Faculty of Medicine/Uniklinik RWTH Aachen
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Junior Professor (W1, tenure track) in Computational Modeling of ECM Dynamics
This is a tenure-track junior professorship leading to a tenured W2 position. For further information about the tenure track process, please visit www.rwth-aachen.de/tenuretrack.
We are inviting applications for a junior professor position in the area of computational modeling of ECM dynamics, to be filled by January 1, 2025. The appointee is to represent the development and validation of new computer-based models for the dynamics of the extracellular matrix (ECM) and their subsequent experimental validation. It is expected that aspects of ECM maturation during tissue genesis (e.g. in regenerative medicine) as well as questions of pathological remodeling of the ECM (e.g. during the phase transition between acute and chronic disease) will be considered. The professorship should strengthen the research area „Medical Technology and Digital Life Sciences“ and the cross-faculty profile area „Medical Science and Technology“. This professorship will be affiliated under the institute of “Applied Medical Engineering” at the Helmholtz-Institute for Biomedical Engineering.
Interdisciplinary scientific co-operation with other departments and clinics of the Medical School and the University Hospital RWTH Aachen as well as the cooperation with the engineering and natural sciences institutes is a prerequisite. Cooperation with the other research areas of the Medical Faculty and one or more related coordinated projects including SFB TRR 219, SFB 1382, KFO 344, KFO 5011, IRTG 2150, GRK 2375, GRK 2415, GRK 2610, PAK 961, CIOABCD, JARA, IZKF AACHEN is expected. In addition, an active teaching commitment in the master program “Biomedical Engineering” and in the medical student’s curriculum of the Medical Faculty (“Modellstudiengang Medizin Aachen”) is requested.
Candidates should have a university degree and a particular ability to undertake academic work, which is generally demonstrated by an outstanding doctorate. Teaching ability and dedication are essential, and the application should include proof of this. Fluent German is not required to start the position but the successful candidate will be expected to hold classes in German within the first 5 years.
Please apply online via our appointment portal:
www.berufungsportal.rwth-aachen.de
The deadline for applications is November 7, 2024.
Contact:
Dekan der Medizinischen Fakultät der RWTH Aachen, Univ.-Prof. Dr. S. Uhlig, Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074 Aachen.
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This position is also available as part-time employment per request.
We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of gender. RWTH Aachen University is certified as a family-friendly university and offers a dual career program for partner hiring. We particularly welcome and encourage applications from women, disabled people and ethnic minority groups, recognizing they are underrepresented across RWTH Aachen University. The principles of fair and open competition apply and appointments will be made on merit.
