Associate Professor or Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Product Design
Department of Pharmacy

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

University of Copenhagen

The University seeks to appoint an associate professor or Tenure Track Assistant Professor to the Department of Pharmacy to commence as soon as possible.

Information on the Department can be found at: https://pharmacy.ku.dk/.

Job description
There are several drivers for a change within manufacturing sciences related to pharmaceutical production systems. We are facing increasing pressure to modernize existing technological solutions and to implement fundamental engineering principles into pharmaceutical production including sustainability aspects. Research in the 3P group (Pharmaceuticals, Processes and Products group) is focusing on integration of experimentally based approaches with fundamental understanding of physical, chemical, and engineering principles, including simulation of the system’s behavior.

The current research within the 3P group involves advanced material sciences using diffraction-based techniques, spectroscopic techniques, as well as development of process analytical technologies covering all typical unit operations in the secondary manufacturing of pharmaceuticals. Research activities are currently covering crystallization, amorphization, powder handling operations (milling, mixing, dry/wet granulation, compaction), freeze drying and particle design with several spraying techniques, as well as printed dosage forms. Experimental activities are supported by computational approaches covering molecular modeling, bulk scale physical modeling as well as multivariate data analysis, deep learning, and other machine learning approaches.

Candidates interested in designing manufacturing solutions for medicinal products may consider this position. Especially, a candidate with experience in the field of pharmaceutically relevant production systems including modelling can consider applying. Documented research experience including not only understanding the properties of active pharmaceutical ingredients and excipients in relation to their processing behavior, but also some experience with modeling of these systems at the bulk and/or atomic level is preferred.

The position will provide the successful candidate with good possibilities both for developing their own research, and to be supported by the existing expertise.

Teaching will be mainly at the bachelor level (first three years) as well as master level (fourth and fifth year) covering topics related to pharmaceutical sciences with focus on formulation design and manufacturing of pharmaceuticals. Another focus in the teaching profile will be in the implementation of digital/computational elements into the pharmacy curriculum.

The associate professor’s responsibilities will primarily consist of:

• Research, including publication/academic dissemination
• Research-based teaching, including associated examination
• Research leadership, including guidance and supervision of researchers
• Obligation to share knowledge with the rest of society, including participation in public debate
• Academic assessments

The tenure track assistant professor’s responsibilities will primarily consist of:

• research, including publication/academic dissemination
• research-based teaching
• sharing knowledge with society
• participation in formal pedagogical training programme for assistant professors

The tenure track assistant professor’s performance will be evaluated through annual evaluations. Furthermore, the tenure track assistant professor will be evaluated in a mid-track appraisal.

After no more than six years of employment and on condition of a positive final appraisal, the tenure track assistant professor will be employed as associate professor. Read more about tenure track at the University of Copenhagen here: http://employment.ku.dk/tenure-track/tenure-track-at-ucph/

Required qualifications for the associate professor
Six overall criteria apply for associate professor appointments at the University of Copenhagen. The six criteria (research, teaching, societal impact, organisational contribution, external funding and leadership) are considered a framework for the overall assessment of candidates. Find information about each criterion here: https://employment.ku.dk/faculty/criteria-for-recognising-merit.

Furthermore, each applicant must be able to document:

• Research qualifications at the level that can be achieved by satisfactorily completing a period of employment as an assistant professor/postdoc, but may also be obtained in other ways
• Teaching qualifications and pedagogical competencies
• Research-based teaching

The associate professor is also required to possess good interpersonal and communicative skills.

Required qualifications for the tenure track assistant professor

Six overall criteria apply for associate professor appointments at the University of Copenhagen. The six criteria (research, teaching, societal impact, organisational contribution, external funding and leadership) are considered a framework for the overall assessment of candidates. Find information about each criterion here: https://employment.ku.dk/faculty/criteria-for-recognising-merit.

Furthermore, each applicant must be able to document:

• a PhD degree or similar qualifications within the subject area
• research experience within the field of the position

The tenure track assistant professor must have an academic standing showing internationally competitive research, and/or have internationally recognized high potential to make a future impact.

The assistant professor is also required to possess good interpersonal and communicative skills.

Terms of employment
The position is a permanent position.

The average weekly working hours are 37 hours per week.

Salary and other terms and conditions of appointment are set in accordance with the Agreement between the Ministry of Taxation and AC (Danish Confederation of Professional Associations) or other relevant professional organisations.

The position is covered by the Job Structure for Academic Staff at Universities 2020.

Questions
For further information, please contact Head of Department Professor Jukka Rantanen, [email protected].

Foreign applicants may find this link useful: https://www.ism.ku.dk/ (International Staff Mobility).

Filling of application

The position may be applied for at tenure track assistant professor level or associate professor level. Please note that it is possible to apply at both levels. If applied at both, separate applications must be submitted (see below). Please note that you will only be considered for the position(s) you have applied for.

Application for the associate professor position
The application must be submitted in English and must include the following documents:

• Application, including motivations for applying for the position (Maximum 2 pages)
• Curriculum vitae, including information about external funding
• Diplomas (Master’s, PhD, and other relevant certificates)
• A complete list of publications
• Research plan (3‐5 pages)
• Uploads of maximum 5 publications to be considered in the assessment
• Teaching plan
• Teaching portfolio (Guidelines: https://employment.ku.dk/faculty/recruitment-process/job-application-portfolio)

Application for the tenure track assistant professor position

The application must be submitted in English, and must include the following documents:

• Application, including motivation for applying for this position (Maximum 2 pages)
• Curriculum vitae, including information about external funding
• Diplomas (Master’s, PhD and other relevant diplomas)
• A complete list of publications
• Research plan (2-4 pages)
• Teaching plan
• Uploads of maximum 5 publications to be considered in the assessment
• Teaching portfolio, if applicable (Guidelines: https://employment.ku.dk/faculty/recruitment-process/job-application-portfolio/)

Please note: It is mandatory to upload a teaching plan in the online application form. Should you not have a teaching plan, please upload a blank document in this box instead.

Application procedure
After the expiry of the deadline for applications, the authorized recruitment manager selects applicants for assessment on the advice of the Appointments Committee. All applicants are then immediately notified whether their application has been passed for assessment. The Dean then appoints an expert assessment committee in order to make an assessment of the selected applicants for the specific post. Selected applicants are notified of the composition of the committee and each applicant has the opportunity to comment on the part of the assessment that relates to the applicant him/herself. You can read about the recruitment process at https://employment.ku.dk/.

Please note that the applicant will be contacted if the assessment committee requires further documentation.

The applicant will be assessed according to the Ministerial Order no. 242 of 13 March 2012 on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Universities.

The University of Copenhagen encourages all interested applicants to apply for this position.

Please submit the application with the required attachments. The closing date for applications is 23.59 p.m. CET, Sunday 12 May 2024.

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