DTU Tenure Track Assistant Professor/Researcher in Vitamins and Bioavailability – DTU Food

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DTU Tenure Track Assistant Professor/Researcher in Vitamins and Bioavailability – DTU Food
Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
Job Description

The National Food Institute (DTU Food) at the Technical University of Denmark invites applications for a position as assistant professor/researcher in the Research Group on Bioactives – Analysis and Application. One of the focus areas of the group is investigation of the content and bioavailability of vitamins in foods. The group has a dynamic staff with high international visibility, many research collaborations with leading international universities and organisations and a successful track record of national and international research projects. 
The research field concerns determinants for the content of vitamin active compounds in foods, their bioavailability and the dependence on food matrix and processing.
Responsibilities
You overall focus will be to expand DTU Food’s research within nutritional chemistry with emphasis on vitamins. If you are interested in helping us with this, then perhaps you are our new assistant professor/researcher.  
You will:

• Develop analytical methods to quantify the individual vitamers, as well as precursor and degradation products. 
• Evaluate content of vitamins during processing, and the effect on bioavailability. 
• Contribute to further development of the research field of the group and particularly engage in development of our competencies in analytical chemistry, especially LC-MS/MS. 
• Engage in collaboration with industry and authorities. 
• Contribute to our expansion in the field by developing and optimising in vitro and in vivo models to investigate bioaccessibility and bioavailability 
• Engage in teaching, innovation and advisory activities in relation to food technology, food chemistry, and food nutrition in a broad sense. Teaching activities will include supervision of student projects at different levels (BSc, MSc, PhD). 

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.
Qualifications  

• You must hold a PhD degree (or equivalent) in food science and technology. 
• You must have documented research experience in the field of quantification and stability of vitamins in foods
• You should have some knowledge within nutrition
• You should have some experience with food processing
• You must have in depth experience with development and validation of analytical method for quantification of bioactive compounds in foods by LC-MS/MS
• You should preferably have international experience
• You must have good communication skills both in oral and written English 

Flexibility and self-motivation are desired skills at DTU. In addition, we expect you to be a team player and interested in collaboration internally and externally.

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
• Innovativeness, including commercialization and collaboration with industry
• Leadership, collaboration, and interdisciplinary skills
• Communication skills

In addition, you will also be assessed in relation to:

• Your experience with provision of scientific advice to food safety authorities 
• Documented innovation activities

We offer
DTU is a leading technical university globally recognized for the excellence of its research, education, innovation and scientific advice. We offer a rewarding and challenging job in an international environment. We strive for academic excellence in an environment characterized by collegial respect and academic freedom tempered by responsibility. 
Salary and terms of employment
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.
The position is part of DTU’s Tenure Track program. Read more about the program and the recruitment process here .
You can read more about career paths at DTU here .
Further information 
Further information may be obtained from Professor Charlotte Jacobsen, [email protected] , tel.: +45 2327 9075 and Senior Researcher Jette Jakobsen, [email protected] .
You can read more about DTU Food at www.food.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
Your complete online application must be submitted no later than29 January 2024 (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 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 for the tenure track period 
• CV including employment history, list of publications, H-index and ORCID (see http://orcid.org/ )
• Teaching portfolio  including documentation of teaching experience 
• Academic Diplomas (MSc/PhD)

Applications and enclosures that is not submitted through the online system or 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. 
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.

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Job Info

• Job Identification 2963
• Job Category VIP A
• Posting Date 01/04/2024, 05:07 AM
• Apply Before 01/29/2024, 05:59 PM
• Locations Henrik Dams Allé, Kgs. Lyngby, 2800, DK

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