Professor in Epidemiology/Pathology for Agricultural Crop Plants Full-time NEW

Professor in Epidemiology/Pathology for Agricultural Crop Plants

The Department of Agroecology at Aarhus University, Denmark, invites applications for a position as Professor in Epidemiology/Pathology for agricultural crop plants. The position is anchored at the section of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, where we combine fundamental and applied research within plant disease epidemiology, including evolutionary and molecular interactions between plants and microorganisms of relevance for crop resilience towards biotic and abiotic stresses.

The professorship is a full-time and permanent position starting on 01-01-2027 or as soon as possible thereafter. You are expected to contribute significantly to the department's research and teaching and to promote the overall research strategy. You are expected to teach and supervise students at the bachelor's, master's and PhD levels and to carry out individual and group-based research of the highest international standard contributing to the development of our academic field. You will be part of the Global Rust Reference Center (GRRC), which has a focus on plant pathogen biology, epidemiology and disease prevention under variable environmental conditions and climate change.

The main focus of your position will be to:

• Conduct research of high international quality, including publication in top international journals and communicating your research in national and international academic networks
• Teach, supervise and examine BSc, MSc and PhD students as well as contributing to the development of the department's PhD courses
• Attracting external research funding
• Assessment and committee work at Aarhus University
• Research-based collaboration with private and public-sector stakeholders as well as research-based policy consultancy
• Dissemination of your research into the outside world

We further expect that you will be an important part of the research environment and that you will contribute positively to the social working environment. We also expect that you will take part in our teaching activities and that you will report research results in high-impact scientific journals.

To be assessed as qualified for a professor position, you must:

• Hold a PhD in plant pathology, epidemiology or have similar experience
• Document experience in scientific writing with numerous papers in high-quality journals or other high-quality publication channels
• Possess a high H-index (depending on research area)
• Prove a high degree of independent research of high international standards together with a substantiated research plan
• Document that you have extensive international research collaborations and experience, e.g., network leadership, grant development and publications
• Have spent time on long-term research stay(s) abroad at another internationally acknowledged university or research institution
• Demonstrate the ability to perform ground-breaking research
• Have thorough experience in supervision at BSc, MSc and PhD level
• Document experience with policy support
• Show proficiency in working collaboratively and establishing meaningful relationships

It is required and very important that you provide a 2-3 page plan for research over the next 3-5 years within focused parts of the research area and have a clear potential to perform high-quality research as well as attract external funding.

Further, we prefer candidates with documented experience within some of the following areas:

• Plant pathogen evolutionary biology
• Plant pathogen population genetics/genomics
• Host-pathogen interactions and host resistance specificity
• Experimental plant disease epidemiology/modelling of relevance for arable crop plants

The place of work is Aarhus University, Flakkebjerg, Forsøgsvej 1, 4200 Slagelse. The affiliation will be with the Department of Agroecology. More information can be obtained from Head of Department Jørgen Eivind Olesen at email: jeo@agro.au.dk.