Professorship (W2) (6 years/tenure track) of Nucleic Acid-based Diagnostics and Therapies of Cardiovascular Diseases

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) (6 years/tenure track)

of Nucleic Acid-based Diagnostics and Therapies of Cardiovascular Diseases

commencing as soon as possible.

The professorship will be located at the Department of Medicine I at the University Hospital of LMU Munich and the new research institute ICON. The focus of the professorship is to develop novel RNA- and DNA-based diagnostics and therapeutical approaches to target cardiovascular diseases. Concepts using single cell techniques and nuclease based genome editing will be in the focus of the professorship. The candidate should synergize with the disciplines present at LMU Munich, but also collaborate with preclinical and clinical research. Promising approaches should be validated in clinically relevant large animal models in the new ICON research institute aiming an accelerated and efficient translation.

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 and a doctoral degree or a comparable specific qualification, as well as a board certification in Internal Medicine. With an excellent record in research and teaching to date, prospective candidates will have demonstrated the potential for an outstanding academic career.

The initial appointment will be for six 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 (curriculum vitae, scientific career, references, certificates, a list of publications and lectures, external funds) as well as a short application form (see https://www.med.lmu.de/en/academic-career/professorship/) to the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Bavariaring 19. 80336 Munich, Germany, no later than July 31th, 2025.