Are you interested in the analysis and fate of trace organic contaminants in the environment, and can you contribute to the development of our cross-disciplinary section in environmental chemistry and toxicology? Then the Department of Environmental Sciences, Aarhus university invites you to apply for a four-year Assistant Professor position.

JOB DESCRIPTION

As assistant professor in environmental chemistry, you will contribute to the research, advisory work and teaching environment of the department and to overall research strategy of the faculty. You will supervise students at Master and PhD level, and you will contribute to the development of the department through individual and collaborative research of high international quality. You will work closely together with both Danish and international colleagues.

The Assistant Professor main tasks will consist of:

• Research of high international quality, including publication in top international journals
• Obtaining external research funding
• Supporting the research-based advisory work of the section
• Teaching and development of new teaching activities
• Academic leadership through skilled research management
• Extensive involvement in national and international collaboration within the field of research

Further, the Assistant Professor is expected to contribute to:

• Lead the project “Environmental Fate of Novel Antibiotics”
• Establish and consolidate target methodologies for the measuring trace organic pollutants in the aquatic environment
• Implement suspect screening methods and non-target approaches for screening of transformation products

WHO WE ARE

The Department of Environmental Science is an interdisciplinary department under the Faculty of Technical Sciences at Aarhus University. The expertise ranges from social science, geography, economics and policy analysis to mathematical modelling, physics, chemistry, toxicology, and microbiology. Both pure and applied research is conducted on some of the major challenges facing society, such as pollution and pollution control mechanisms, management of land, soil, water, air and biodiversity, protection of ecosystem services and climate change. Research based advisory services within these areas are offered to ministries and other stakeholders and central to the Department economy. Currently, about 150 staff and PhD-students are working at the department. Further information may be found at http://www.envs.au.dk.
The selected candidate will be affiliated with the Section for Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology. The section conducts research and research-based advisory work targeting a better understanding of the transport and fate of organic pollutants in the environment, as well as a better understanding of the links between environmental chemistry, toxicology and human exposure. This includes tools to identify and quantify impacts, which can act as indicators of emerging problems. The aim is to provide the highest capability in Denmark for assessing risks associated with the distribution and fate of organic pollutants in the environment.

• Research of high international quality, including publication in top international journals
• Obtaining external research funding
• Supporting the research-based advisory work of the section
• Teaching and development of new teaching activities
• Academic leadership through skilled research management
• Extensive involvement in national and international collaboration within the field of researc