Tenure Track Assistant Professor in epidemiology of agricultural crop disea

at  Aarhus Universitet

The Department of Agroecology at Aarhus University, Denmark, offers an attractive career opportunity for promising and skilled researchers. We invite applications for a position as Tenure Track Assistant Professor within epidemiology of plant diseases of agricultural crops. The position is a career development position with the possibility of transitioning to a tenured associate professorship and will be available from 01-06-2025 or as soon as possible thereafter.
You will be part of a research environment focusing on plant pathogen biology, epidemiology and crop disease prevention under variable environmental conditions and climate change. The position is part of the section of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, which hosts the Global Rust Reference Center’ (www.wheatrust.org). You will contribute to the development of the department through research of the highest international quality. Your primary tasks will be to conduct independent research, including publication in high-impact scientific journals; be responsible for teaching, guidance and examination of BSc and MSc degree students and co-supervision of PhD students; as well as attracting external research funding.
We want to expand our research into new directions ranging from modeling dispersal processes of plant pathogens involving data science, meteorological modelling, and high-performance computing to experimental epidemiology of agricultural crop diseases. The research could include biotrophic pathogens as well as hemi-biotrophic and necrotrophic aboveground pathogens.
We encourage applications from candidates with a solid background in computational approaches in crop disease epidemiology, e.g. dispersion modeling, as well as applications from candidates with a background in experimental epidemiology. This may include, but is not restricted to, assessments of genotypes and phenotypes of relevance for pathogen fitness, host resistance phenotyping, and disease management strategies utilizing host and pathogen characteristics under variable environmental conditions and climate change.
You will get the opportunity to collaborate with relevant national and international research environments and in your daily work, you will work closely with both Danish and international colleagues.
We expect that you will be an important part of the research environment and that you will contribute positively to the social working environment.

WHO WE ARE

At the Department of Agroecology, our main goal is to contribute to sustainable solutions to some of the world’s biggest problems within the areas of soil, plants, animals, humans, and the environment. We want to make a difference by contributing to both fundamental knowledge generation and the attainment of sustainable production systems via innovative research, contracted policy advice, and education. We offer professional laboratories, greenhouses, semi-field, and field-scale research facilities, advanced computing capacities as well as an extensive national and international researcher network. The department consists of nine research sections with around 350 highly dedicated employees, of which approximately 50% are scientific staff. More information can be found here.
We believe in encouraging inclusion, acceptance, and understanding by employing staff who bring unique perspectives to our department.

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