Tech­nis­che Uni­versität Ber­lin (TU Ber­lin) – Fac­ulty II (Math­em­at­ics and Sci­ences) – Insti­tute of Chem­istry invites applic­a­tions for a pos­i­tion of a professorship (salary grade W2) in the field of Biocatalysis/Biological Chemistry.

We are look­ing for can­did­ates with an inter­na­tion­ally vis­ible pro­file in the area of Biocata­lysis, Syn­thetic Bio­logy or Bio­lo­gical Chem­istry, who will rep­res­ent this area in research and teach­ing, and com­ple­ments the pro­file of the Insti­tute of Chem­istry.

The research focus of the can­did­ate is expec­ted to be in the area of char­ac­ter­iz­a­tion and tar­geted design of bio­lo­gical or chem­ical molecu­lar sys­tems up to the whole-cell level, which may reach out into the manip­u­la­tion and re-design with the toolkit of Syn­thetic Bio­logy. A broad meth­od­ical scope and strong dis­pos­i­tion for inter­dis­cip­lin­ary research, e.g. for bridging between the­ory and exper­i­ment, are desir­able.

Tech­nis­che Uni­versität Ber­lin is determ­ined to increase the pro­por­tion of women in research and teach­ing and there­fore strongly encour­ages qual­i­fied female research­ers to apply.

Qual­i­fied indi­vidu­als with dis­ab­il­it­ies will be favored. The TU Ber­lin val­ues the diversity of its mem­bers and is com­mit­ted to the goals of equal oppor­tun­it­ies. Tech­nis­che Uni­versität Ber­lin is a cer­ti­fied fam­ily-friendly higher edu­ca­tion insti­tu­tion, and our Dual Career Ser­vice offers assist­ance to you and your fam­ily when relo­cat­ing to Ber­lin.

Applic­a­tions from abroad are expli­citely wel­come.

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Deadline Mars 19 2020