The Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Materials Engineering at the University of Augsburg at the Institute of Physics is seeking to make the following appointment at the earliest possible starting date

University Professor
Salary grade W2 with Tenure Track to W3
for Bioorganic Chemistry

The appointment holder will be employed as a public servant for an initial period of six years. Following a positive tenure evaluation, the appointment will be converted to a tenured public servant position on salary grade W3. The regulations of the Augsburg Tenure Track Model apply. Applications by qualified early-career researchers are expressly welcomed. Key selection criteria are extensive success in obtaining third-party funding and high-ranking publications.

The successful candidate is expected to have an outstanding track record at the interface of chemistry, biophysics, and life sciences, and to pursue innovative research approaches in the field of Bioorganic Chemistry. Methodological expertise should include organic synthesis, biochemical and biophysical characterization of biologically relevant molecules, as well as cellular and/or molecular application systems. Desirable areas of research include biocatalysis, biosensing, chemical modification of biological macromolecules, molecular recognition and signal transduction, biomolecular design (protein or DNA/RNA engineering), therapeutic and diagnostic applications.

At the Institute of Physics, basic and applied research is carried out using methods from experimental and theoretical physics, materials science, chemistry, and quantitative life sciences. This offers a wide range of collaboration opportunities, including the Faculty of Medicine.

The teaching duties associated with the professorship include representing organic chemistry and biochemistry in the faculty's study programs. Active participation in the development of existing and new study programs in the area of quantitative life sciences is expected.

Requirements for employment are a completed university degree, pedagogical qualification, special aptitude for scientific work, which is usually demonstrated by the quality of a doctorate, as well as additional scientific achievements, which are demonstrated by a habilitation or equivalent scientific achievements or are provided in the context of a junior professorship.

Candidates who have not yet reached the age of 52 may be appointed to the civil service; otherwise, they may be hired under a private-law employment relationship.

The University of Augsburg aims to increase the number of women in research and teaching and therefore strongly encourages female scientists to apply. For all questions regarding equality, you can find the contact details of the Women's Representative of the Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Materials Science at:

/de/fakultaet/mntf/frauenbeauftragte/.

Severely disabled applicants will be given preference in cases of otherwise essentially equal suitability, qualification, and professional performance.

For general questions regarding the application and job advertisement, please contact Prof. Dr. Jan Lipfert ( jan.lipfert@uni-a.de).

Applications with the usual documents (curriculum vitae with scientific career, research concept with a brief description of the current or planned research projects, teaching concept with a list of courses taught, list of third-party funding, list of publications, offprints of the five most important publications, transcripts, doctoral certificate, habilitation certificate, if applicable, appointment certificates, if applicable) are to be submitted by

30th of April 2026

in electronic form, preferably in English, to the Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Materials Engineering, University of Augsburg, 86135 Augsburg. Please submit the application only by e-mail in a pdf file (max. 8 MB) to: BOChemW3@physik.uni-augsburg.de.

Please note that the authoritative version of this advertisement is the German one, which can be found at the website: /de/jobs-und-karriere/stellenangebote