Senior Researcher in Chemical Glycobiology and Antibody Engineering

The Section of Protein Science and Biotherapeutics at the Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine has an opening for a permanent senior scientist position within the area of glycosciences and chemical biology. The successful applicant will work within the young and rapidly growing research group ‘Biotherapeutic Glycoengineering and Immunology’ headed by Professor Steffen Goletz and is funded by a NNF grant. In our research group, we apply and develop advanced next generation antibody engineering for identifying novel drug targets and new therapeutic strategies within bacterial and viral gastrointestinal and lung diseases as well as a strong focus on immunooncology.

We also develop glycoengineering technologies to elucidate the role of glycosylations for and within complex immunological networks. Our core technologies focus lies within next generation antibody engineering with multimodal antibody constructs, phage display and microarray technologies, carbohydrate, peptide and lipid synthesis, molecular and cellular glycoengineering, and mammalian bioprocess engineering as well as glycoimmunology, microbiome glycoengineering, glycomic and glycomimetic display systems. We also have a strong focus on innovation and entrepreneurship. The applicant will have the opportunity to develop his own research portfolio within the Department, including funding applications, research management such as supervision and training of research fellows and other staff as well as engage in the Departments overall research and future strategies.

The position will be available from January 2021 or soon thereafter.

Responsibilities and qualifications
The newly recruited senior scientist take the responsibility to build and develop the chemical glycobiology program within the team as well as advancing the antibody engineering projects towards new biotherapeutic candidates. The position will be collaboratively embedded in our strong multidisciplinary team and extended collaboration with national and international partners is expected. The candidate will also to participate and lead both national and international strategic funding applications and strengthen the core research focus of the Department.

Applicants should hold a PhD in a life sciences discipline (chemistry or biochemistry), and be extensively trained in carbohydrate, peptide and protein synthesis, assay development as well as antibody research, and have excellent communication skills. The applicant should have demonstrated track records in receiving research funds in competition, successful and completed supervision of PhD-students, postdocs and students as well as a strong publication record in internationally peer reviewed journals.

Assessment of applicants will primarily consider their level of documented, original scientific production at an international level, including contributions to developments in their field, as well as teaching qualifications. Managerial and out-reach qualifications of applicants including ability to continuously attract external funding will also be considered.

You must contribute to teaching at the Department. You will be expected to learn Danish and be able to teach in Danish after 3 years. DTU can provide Danish language courses.

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

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

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

Salary and terms of employment
The appointment will be based on the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. The salary for the position will be determined by the applicants qualifications and in agreement with the relevant union. Further information on qualification requirements and job content may be found in the Ministerial Order on Job Structure for Academic Staff at Universities.  

You can read more about career paths at DTU here.  

Further information
Further information may be obtained from Prof. Dr. Steffen Goletz, tel.: +45 9351 0507. 

You can read more about Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine at www.bioengineering.dtu.dk/english.  

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 9 July 2021 (Danish time). Applications must be submitted as one PDF file containing all materials to be given consideration. To apply, please open the link "Apply online", 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 and research
• 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)

You can learn more about the recruitment process here.

All interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, race, disability, religion or ethnic background are encouraged to apply

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