W 2 Professorship in Molecular Plant Physiology (Tenure-Track)

The initial appointment will be for 6 years. After positive evaluation in the final year, there is the possibility that the candidate is tenured on a W 3 – Professor level.

We are looking for an outstanding candidate with an internationally recognized research portfolio in Molecular Plant Physiology to represent the subject in research and teaching. The successful candidate will have an established track record in a field of molecular plant physiology, for example in metabolic networks, cellular organelle biology, developmental physiology, intercellular communication, or cell signaling and plant hormones. The research approach should combine physiological, biochemical and molecular approaches, the application of plant model organisms would be preferred. He/she must be willing to teach plant physiology in full breadth.

Cooperative interactions with other groups within the institute for biology (www.uni-kassel.de/fb10/institute/biologie/startseite.html) and with key research areas (www.uni-kassel.de/fb11agrar/) and scientific centres, such as the Centre of Interdisciplinary Nanostructure Research and Technology (CINSaT) (www.uni-kassel.de/cinsat/) are expected. The succesful candidate will participate in the Faculty´s teaching programs in Biology and Nanostructure Science.

The participation in academic administrative duties are expected. Habilitation or an equivalent qualification including successful application of independent research grant funding are a precondition for applicants.

Profile of qualification:

The advertised position is subjects to the requirements set out in paragraphs §§ 61, 62, 64 of the Higher Education Act of Hessen (Hessisches Hochschulgesetz).

For further information, please contact Prof. Dr. H.-Arno J. Müller (E-Mail: h.a.müller[at]uni-kassel[dot]de, Tel.: 0561/804-4725).

The Universität Kassel is highly interested in its employee´s professional satisfaction. Therefore its Dual Career Service and its Family Welcome Service aim to promote the balance between partnerships, families and professional development. Among the strategic goals of the Universität Kassel is to considerably increase the proportion of women in research and teaching. Therefore, applications from women are especially desired. Applicants with disabilities, who are equally qualified and suitable, will receive preference. Please send your application including CV, certificates, credentials, list of publications, 3 selected reprints, presentation of research strategy, list of courses taught, statement of teaching strategy. Applications can be sent, with reference number, in electronic form to the President of the Universität Kassel, 34109 Kassel or to bewerbungen[at]uni-kassel[dot]de. In the event of any differences between the German and English versions of this call for application, the German wording is legally binding.