Fundamental and Applied Proteomics

**Discipline**:Pharmaceutical Biotechnology: Fundamental and Applied Proteomics**: - **50% Assistant professor tenure track**: - **Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences**: - **Reference number**:202502/FW01/ZAP/001** **ABOUT GHENT UNIVERSITY** Ghent University is one of the most important education and research institutions in the Low Countries. On a daily basis, 15,000 staff members and 50,000 students implement its motto "Dare to Think". Ghent University's mission statement is characterized by qualitative education, internationally renowned research and a pluralistic social responsibility. **ASSIGNMENT** **Academic education** You will teach in courses on pharmaceutical biotechnology and immunology, including the fundamentals on mass spectrometry and epigenetics. **Academic research** **Academic services** **PROFILE** **Experience** - You have already conducted eminent academic research in the given discipline, which is clearly reflected in publications in high-quality academic journals and peer-reviewed books. - You have hands-on experience with mass spectrometry and in particular with high-resolution devices for performing proteomics research. You can demonstrate this by publications in international peer-reviewed journals. - You have extensive experience with in-depth and state-of-the-art data analysis and you can easily translate the experimental results into the underlying molecular biology. - You have the necessary communication skills to manage collaborations and to present the results at international conferences. - You are capable of initiating, supervising and acquiring the necessary funding for academic research. - You can translate your experience into Layman’s terms for both teaching and science communication. - You have proven experience in writing scientific publications as well as grant proposals. - Recommended are: - International mobility. - An international network of colleagues with whom you collaborate. - Connections with different technology providers and clear understanding of the state-of-the-art in MS technology. - Positive references for educational capabilities, including teaching, workshops and supervision of masters and/or PhD students. - Involvement in conference organizations. - You must master the language of instruction in which you will teach a course (Dutch) at CEFR- level C1. You can demonstrate this by means of a language certificate or a diploma obtained from an institution in which that language is the language of instruction. In addition, Article II.270, -1 of the Codex of Higher Education requires that: (i) you must master the Dutch language at least at CEFR-level A2 within two years after the start of the appointment. (ii) you must be able to master the Dutch language at least at CEFR-level of B2 within five years after the start of the appointment. More info: Language requirements at Ghent University for professorial staff — Ghent University (ugent.be) **Skills / Attitude** - Sense of initiative. - Commitment to academic achievements. - Future-oriented scientific integrity. - Positive leadership. - Didactically skilled. - Quality-oriented. - Strong communication and social skills. - Teamwork oriented. - An attitude of investing in the collective advancement of the team, department and faculty. **Admission requirements** - You hold a thesis-based PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Medical Sciences, Chemistry, Bioengineering Sciences, Biotechnology or Biochemistry; or a diploma or certificate that is recognized as equivalent (article V.20 Codex Higher Education). Upon evaluation of a foreign (non-EU) diploma, a certificate of equivalence may still have to be requested at NARIC. If this is the case, we advise you to initiate this recognition procedure as soon as possible. You are required to have the recognition no later than on the date of your appointment. - You have at least two years of postdoctoral experience on 1st of September 2025. This term of two years is determined by the date written on the above-mentioned required diploma. **APPOINTMENT INFORMATION** - We offer you a temporary appointment in a (50%) Docent Tenure Track system for a term of five years. If positively evaluated by the University Board, the term of office will be transferred into a permanent appointment as an (50%) associate professor. - Should you already be a member of the professorial staff or hold an equal post at a university or research institution, you can immediately be appointed as an assistant professor, without prejudice to the possibility of a temporary appointment offered in article V.28 of the Codex of Higher Education. Pay attention: A part-time assignment of a certain degree of the professorial staff cannot be combined with a part-time assignment of a different degree of the professorial staff within the same institution. The recruitment is from 1 september 2025. **OUR OFFER** Ghent University is committed to properly welcoming new professorial staff members a