The GDCh's "Professorships" list includes positions for professors, junior professors and young researchers in chemistry at home and abroad.
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To the job list "Universities and Research Institutes" for doctoral and postdoc positions
The Institute of pharmacy at the Faculty of Chemistry and pharmacy at the University of Innsbruck is seeking to fill a professorship for structural analysis in pharmacy and chemistry pursuant to Section 98 of the Universities Act (UG). The employment relationship with the university is based on the Salaried Employees Act and is permanent. The employment rate is 100%. Duties, employment requirements, and application procedures can be found in the binding long version (published in the special newsletter of October 17, 2025) at this link. The University of Innsbruck strives to increase the proportion of women among its academic staff, particularly in management positions, and therefore expressly invites qualified women to apply. In cases of equal qualifications, women will be given priority. Applications must be received electronically at the University of Innsbruck, Faculty Service Center, Innrain 52f, A-6020 Innsbruck ( fss-innrain52f@uibk.ac.at ) , by January 12, 2026 at the latest. This position is classified in employment group A1 of the collective agreement for university employees and carries a minimum salary of €6,604.30 per month (14 times the salary). Higher salaries, depending on qualifications and experience, are customary and, like the professorship's funding , are subject to appointment negotiations. In addition, the university offers numerous attractive additional benefits. University Professor Dr. Veronika Sexl, Rector.
The Department of Chemistry at the University of Montreal invites applications for an Assistant Professor in Inorganic Chemistry. The Department strongly encourages applications from candidates who will develop an emerging research topic (eg solar panels, energy transition, AI-driven inorganic chemistry) with a high potential impact. Candidates with a research topic related to artificial intelligence could also apply for a position as an IVADO Professor (consortium for research, training and knowledge mobilization in artificial intelligence), which offers enhanced start-up conditions. Candidates whose research topic integrates materials science could become members of the Institut Courtois. The Department of Chemistry of the Université de Montréal is one of the most productive and dynamic chemistry departments in Canada and internationally. Its stellar reputation is based on the excellence of its 33 professors, several of whom are distinguished scholars and hold prestigious chairs. The Department's laboratories are located on a new campus dedicated to the natural sciences (MIL Campus), with state-of-the-art infrastructure (materials characterization, NMR, X-ray diffraction, flow chemistry, mass spectrometry), which offer researchers well-equipped platforms, managed by research professionals. The Department is extremely well integrated into a dynamic research community, within the Université de Montréal and across Quebec and Canada. Candidates must have adequate proficiency of the French language or be committed to learning it once hired, through the Université de Montréal's French language support program. For more details and to submit your application through our online recruitment system before December 5th, 2025, please follow this link.
The Cluster of Excellence RESOLV, jointly with the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, offers an Early Career Research (ECR) Group Leader (m/f/d) position with a thematic focus on “Catalysis”. The group will be established as a link between Ruhr-Universität Bochum and the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research in Mülheim, within the framework of the Cluster of Excellence RESOLV, and will be hosted by RUB. The aim of the new joint RUB-MPI ECR Group “Catalysis” is to rationally develop and optimize reactions and processes in catalytic synthesis, based on an understanding of solvation processes at the molecular level. A close collaboration with the existing groups in RESOLV is expected. The applicants (m/f/d) are expected to have a full university degree with a doctorate in chemistry or a related discipline, experience in synthesis and catalysis, an outstanding record of publications, a fascination for the interdisciplinary research field Solvation Science, and the ability and willingness to collaborate with existing groups in the Cluster of Excellence RESOLV. International experience as a postdoc is beneficial. The earliest starting date would be January 1, 2026, the exact starting date is subject to negotiation. Funding is restricted until December 31, 2032. Applications should include a detailed curriculum vitae (with information about awards, presentations, grants), a list of all publications, a list and PDFs of the five most important publications, a two-page outline of the general research interests, and a two-page research plan for seven years in Solvation Science. Please apply by October 28, 2025. For more information and a link to the application portal, please visit this website.
The Institute for Materials Chemistry at the IFW Dresden, Germany offers a Group Leader Position (m/f/div) on the topic: Area Selective Deposition (ASD). The Group leader is responsible for establishing, leading and managing an independent research group within the Institute for Materials Chemistry, delivering bold, ambitious and transformational research in the field of ASD which is aligned with the broad research fields of IMC. Tasks: To set the research direction for the ASD group and ensure research activity is consistent and contribute to the IMC's overall research strategy; To recruit and manage the ASD group members which may include postdocs, doctoral students, research assistants and other co-workers. Supervision of young researchers and contributing to the development of research commitment of the institute, To effectively collaborate with other groups within IMC as well as within IFW; Conducting high quality research including publication in top international journals and dissemination of research results to academic networks and general public; Contribution to the research funding of IMC by acquiring external research funding through national and international funding agencies; Active involvement in assessment and evaluation program of IFW. Your Profile: PhD in relevant scientific discipline such as inorganic chemistry, physical chemistry, organic chemistry, physics, materials science and engineering. Expected start date is 01/01/2026. Please send your application with informative documents (PDF file), reference number 054-26-3000, until October 31 2025. bewerbung@ifw-dresden.de. For more information please check here.
Job advertisements on this website are included free of charge if they are received by email. The list of professorships and young researchers will then be updated as soon as possible, but no later than within one working week.
Please send your offers to karriere@gdch.de and put the ad text directly in the email or attach it as an .rtf file. Please do not send us a PDF! To avoid further queries, please state whether the advertisement should only be published on the Internet or also in the "News". The job advertisement should be written in continuous text.
To give interested parties a quick overview, the ad text should contain the advertised position (professorship) and the institute or university advertising the position in the first sentence ("A professorship in the field of inorganic chemistry is to be filled at the Institute of xxx at the University of yyy"). At the end of the ad, please state the address for applications and the application deadline. You can find examples in the current advertisements below.
Advertisements for professorships and young academic staff should not exceed approximately 2,500 characters (including spaces).
Please do not send us a designed advert! However, if you provide an address, we will be happy to link to the full advert text. We ask for your understanding that we will send texts that do not comply with our guidelines back to the sender with a request for revision or shorten them without informing the advertiser.
1. The individual ad with graphics, logo, etc. Here you can freely choose the design and text length. Examples of designed ads can be found in our job list for industry and public services. The cost of the ad depends on its size. more
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Job offerings on this website will be posted for free on these websites if they reach us via email. The job list Professors and Junior Researchers is updated within a week at the latest.
Please send the text of your job advertisement to karriere@gdch.de and insert it right into the mail or attach it as an .rtf-file. Please do not send PDF files! In order to avoid further inquiries from our sides please do also indicate whether the publication should be online only or additionally in the “Nachrichten”, our monthly member's magazine.
To provide job seekers a quick overview, the first line of the advertisement should name the vacant position (professorship) and the institute or university with the vacancy (eg "Professorship available at the Institute for xxx of yyy University" – please see sample texts). Please also mention the application deadline and give the address for applications at the end of the ad.
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(The publication date of the news is always the first working day of the respective month)
Closing date for advertisements: December 12, 2025
Closing date for advertisements: 14.11.2025
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last modified: 21.10.2025 08:05 H from Y.Yasin