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Are you the new Associate Professor in Fungal Biology and Biosolutions at DTU Bioengineering? The position offers an opportunity to join DTU's strong research ecosystem within mycology and fungal biosolutions, and to leverage DTU’s unique fungal strain collection to develop much needed biosolutions with the agriculture, food, and medical sector.  

Responsibilities and qualifications
Your overarching responsibility will be to strengthen the department’s international profile in fungal-based biosolutions addressing major global and planetary challenges, guided by your deep insight into the foundational biology of fungi and their ecological roles.

You are expected to be a key contributor in describing and exploring the vast functional diversity represented in DTU’s fungal strain collection (IBT). This includes actively expanding the collection through the isolation of new strains, as well as generating high-quality phenotypic and omics-based datasets. Together, these efforts will contribute to building one of the world’s most comprehensively documented fungal collections. You will further be expected to exploit this unique resource to address fundamental scientific questions within evolution, cell biology, ecology, genome-phenotype relationships, using state-of-the-art data science, bioinformatics, and high-throughput, robotics-assisted experimentation.

Teaching and supervision of the next generation of biotechnologists and research leaders is a core element of DTU’s mission. You will therefore contribute to teaching and curriculum development for classes within areas such as biodiversity, fungal biology and biotechnology, and data science approaches for the analysis of biological datasets. And supervise BSc, MSc and PhD students, and mentor postdocs and tenure track assistant Professors. 

You will join the Section for Synthetic Biology, which hosts a strong international research environment with expertise in fungal biology and biotechnology, molecular genetic engineering platforms, fermentation, laboratory automation, and data science. The section values open scientific discussion and actively encourage knowledge sharing across research groups and disciplines in a trust-based environment—we are colleagues, not competitors.

Your primary tasks as an Associate Professor will be to:

• Lead your own research initiatives within fungal biology and biosolutions and secure the necessary external funding for your activities from philanthropic foundations, and via collaboration with the private sector. 
• Manage the operations of your research group.
• Grow DTU’s international network with mycology and data science.
• Teach relevant courses, supervise BSc, MSc and PhD students, and mentor postdocs and tenure track assistant Professors. 
• Contribute to the strategic development of the department’s research and teaching portfolio, with a special emphasis on fungal biotechnology and data science. 

We are seeking a candidate with:             

• Expertise in fungal biology incl. molecular cell biology, ecology, and evolution, and the development of fungal-based biosolutions.
• A proven track record to attract funding for foundational and applied scientific projects from national and international sources. 
• Documented experience with public-private collaborative projects. 
• Strong management and administrative skills as needed for leading a research group.
• The capacity to foster an inspiring research environment through knowledge-sharing, and engagement with peers in the section, department, and across DTU.

As formal qualification you must hold a PhD degree (or equivalent) as well as academic qualifications equivalent to those obtained by holding an assistant professorship and documented didactic/pedagogic training.

You must be responsible for the teaching of courses. DTU employs two working languages: Danish and English. You are expected to be fluent in at least one of these languages, and in time are expected to master both.

You will be assessed against the responsibilities and qualifications stated above and the following general criteria:

• Experience and quality of teaching 
• Research experience 
• Research vision and potential
• International impact and experience 
• Societal impact
• Leadership, collaboration, and interdisciplinary skills
• Communication skills
• Innovativeness, including commercialization and collaboration with industry

Salary and terms of employment
The offered position is a full-time permanent faculty position, and with an expected start date of July 1st , 2026. The appointment will be based on the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. The allowance will be agreed upon with the relevant union. 

You can read more about career paths at DTU here .

Further information 
Further information may be obtained from Professor Rasmus J.N. Frandsen, tel.: &#43;45 4525 2708 or via rasf@dtu.dk , or from Head of Department Prof. Bjarke Bak Christensen via bbch@dtu.dk .

If you are applying from abroad, you may find useful information on working in Denmark and at DTU at DTU – Moving to Denmark .

Application procedure
Please submit your online application no later than 14 March 2026 (23:59 Danish time). 
Applications must be submitted as one PDF file containing all materials to be given consideration. To apply, please open the link "Apply now", fill out the online application form, and attach all your materials in English in one PDF file. The file must include:

• Application (cover letter)
• Vision for teaching (1-2 pages)
• Vision for research (2-3 pages) # 
• CV including employment history, list of publications indicating scientific highlights, H-index and ORCID (see http://orcid.org/ )
• Teaching portfolio  including documentation of teaching experience
• Academic Diplomas (MSc/PhD)

# In your Research vision, we are looking forward to learning

• How you will utilize the DTU strain collection to tackle global challenges.
• What foundational insights you anticipate from your work with the strain collection.
• How you will enhance the scientific value of the strain collection by incorporating new types of data sets or robotics-assisted capabilities into the experimental setup.

You can learn more about the recruitment process here .

Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

All interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, disability, race, religion or ethnic background are encouraged to apply. As DTU works with research in critical technology, which is subject to special rules for security and export control, open-source background checks may be conducted on qualified candidates for the position.

DTU Bioengineering is an international leader in the areas of biotechnology and biomedicine. Our engineering approach to all aspects of biotechnology and biomedicine positions us as a valuable player with unique competences in a growing bio-based economy and with health systems transforming towards personalized medicine. We have a clear focus on the needs in the life science- and biotech industries and point towards innovation, new businesses, and scientific services for the benefit of society. The department has extensive collaborations with national and international research units and industry. DTU Bioengineering has approx. 400 employees, of which 2/3 are scientific staff. The Department is located at DTU Lyngby Campus.

Technology for people
DTU develops technology for people. With our international elite research and study programmes, we are helping to create a better world and to solve the global challenges formulated in the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Hans Christian Ørsted founded DTU in 1829 with a clear mission to develop and create value using science and engineering to benefit society. That mission lives on today. DTU has 13,500 students and 6,000 employees. We work in an international atmosphere and have an inclusive, evolving, and informal working environment. DTU has campuses in all parts of Denmark and in Greenland, and we collaborate with the best universities around the world.

• Job Identification 6758
• Job Category VIP A
• Posting Date 02/17/2026, 03:44 AM
• Apply Before 03/14/2026, 06:59 PM
• Locations Søltofts Plads, Kgs. Lyngby, 2800, DK