BEMÆRK: Ansøgningsfristen er overskredet
AU is glad to participate in the EU funded project SYBERAC in which we will manage the Danish case study on pollutants from sewage sludge.
Our task is to analyse the fate of modern pollutants (antibiotics, bactericides, flame retardants, including the respective metabolites) originating from sewage sludge on farmland.
We are thus looking for a postdoc in Environmental Chemistry/Micropollutants/Mass Spectrometry/Soil systems.
Qualifications
The candidate is expected to hold a PhD and Master’s degree in Environmental Chemistry or similar.
The candidate has ideally experiences in one or a combination of the following:
- Environmental analytical chemistry, especially HPLC-MS/MS, and high-resolution mass spectrometry, extraction procedures, bioactive molecules (antibiotics, bactericides) to establish mass flows (including leaching and metabolization) as well programming in R or Python.
- Degradation/transformations, sorption/teaching to and from soils, transfer of pollutants from soil to crop/invertebrates, soil processes.
- The candidate is expected to be fluent in English and operational knowledge in Danish would be advantageous.
Tasks
The tasks will also include: management of field site, sampling and reporting as well as contributing to new applications.
The position is supposed to be filled in spring 2023 and in the beginning limited to up to 30 months.
The lab is currently equipped with three UPLC-MS/MS instruments, one of them as HR/MS, accelerated solvent extraction, SPE, two process HPLC-DADs, TOC.
For further inquiries (especially on whether the position can be made available at different qualification levels) please contact Prof. Dr. Kai Bester (kb@envs.au.dk or +4593508089)
Expected start date and duration of employment
This is a 30 months position from 1st April 2024 or as soon possible.
Place of work and area of employment
The place of work is 4000 Roskilde, Denmark, and the area of employment is Aarhus University with related departments.
Contact information
For further information, please contact: Prof.Dr. Kai Bester, kb@envs.au.dk or +4593508089
Deadline
Applications must be received no later than 15th January 2024.
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 Taxation 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 Taxation 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.
Aarhus University
Aarhus University is an academically diverse and research-intensive university with a strong commitment to high-quality research and education and the development of society nationally and globally. The university offers an inspiring research and teaching environment to its 38,000 students (FTEs) and 8,300 employees, and has an annual revenues of EUR 935 million. Learn more at www.international.au.dk/
INFORMATIONER OM STILLINGEN:
- Arbejdspladsen ligger i:
Roskilde Kommune
-Virksomheden tilbyder:
-Arbejdsgiver:
Aarhus Universitet, Frederiksborgvej 399, 4000 Roskilde
-Ansøgning:
Ansøgningsfrist: 15-01-2024; - ansøgningsfristen er overskredet
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