Tenure Track Assistant professorship or Associate Professor in Disease Management of Cereal Crops Full-time NEW

Tenure Track Assistant Professorship Or Associate Professor In Disease Management Of Cereal Crops

Are you a plant pathologist with an interest in future sustainable disease management strategies for cereal 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, fungicide resistance and implement integrated disease management in future arable cropping systems. In addition to research, part of the position is to attract external funding, and you will contribute to the teaching of BSc and MSc degree students as well as to the supervision of Ph.D. students. As part of the department's responsibilities towards Danish authorities, you may also be involved in policy support activities.

We expect that you will be an important part of the international research community on disease management and that your research will be reported in high-impact scientific journals. We also expect that you will contribute positively to the social working environment in the department. 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 November 2026 or as soon as possible afterward.

Your Profile

Your qualifications for the Tenure Track Assistant Professor role:

You have independent research-related qualifications in plant pathology at a high international level, and you have the potential to become a successful research leader. Your qualifications are assessed based on research output, including peer-reviewed publications, international research collaboration, performing ground-breaking research, attracting external funding, communication skills, the ability to collaborate and build relationships, and undergraduate/graduate teaching. It is positive if you have stayed at or been employed at least one internationally recognized research institution. Tenure track positions are usually aimed at candidates who have not previously held an assistant professor position.

Your qualifications for the Associate Professor role:

You have established yourself as a prominent researcher within plant pathology and you possess documented solid research and teaching qualifications at a high international level. Assessment of your qualifications is based on research output, including high-level peer-reviewed publications, international research collaboration, and long-term research stay(s) at another internationally acknowledged university or research institution, proven ability to attract external funding, demonstrated ability to deliver high-quality undergraduate/graduate teaching and supervision of students, good communication skills and ability to collaborate and build relationships. You should be ready to take responsibility for the development of the department's research and education at the highest international level and for ensuring that we maintain a good work environment. Besides the requirements for either a tenure track assistant professor or associated professor, you must:

• Hold a Ph.D. in plant disease management or plant pathology
• Document experience in scientific writing with several papers in high-quality journals or other high-quality publication channels.
• Proven international research collaborations (e.g., joint papers and joint applications)
• Be dedicated and possess the ability to collaborate and build relationships.

Research Plan

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. If you are selected, the research plan will be the basis of an application for a starting grant.

Additional Qualifications

Further, we will prefer candidates with some of the following qualifications:

• Experience in planning and conducting field-work and greenhouse trials
• Experience in planning and conducting laboratory work with pathogenic fungi
• Experience in testing and handling fungicides as well as biological control organisms as a mean of controlling plant pathogens
• Insight into fungicide resistance and the use of the different diagnostic tools
• Experience with collaboration with private companies and/or policy support

Living And Working In Denmark

• Subsidised childcare and free education from primary school through university.
• Universal healthcare for you and your family as residents.
• Five weeks of paid holiday per year.
• Generous parental leave – up to 52 weeks shared between parents, with full or partial salary.