Tenure Track / Associate Professor level position in crop physiology and sustainable fr...

The Department of Food Science, Aarhus University, Denmark, invites applications at the Tenure Track / Associate Professor level within crop physiology and sustainable production of fruit and berries.
We are looking for a successful candidate with a strong research profile within plant responses to agro-environmental conditions who will like to work with a highly engaged and motivated staff in an innovative and dynamic working environment. The position is available from 1. January, 2020 or as soon as possible thereafter.

The position
We are specifically interested in a candidate who has expertise within crop physiology and sustainable production of fruit and/or berries. Development of the research area, including establishment of a research team is a focal point and the candidates’ personal competences are expected to make a key contribution to future research activities.
Research activities underpin both knowledge exchange and education activities. Therefore collaboration and exchange of knowledge with industry, advisory services and the public sector, and teaching and supervision are seen as essential parts of the position.

The research will be primarily aligned to the Science Team of Plant, Food & Sustainability, which currently includes research focused on apple, pear and berry production and the physiological impact of preharvest environment on postharvest and food quality. The Science Team activities also include plant nutrition, irrigation and cropping systems of field-grown vegetables.

New research initiatives in crop physiology and sustainable production of fruit and berries should complement existing Department activities in vegetables,protected production, postharvest technology, and food quality. It is expected that the successful candidate will have documented experience within plant physiology and production of fruit crops (pip fruit or berries), and master new experimental and analytical methods in plant physiology and applied field based research.

You are expected to have postdoc experience within one or more of the following research areas:

• Physiology aspects (including yield and quality) of pruning and training systems
• Physiological aspects of fertilization and irrigation strategies
• Sustainable and/or organic production systems
• Automated and precision fruticulture
• Genotype x environment responses

Qualifications

• PhD degree in Plant Science or Horticulture and minimum of 2-3 years postdoc experience for Tenure Track or minimum 6-8 years for Associate Professor
• Proven publication record in international peer-reviewed journals (minimum 10 publications for Tenure Track)
• Teaching experience at BSc and MSc level
• Experience in international research collaboration and networking
• Documented ability to attract research funding
• Write and speak English fluently

Science and Technology Tenure Track
Aarhus University offers talented scientists from around the world attractive career perspectives via the Science and Technology Tenure Track Programme. Highly qualified candidates are appointed as [Assistant Professors /or Researcher] for a period of six years with the prospect of performance-based advancement to a tenured [Associate Professorship/position as Senior Researcher].

The aim of the Science and Technology Tenure Track Programme is to:

• attract outstanding talented individuals that are competitive at an international level
• to promote the early development of independent research successes early in the career as scientists
• to create transparency in the academic career path

As part of the tenure track position, the candidate is offered:

• access to research infrastructure
• capability development, including postgraduate teacher training
• a mentoring programme
• support to develop scientific networks and to secure interdisciplinary research at the highest level

As part of the Aarhus University Tenure Track Programme, the University carries out a mid-way evaluation to review the progress of the tenure track candidate after three years, according to the same criteria used in the final tenure review. The final tenure review is conducted after five and a half years. If the review is positive, the candidate will be offered a tenured position as Associate Professor/Senior Researcher at Aarhus University.

Please refer to the tenure track guidelines for the tenure review criteria and for the tenure review process.

Associate Professor Level Position
Qualifications for the Associate Professor level at Aarhus University include a strong academic background, documented successful grant writing and experience with project management, industrial/public sector collaboration, as well as teaching and supervision experience.

Criteria for evaluating applicants at the Associate Professor level can be found here.

The Department of Food Science
The Department of Food Science is part of the Faculty of Science and Technology, Aarhus University and includes research across the food value chain within the areas of Plant Production Systems, Biofunctional Food, Systems Biology, Food Chemistry and Technology, Food Quality, Food Metabolomics and Sensory Science. The Department currently employs approx. 60 full time scientific staff and 50 PhD students and Postdocs, with approx. 30 visiting staff and students contributing to an international research environment where English is the preferred language in the laboratory, at meetings and at seminars.

The Department works in teams and therefore self-leadership, clear and open communication, success in mentoring, supervising and teaching are important qualities needed to be successful in the Department. In addition, the Department has a strong culture that is based on openness, equality, consultation and inclusion, and contributing to the Department strategy and working environment is viewed as important.

The Department is responsible for a Master’s programme in Molecular Nutrition and Food Technology, taught at AU, Denmark, and a Master’s programme in Food and Health at the Sino-Danish Center in Beijing, China. In addition, Department staff contribute to several other key interdisciplinary educations, including Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes in Agrobiology, and a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering in Food Technology, Aarhus University. Staff also teach on a number of other educations offered at other Universities in Denmark and China.

The Department conducts research based advice of the Danish Government in the areas of horticulture and food quality.

Please refer to http://food.au.dk/en/ for further information about The Department of Food Science and to http://scitech.au.dk/en/ and http://www.au.dk/en/ for information on Science and Technology and Aarhus University, respectively.

Place of Work and area of Employment
The place of work is Agro Food Park 48, 8200 Aarhus, Denmark, and the area of employment is Aarhus University with related departments.

For further information contact Head of Department Michelle H. Williams, phone: +45 25170049, e-mail: [email protected].

Aarhus University offers competitive start-up packages.

Application procedure
Shortlisting is used. This means that after the deadline for applications – and with the assistance from the assessment committee chairman, and the assessment committee if necessary, – the head of department selects the candidates to be evaluated. The selection is made on the basis of an assessment of who of the candidates are most relevant considering the requirements of the advertisement. All applicants will be notified within 6 weeks 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 will receive his/her assessment. Once the recruitment process is completed a final letter of rejection is sent to the deselected applicants, including the main considerations emphasized during the selection process.

Formalities and salary range
Science and Technology 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.

All interested candidates are encouraged to apply, regardless of their personal background. 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.

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 8,000 employees, and has an annual revenues of EUR 885 million. Learn more at www.international.au.dk/

Deadline:
10 September 2019
Kilde: Jobnet.dk