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Tenure-Track Professorship in AI-Driven Chemical Reactivity and Molecular Design, Faculty of Chemistry, University Vienna. We seek an outstanding candidate in theoretical and computational chemistry whose research lies at the interface of reactive molecular simulations and data-driven modeling. The successful candidate will develop and apply data-driven methods for chemical discovery and molecular design. These methods include machine-learned interatomic potentials, data-efficient and uncertainty-aware modeling, enhanced sampling, and statistical thermodynamics. Research will address property prediction and optimization as well as applications to chemical reactions, photochemistry, and materials design. More information here. Your academic profile: Doctoral degree/PhD; Two years of international research experience during or after doctoral studies; Outstanding research achievements, excellent publication and funding record, international reputation; Experience in designing and participating in research projects, ability to lead research groups and acquire third-party funding; Enthusiasm for excellent teaching and supervision at the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral levels. We expect the successful candidate to acquire, within three years, proficiency in German sufficient for teaching in bachelor's programs and for participation in university committees. Further information and application here. Application deadline: 09/15/2026. Reference no.: 6003.

The Faculty of Natural Sciences at Ulm University invites applications for a W1 Professorship with tenure track to W3 in Organic Chemistry, to commence as soon as possible. Applicants must hold a university degree, possess teaching aptitude, demonstrate exceptional aptitude for scientific work (generally evidenced by the quality of a doctoral dissertation), and have additional scientific achievements. The successful candidate will have a promising profile and internationally recognized research record in the field of sustainable organic materials or sustainable organic synthetic chemistry/method development, potentially in conjunction with accelerated materials or methods development using high-throughput experiments, computational chemistry, and data science. The professorship's research should contribute to the success of the Cluster of Excellence Post-Lithium Storage (EXC 2154 POLiS) and strengthen the interdisciplinary focus on (electro)chemical energy conversion and storage, as well as the "Green Energy" profile area. The University of Ulm is committed to increasing the proportion of women in research and teaching and therefore strongly encourages applications from suitably qualified female scientists. Applicants with disabilities will be given preference if equally qualified. The application deadline is August 17, 2025. Further information can be found here.

The Department of Chemistry of the Faculty of Science at Tübingen University invites applications for the position of Junior Professor (W1 with tenure track to W3) of Organic Chemistry. The position is due to commence as soon as possible. The successful candidate of the position should strengthen the research priorities of the Department of Chemistry by setting up an independent research group and actively participate in joint projects. We are looking for a personality with initial outstanding scientific achievements and an innovative profile that demonstrates the potential for a successful academic career at the highest international level. The future holder of the position is expected to establish a cooperative research program for the innovative synthesis of application relevant organic molecules. The chemical research program of the professorship should allow for fruitful interaction with the joint projects of the Cluster of Excellence “Controlling Microbes to Fight Infections” (CMFI), to “Sustainable Development” of the Department of Chemistry, or the Center for Light-Matter Interaction, Sensors & Analytics (LISA+). The successful candidate is expected to teach Organic Chemistry in the undergraduate and graduate programs in chemistry as well as in other study courses. The ability and willingness to teach in German (undergraduate level) and English (graduate level) is required. The position has a teaching load of four hours per week prior to interim evaluation, and six hours thereafter. The willingness to participate in academic self-government at the Department of Chemistry is expected. Required qualifications include an outstanding doctorate in a pertinent field, international publications, evidence of third-party grants (fellowship/scholarship) as well as teaching experience. The appointment prerequisites of § 51 LHG apply. Applicants for a Tenure-Track professorship with a PhD from Tübingen must have changed universities after completing their doctorates or have worked in academia and/or research for at least two years somewhere other than the University of Tübingen. This tenure-track position is subject to an interim evaluation after four years and a final evaluation after six years. If the final evaluation is positive, this professorship will be upgraded to a full (W3) professorship with no re-advertising of the position. Those who have completed a habilitation will be excluded. Please submit your application documents via the online application portal of the University of Tübingen by September 11th, 2026. Questions about the call for applications and questions about the online application portal can be directed to the Dean of the Faculty of Science, Prof. Dr. Thilo Stehle, University of Tübingen, Germany ( career@mnf.uni-tuebingen.de ). The full text can be found here.

The following position is available at the Faculty of Process and Chemical Engineering at Mannheim University of Applied Sciences, starting in the summer semester of 2027 or later: Professorship "Technologies for Industrial Pharmaceutical Synthesis" (m/f/d) Salary Group W3 (Position No. 710). The professorship focuses on research into new technologies, processes, and equipment for industrial pharmaceutical synthesis. Chemical pharmaceutical agents are highly complex molecules, therefore a deep understanding of chemistry is required. Experience in the field of chemical or pharmaceutical process development and/or production is also expected. The professorship does not focus on biotechnological agents, galenic production, or the development of purely laboratory-based syntheses (pure medicinal chemistry). Possible research areas include: continuous production processes, additive manufacturing in apparatus engineering, production concepts for fluctuating production volumes, process intensification in the field of pharmaceutical synthesis, artificial intelligence in process development and production, purification and processing technologies, and alternative synthesis routes (electrochemistry, photochemistry, plasma chemistry, mechanochemistry). This list is not exhaustive and serves only to illustrate possible research areas. The research should have an experimental focus. For the first five years, the position is an endowed professorship with a reduced teaching load of 9 semester hours per week. This reduction can be continued if the necessary conditions are met (acquisition of third-party funding, publications). The successful candidate will be responsible for: establishing and developing application-oriented research, acquiring third-party funding and initiating and maintaining interdisciplinary collaborations, initiating and supervising doctoral projects, offering courses in German and English in Bachelor's and Master's programs within the Faculty of Process and Chemical Engineering, offering courses in the undergraduate program and research-oriented lectures, assuming further duties in accordance with Section 46 of the State Higher Education Act (LHG), and maintaining and developing school partnerships in the STEM fields. You possess: A completed university degree in chemistry, chemical engineering, process engineering, or a comparable engineering/natural science discipline; a relevant doctorate; several years of relevant professional experience in the chemical or pharmaceutical industry with a focus on scientific research; sound knowledge in one or more of the aforementioned research areas or beyond; teaching experience at universities (desirable); experience in acquiring third-party funding for publicly or industry-funded projects (desirable); very good German and English skills; and the willingness to teach in both languages. For further information, please contact Prof. Dr. Thorsten Röder at t.roeder@th-mannheim.de. Application: The full job posting can be found on our website. We look forward to receiving your application by September 7, 2026, via our Online application portal here.

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