Professorship (W2) (5 years/tenure track) of Precision Medicine of Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (Heisenberg Professorship, German Research Foundation/DFG)

As one of Europe’s leading research universities, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) in Munich is committed to the highest international standards of excellence in research and teaching. Building on its more than 500-year-long tradition, it offers a broad spectrum that covers all areas of knowledge within its 18 Faculties, ranging from the humanities, law, economics and social sciences, to medicine and the natural sciences.

The Faculty of Medicine invites applications for a

Professorship (W2) (5 years/tenure track) of

Precision Medicine of Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

(Heisenberg Professorship, German Research Foundation/DFG)

commencing as soon as possible.

The professorship is located at the Department of Pediatrics of the LMU Klinikum and represents the field of Precision Medicine of Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Diseases in research, teaching and clinics. The applicant should have outstanding academic expertise and should strengthen pediatric research with a focus on mucosal immunology and translational systems immunology at the Department of Pediatrics.

LMU Munich seeks to appoint a highly qualified junior academic to this professorship and, therefore, especially encourages early-career scholars to apply. Prerequisites for this position are a university degree, a doctoral degree or a comparable specific qualification and a board certification in Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. With an excellent record in research and teaching to date, prospective candidates will have demonstrated the potential for an outstanding academic career.

This professorship is financed through the Heisenberg program of the German Research Foundation (DFG) for a period of five years. After approval of the Heisenberg Professorship by the German Research Foundation (DFG) the initial appointment will be for a period of five years. After a minimum of three years, it can be converted into a permanent position pending a positive evaluation of the candidate’s performance in research and teaching as well as his or her personal aptitude and if all legal conditions are met.

LMU Munich makes a point of providing newly appointed professors with various types of support, such as welcoming services and assistance for dual career couples.

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.

Contact:

Please submit your application comprising a curriculum vitae, documentation of academic degrees and certificates, a summary of teaching activities, an overview of third-party funding and a list of publications as well as the required short evaluation form (see  http://www.med.uni-muenchen.de ) to the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Bavariaring 19, 80336  Munich, Germany, no later than March 30th, 2023.