position in Computational Simulation and Cognition in Organizations

 

The Department of Language and Communication, University of Southern Denmark (SDU) invites applications for a two and a half year postdoctoral research position starting 1st November 2022 or as soon as possible thereafter. The deadline for applications is 15th August 2022.

The position is embedded in the externally funded project “Determinants of Resilience in Organizational Networks” (DRONe) which investigates how cognitive attitudes amongst employees in a Danish utility company enable resilience to innovative technologies. Methodologically, the candidate should be able to develop agent-based computational simulation modeling of workplace dynamics. Input for the models comes from the integration of a mix of qualitative and quantitative data already available from the utility company on which the project is based.

We are seeking a skilled, motivated and independent researcher with a Ph.D. in the areas of organizational behavior, organizational sociology, organization theory, computational social science (broadly defined), cognitive science or related areas. It is a prerequisite that applicants have experience with agent-based computational modeling and have proficiency in statistics. They should also be willing to engage with theories of organizational cognition, organizational behavior, and decision making. Knowledge of embodied, distributed, and extended cognition paradigms is not a requirement, but would be considered an advantage. 
 
The position is located at SDU’s campus in Slagelse. 

Further information about the project and position can be obtained from Associate Professor Davide Secchi, email: secchi@sdu.dk.
Application, salary and conditions of employment etc.
Employment as Postdoc is temporary (max. 4 years). Employment stops automatically by the end of the period. An upgrade of pedagogical qualifications is not part of the position. Thus employment as Postdoc cannot stand alone as a qualification for later employment as associate professor/senior researcher.

The successful applicant will be employed in accordance with the agreement between the Ministry of Finance and AC (the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations), Cirkulære om overenskomst for Akademikere i staten 2019 (the document only exists in Danish).

To qualify for the position you must have completed a PhD-degree by the time of employment. 

An application must include:

• Application
• Curriculum Vitae
• Certificates/Diplomas
• Information on previous teaching experience, please attach as Teaching portfolio
• List of publications indicating the publications attached
• Up to 3 of the most relevant publications. Please attach one pdf-file for each publication. For any publication with a co-author, a co-author statement must be submitted as part of the pdf-file.

Application and all appendices must be in Danish, English or one of the Scandinavian languages. Only material in Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, and English will be assessed. Please always include a copy of original diploma/certificates.

Please always include a copy of original diploma/certificates.  We only accept files in pdf-format no more than 10 MB per file. In case you have more than one file per field you need to combine the pdf-files into a single file, as each field handles only one file. We do not accept zip-files, jpg or other image files. All pdf-files must be unlocked and allow binding and may not be password protected.

Applications will be assessed by an assessment committee and the applicant will receive the part of the evaluation that concerns him/her. The assessment report will subsequently be forwarded to the Head of Department who will assemble an appointments committee. An interview may form part of the overall assessment of the applicants’ qualifications.   The committee may request additional information, and if so, it is the responsibility of the applicant to provide the necessary material.

If the application does not meet the requirements mentioned above, the Faculty of Humanities may reject your application without further notice.

Applications received after the deadline will neither be considered nor evaluated.

Shortlisting and tests may be used in the assessment process. Please note that only a shortlisted applicant will receive an assessment.

Applications should be sent electronically via the link “apply online” and the Faculty expects applicants to read the information “How to apply” before applying. 

We recommend that as an international applicant you take the time to visit Working in Denmark where you will find information and facts about moving to, working and living in Denmark, as well as the International Staff Office at SDU.

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

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Deadline 2022-Aug-15

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