Stress Resilience of Plants Full Professorship

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Full Professor (W3)
in Stress Resilience of Plants
at the Faculty of Mathematics, Computer
Science and Natural Sciences

stress resilience of plants, to be filled by October 1, 2026. The professor
- ship will be embedded in the area of plant molecular physiology, focusing
on plant resilience. Biological core research areas in Aachen are the Inte
- grated Bioeconomy, Stress Resilience and Computational Life Science.
or molecular plant physiology and a biological question related to bioe
- conomy. A focus on plant resilience will be explored (e.g., acclimation or
adaptation to biotic or abiotic stresses). Research approaches may com
- bine eco-physiological, molecular biological/genetic, and biochemical
methods. We place particular emphasis on interdisciplinary collaborations
within the faculty, with other faculties within the university and with For
- schungszentrum Jülich and the Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology
and Applied Ecology IME. We encourage involvement in the Bioeconomy
- ues to develop an already strong, original, and internationally visible re
- search profile, enabling acquisition of competitive external funds. Teach
- ing tasks comprise theoretical and practical education in plant physiology
and the biology of resilience in the B.Sc./M.Sc. courses of study of Aa
- chen Biology and Biotechnology, including contribution to general plant
biological teaching in these courses of study. Involvement in academic
self-administration is also expected.

The requirements include a doctoral degree and additional research ex
- perience, such as a habilitation (post-doctoral lecturing qualification) or
equivalent achievements gained as a university researcher or professor or
in a research position outside academia. Teaching ability and dedication
be expected to hold classes in German within the first 5 years.