Career position in compliance with § 99 (5) UG (tenure-track) in the field

at  BOKU Universitt fr Bodenkultur Wien

The Department of Ecosystem Management, Climate and Biodiversity, Institute of Integrative
Nature Conservation Research wishes to fill a

OTHER DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience abroad as well as in teaching and leadership at universities and research

institutions

• Management and personnel management skills including skills in the areas of gender and

diversity management, as well as inclusion and accessibility in communication

• Expertise in one or several of the following fields: Classical conservation genetics, genome-

wide analyses of adaptation patterns at the population, species or community level, eDNA

including the corresponding analyses

• Experience with high-throughput genotyping
• Experience in the related data analyses

Publication date: 31st of January 2025
Closing date for applications: 7th of March 2025
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna seeks to increase the number of its female
faculty and staff members. Therefore, qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply. In case of
equal qualification, female candidates will be given preference unless reasons specific to an
individual male candidate tilt the balance in his favour.
People with disabilities and appropriate qualifications are specifically encouraged to apply.
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Please submit your application in English incl.

• Curriculum vitae with detailed presentation of professional, teaching and research activities

incl. ORCID

• List of all publications (refereed & non-refereed), lectures and projects
• Electronic transmission of the PDF files of five own publications which you consider to be

particularly important

• Rough concept for future plans in research and teaching including your contribution to the

scientific profile of the Department

• Teaching portfolio including evaluation results
• Brief explanation why you think you should be particularly suitable for this position (max. 1

page)
and indicating the reference code 18 to recruiting@boku.ac.at until 7th of March 2025.
Applicants are not entitled to reimbursement of travel and accommodation costs incurred as a
result of the selection procedure.

• Research in the field of Biodiversity research with a focus on evolutionary and ecological

conservation genetics

• Research on classical conservation genetics and on methods of biodiversity monitoring

including eDNA metabarcoding

• Molecular genetic analyses of populations, species and species communities and their

adaptation patterns

• Collaboration with the molecular biodiversity research group at the institute during the

qualification phase, and willingness to collaborate with the BOKU Core Facility

Bioinformatics

• Teaching and supervision or co-supervision of final papers within the scope of legal

possibilities

• Transfer of knowledge and the promotion of junior researchers in line with the social

responsibility of the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences

• Assumption of administrative tasks within the framework of university self-administration
• Acquisition and management of competitively funded national and international research

projects