Tenure Track Assistant Professor or Associate Professor in Disease Manageme

at  Aarhus Universitet

Are you a plant pathologist with an interest in future sustainable disease management strategies for arable cropping systems? Will you contribute to and support the green transition of Danish and European crop protection? If so, the Department of Agroecology at Aarhus University, Denmark, offers an attractive position in the Crop health section, where you will perform team-based research projects to reduce the reliance on chemical pesticides. This is an excellent opportunity to further develop your research portfolio on plant pathology, develop methods to detect plant diseases in the field, and implement integrated disease management in future arable cropping systems. You will contribute to the development of the department through research of the highest international quality and 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. As part of the department’s responsibilities towards Danish authorities, you may also be involved in policy support activities.
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.
Depending on the qualifications of the applicants, the position is offered as either a Tenure Track Assistant Professor or an Associate Professor. In your application, you must indicate if you apply for the Tenure Track Assistant Professorship, the Associate Professorship, or both. The position is full-time starting on 1 March 2025 or as soon as possible afterward.

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 320 highly dedicated employees. 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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