163081 Professor of immunology and allergy

Professor of Immunology and Allergy
Department of Immunology and Microbiology

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
University of Copenhagen

The University seeks to appoint a professor to the Department of Immunology and Microbiology (ISIM) to commence as soon as possible.

Information on the department can be found at About the Department – University of Copenhagen

Job description
When considering applications for the professorship, the main emphasis will be on the applicant's ability to document a high level of original scientific work at an international level within the area of immunology and allergy with an emphasis on cellular and molecular mechanisms of disease. The successful applicant should have documented experience with animal models involving different species as well as basic and translational immunology. As the professor is expected to engage in collaboration within the centre, department, and other research environments at the University, experience within fields of immunology that reaches out to adjacent research areas such as microbiology, cancer immunity, and metabolic diseases would be an advantage. The Professor will teach immunology at the faculty and be course leader for a master course in clinical immunology. Furthermore, international and national collaborations are key to all professor positions at ISIM.

The professor’s responsibilities will primarily consist of:

• Research, including publication/academic dissemination
• Research-based teaching, including associated examination
• Research leadership, including guidance and supervision of researchers
• Obligation to share knowledge with the rest of society, including participation in public debate
• Academic assessments

The professor will be attached to the Leo Foundation Skin Immunology Research Centre (https://sic.ku.dk/), which is affiliated at the Department. Currently, research groups at the centre have several areas of focus including psoriasis, contact dermatitis, atopic dermatitis and cutaneous T cell lymphoma. The work of the professor will encompass studies in preclinical disease models to clinical skin disease settings. The professor will be expected to collaborate with clinicians at the affiliated BIOSKIN biobank at Gentofte hospital and conduct state-of-the-art assays on patient material. The overall aim is to provide a fundamental understanding of the immune response in allergic disease contexts.

Required qualifications
Six overall criteria apply for professor appointments at the University of Copenhagen. The six criteria (research, teaching, societal impact, organisational contribution, external funding and leadership) are considered a framework for the overall assessment of candidates. Find information about each criterion here: https://employment.ku.dk/faculty/criteria-for-recognising-merit.

Furthermore, each applicant must be able to document:

• Document a high degree of original academic production at an international level, including considerable contributions to the development of the academic discipline
• Manage research and other management functions, e.g. engage in the university’s external academic activities, as well as knowledge and technology transfer
• Provide research-based teaching

The professor is also required to possess good interpersonal and communicative skills.

Terms of employment
The position is a permanent position.

The average weekly working hours are 37 hours per week.

Salary and other terms and conditions of appointment are set in accordance with the Agreement between the Ministry of Taxation and AC (Danish Confederation of Professional Associations) or other relevant professional organisations.

The position is covered by the Job Structure for Academic Staff at Universities 2020.

Questions
For further information, please contact Head of Department Charlotte Menné Bonefeld, e-mail cmenne@sund.ku.dk, https://www.sund.ku.dk/.

Foreign applicants may find this link useful: https://www.ism.ku.dk/ (International Staff Mobility).

Application
The application must be submitted in English and must include the following documents:

• Application, including motivation for applying for this position (Maximum 2 pages)
• Curriculum vitae, including information about external funding
• Diplomas (Master’s, PhD and other relevant certificates)
• A complete list of publications
• Research plan (3‐5 pages)
• Uploads of maximum 10 publications to be considered in the assessment
• Teaching plan
• Teaching portfolio (Guidelines: https://employment.ku.dk/faculty/recruitment-process/job-application-portfolio)

Application procedure
After the expiry of the deadline for applications, the authorized recruitment manager selects applicants for assessment on the advice of the Appointments Committee.  All applicants are then immediately notified whether their application has been passed for assessment. The Dean then appoints an expert assessment committee in order to make an assessment of the selected applicants for the specific post. Selected applicants are notified of the composition of the committee and each applicant has the opportunity to comment on the part of the assessment that relates to the applicant him/herself. You can read about the recruitment process at https://employment.ku.dk/.

Please note that the applicant will be contacted if the assessment committee requires further documentation.

The applicant will be assessed according to the Ministerial Order no. 242 of 13 March 2012 on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Universities.

The University of Copenhagen encourages all interested applicants to apply for this position.

Please submit the application with the required attachments. Only online applications will be accepted. The closing date for applications is 23.59 p.m. CET, Sunday 19 January 2025.

Interviews for this position are likely to be held on 28 April 2025.