Full Professorship (W3) of Pharmaceutical Chemistry (Chair)

The Chair for Pharmaceutical Chemistry, located at the Department of Pharmacy – Centre for Drug Research focuses its research on instrumental pharmaceutical analysis and molecular drug research. It therefore plays an important bridging role within the interdisciplinary HighTechCampus Großhadern/Martinsried. The outstanding candidate is expected to represent the entire and broad field of Pharmaceutical Chemistry in research and teaching (Staatsexamen Pharmazie and Bachelor/Master Pharmaceutical Sciences), with a research focus on molecular drug research that further strengthens the faculty and university. Exemplary research topics are modern instrumental drug and bio analytics, development and characterization of macromolecular drugs, development and application of computer-aided drug design methods, and structure-guided drug design.

Prerequisites for this position are a university degree related to the field of pharmaceutical chemistry, a doctoral degree or a comparable specific qualification, teaching skills at university level, excellent academic achievements and a productive and promising research program. International visibility, strong third-party funding and specific expertise in methods of molecular drug research that enable broad collaboration within the HighTechCampus Großhadern/Martinsried are expected.

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.

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Please submit your application comprising a curriculum vitae, documentation of academic degrees and certificates, summary of teaching activities, a list of publications and invited lectures, a summary of third-party funding, a brief summary of present and future research interests, and up to three relevant publications preferred electronically as a single pdf file (up to 10 MB) to the Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Butenandtstr. 5-13, Haus F, 81377 München, Germany, email: dekanat@cup.uni-muenchen.de, no later than May 28th, 2026.