Assistant or Associate Professor at Technical University of Denmark

The Department of Bio and Health Informatics at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU Bioinformatics) has its main research and teaching activities in bio-medical and bio-technological informatics, metagenomics, epidemiology, integrative systems biology and machine learning. The research at DTU Bioinformatics is focused on bioinformatics and computational analyses of large amounts of data generated within biological, biomedical and biotechnological and life sciences area. We strive to gain new knowledge and drive innovation in human, animal, plant and food science and collaborate with all relevant industries. A cornerstone in achieving this is the dedicated effort within DTU Bioinformatics to develop bioinformatics, immuno-informatics, metagenomics and systems biology methods and solutions to the challenge of handling and interpreting large scale and heterogeneous big data. We run projects combining big data and laboratory research via the national supercomputing center (Computerome) and molecular genomics laboratories.

The department is seeking an Assistant or Associate Professor. The position will be placed within DTU Bioinformatics and the candidate is expected to join one of the existing research groups. The successful candidate should have demonstrable experience with development and application of bioinformatics tools for the analysis of large biological data sets. Experience within NGS analysis, data-mining, statistical modeling, or machine learning is considered an advantage.

Moreover, the successful candidate is expected to be able to contribute in an interdisciplinary set-up including research groups within personalized medicine, disease systems biology, microbiome research, molecular evolution, and immunoinformatics. The successful candidate will moreover exhibit the following professional and personal qualifications: In the assessment of the candidates, consideration will be given to

DTU is a leading technical university globally recognized for the excellence of its research, education, innovation and scientific advice. We offer a rewarding and challenging job in an international environment. We strive for academic excellence in an environment characterized by collegial respect and academic freedom tempered by responsibility. The appointment will be based on the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. The allowance will be agreed upon with the relevant union. After a maximum of 4 years, an assistant professor can be promoted to an associate professor position after assessment.

Further information may be obtained from Professor Anders Gorm Pedersen, Please submit your online application no later than 6 January 2019(local time). To apply, please open the link “Apply online”, fill out the online application form.

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