W2 Professorship

**W2 Professorship (M/F/d) for Pharmaceutical Biology**:

- Employer- Technische Universität- Location- Brunswick, Niedersachsen (DE)- Salary- Technische Universität- Closing date- 23 Feb 2024- Discipline
Biomedicine
Job Type
Faculty Member
Employment - Hours
Full time
Duration
Permanent
Qualification
PhD
Sector
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Technische Universität Braunschweig is one of Germany’s leading institutes of technology and offers an inspiring work environment with a wide range of research and teaching opportunities in state-of-the-art facilities. The 3,800 members of our academic, technical and administrative staff - including more than 400 international scientific staff - work together to ensure that our university successfully fulfils its mission of providing excellent teaching for our approximately 17,000 students and 100 trainees.

We focus our research on mobility, metrology, engineering for health, and the future city. Our core disciplines include a comprehensive engineering division and a strong natural sciences division, closely linked with business sciences, social sciences, educational sciences, and the humanities.

Our university is located at the heart of one of Europe’s most research-intensive regions. We cooperate closely with the more than 20 internationally renowned research institutions in our vicinity and our network extends to our partner universities in Germany and all over the world, with whom we maintain strong relationships.

**Faculty of Life Sciences**

We offer a

**W2 Professorship (M/F/d) for Pharmaceutical Biology**

The appointment is planned for **01.04.2025**.

**Your responsibilities**

The professorship connects molecular natural product research with biotechnology and synthetic biology and strengthens the research focus "Engineering for Health - from Molecules to Processes" at Technische Universität Braunschweig. It focusses on the development of biotechnological production systems for natural products, preferably for plant-derived active ingredients.

The appointee should have relevant experience and a scholarly profile in at least one of the following areas:

- investigation of biosynthetic pathways and biosynthetic enzymes on the molecular level with the aim of biotechnological utilization,
- establishment of heterologous production systems for bioactive substances using enzyme cascades,
- elucidation of regulatory networks influencing biosynthetic performance in natural producers and heterologous systems,
- synthetic biological approaches for production of bioactive compounds

The professorship to be filled will be responsible for teaching at all levels of student education in the pharmacy degree program according to the licensing regulations for pharmacists (National Board Exam) and in pharmaceutical engineering degree programs (M.Sc. Pharmaceutical Process Engineering, B.Sc. Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering). A license to practice as a pharmacist is an advantage.

**Our expectations**

**We are looking for an excellently qualified personality (M/F/d) with internationally recognized research achievements in natural products research with focus on biotechnology.**

We expect
- Internationally renowned natural products research at the molecular level as proven by relevant publications in international journals
- Proven teaching experience in the above-mentioned areas
- Successful track record of securing external research funding
- Experience in setting up and leading your own research group
- Willingness to engage in further development of the core research area "Engineering for Health - from Molecules to Processes" of Technische Universität Braunschweig, especially within the Center of Pharmaceutical Engineering (PVZ)
- Willingness to participate in local and international research networks as well as in interdisciplinary research both within the faculty and across faculty boundaries and local research institutions
- Very good command of the English language and willingness to teach in both German and English
- Commitment to internationalisation and increasing the international visibility of Technische Universität Braunschweig
- Strong teamwork and leadership skills
- Commitment to diversity and equality
- Involvement in academic self-government

Individual career decisions and career breaks due to parental/family care leave affecting research output will be taken into account by the appointment committee.

Requirements, - 25 NHG
- A degree in a relevant field
- Pedagogical aptitude
- Special qualification for in-depth independent scientific work, as a rule proven by an above-average doctorate
- Additional academic achievements, usually within the framework of a junior professorship, a post-doctoral degree (Habilitation) or through achievements equivalent to a Habilitation

**Notes**

Technische Universität Braunschweig makes personnel decisions on the basis of suitability, ability and