Professorship (W2 / Substitute) of Physical and Synthetic Biology

We are looking for an internationally recognized expert (m/f/d) with a research focus in the field of physical and synthetic biology. Relevant research directions would include, for example, spatio-temporal dynamics of biological systems, organism-environment interactions, bioimaging or synthetic biology. The successful candidate is expected to establish internationally competitive, third-party funded research projects. In teaching, the professorship will teach biophysics in the biological Bachelor's and Master's programs.

 The Faculty of Biology is located in the Biocenter of the High-Tech Campus Martinsried together with other departments at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU), the Max Planck Society and the Helmholtz Center Munich. Service units for high-performance computing, genomics, bioanalytics, electron microscopy, light microscopy, proteomics and metabolomics are available within the Faculty of Biology. Further information on teaching and the structure of the Faculty of Biology can be obtained from Prof. Dr. K. Jung (email: Jung@lmu.de).

 Prerequisites for this position are a university degree and a doctoral degree, teaching qualifications and additional academic achievements that can be demonstrated by a habilitation or equivalent qualifications, or that have been achieved in the context of a junior professorship.

LMU Munich is an equal opportunity employer. The University continues to be very successful in increasing the number of female faculty members and strongly encourages applications from female candidates. LMU Munich intends to enhance the diversity of its faculty members.

People with disabilities who are equally as qualified as other applicants will receive preferential treatment.

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Please upload your application under the link https://www.dekanat.bio.lmu.de/letterbox comprising a curriculum vitae, list of publications, a brief summary of present and future research interests, list of third-party funds acquired, proof of teaching experience, teaching concept, a maximum of five selected reprints and copies of relevant documents (addressed to the Dean of the Faculty of Biology, Prof. Dr. Herwig Stibor, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany) as an electronic file (together with the completed submission form on the website https://www.en.biologie.uni-muenchen.de/organisation/dekanat/index.html before May 30, 2025.