Tenure Track Faculty Position (Assistant Professor) in Chemical Exposure and/or Metabolite Profiling (# of pos: 2)

Workplace: RECETOX, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic

Type of Contract: Academic position with initial 3-year contract and tenure (associate/full professorship) perspective

Working Hours: full time, 40 hours per week

Expected Start Date: as soon as possible, or negotiable with respect to immigration timelines for non-EU candidates

Number of Open Positions: 2

Salary: Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience

Application Deadline: 01 March 2022 or until the position is filled

EU Researcher Profile : R2

Faculty of Science MU, a proud holder of the HR Excellence in Research Award by the European Commission, is a research-oriented faculty, offering university education (Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctoral degree programs) closely linked to both primary and applied research and high school teaching of the following sciences: Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Earth sciences. We are the most productive scientific unit of Masaryk University, generating around 40 % of MU research results.

RECETOX is the European Centre of Excellence in Environmental Health Science and a coordinator of EIRENE, new ESFRI infrastructure for human exposome research in Europe. Supported by the EU Horizon 2020 Teaming project (2020-2026) it develops ambitious research and education programmes in a close partnership with University College London and ETH Zurich. It studies toxic compounds and their behavior, transport & bioaccumulation to evaluate environmental effects, assess the exposure and health risks to humans, and develop technologies and biotechnologies to break them down. https://www.recetox.muni.cz/en

Research topic and job description

We are seeking motivated individuals to fill two academic positions in the Environmental Chemistry and Modelling research programmes of the RECETOX Centre (https://www.recetox.muni.cz/en/research/research-programmes ). The applicants should have a clear interest in research focused on chemical exposures and/or metabolite and peptide biomarkers of their effects. Proficiency with liquid and/or gas chromatography is essential and familiarity with targeted assays, metabolomics and suspect screening an asset. Successful candidates will be expected to develop vigorous and innovative research streams based on their strong expertise in mass spectrometry. They will be expected to build on existing RECETOX research strengths in quantitative trace analysis and engage in guiding the development of complementary research capacities for biomarker analysis and mass spectrometry data processing. In addition to leading their independent research programme, they will have teaching responsibilities, and will be asked to participate in other training initiatives.