Job advertisement
Vacancy ID: 114/2025
Closing date: 2025-06-16
The Friedrich Schiller University Jena is a dynamic and innovation-driven university centrally located in Germany. With a broad range of disciplines, it shapes the future through excellent research and teaching. Its scientific excellence is reflected in the profile lines Light – Life – Liberty, which provide pioneering insights and sustainable solutions for the society of tomorrow. Through close collaborations with leading research institutions, innovative companies, and renowned cultural organizations, it advances interdisciplinary developments. With around 17,000 students and approximately 10,000 employees, it defines Jena as a vibrant, internationally connected city of science and innovation.
The Integrated Research Training Group of PolyTarget seeks to fill the position of a
Doctoral Researcher
at the next possible date.
We offer part-time position (65%, 26 hours per week) of the working hours of a full-time employee, initially limited to December 2025, extensions of up to four years are envisaged, depending on funding for the third phase of the CRC, respectively alternative funding.
The Collaborative Research Center 1278 “PolyTarget - Polymer-based nanoparticle libraries for targeted anti-inflammatory strategies” is funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG). The goal of PolyTarget is to develop polymer-based, nanoparticulate carrier materials for pharmaceutically active ingredients for targeted therapy of diseases and syndromes, whose morbidity is characterized by an inflammatory reaction. The integrated Research Training Group of PolyTarget is educating doctoral researchers in a structured, interdisciplinary training program. Close cooperation within the multi- and interdisciplinary consortium with researchers from Chemistry, Materials Science, Biology, Pharmacy, and Medicine offers unique prerequisites for transferring the findings from basic research into applications ().

• Work on an own scientific qualification project, i.e., doctorate degree
• Participate in interdisciplinary research projects within the field of PolyTarget
• Systematic investigation of new techniques to elucidate salient features (physical and chemical) of newly developed polymers and nanomedicines
• Presentation of scientific results and active contribution in the writing of manuscripts
• PhD project planning, project coordination, experimental work, reporting, and communication
• Generate scientific output in terms of publications, posters, presentations, including participation at international conferences
• Guidance of Bachelor/Master students and/or interns