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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.

The Institute of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Münster invites applications for a W3 professorship in "Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry" starting in the winter semester of 2027/2028. The successful candidate will be responsible for representing the field of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry in its entirety, both in research and teaching, in accordance with the German regulations governing the licensing of pharmacists (AAppO). Furthermore, the successful candidate should possess an excellent research profile with international visibility in the field of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry and be involved in the experimental development of new drugs. Potential research areas include, for example, the identification, development, and characterization of new drugs, their mechanisms of action, and biological targets. Requirements for appointment include a completed university degree in pharmacy or related fields, a relevant doctorate, and scientific achievements in the field of experimental pharmaceutical and medicinal chemistry. These achievements must have been attained through a junior professorship, a habilitation, or work as a research associate at a university or non-university research institution, or through scientific work in industry, administration, or another sector of society, both domestically and internationally. Applications with the usual documents (curriculum vitae, certificates, research and teaching concepts for the next 5 years (maximum 5 pages), list of publications, up to three relevant publications (including a brief statement of relevance), previous teaching experience, possibly including teaching evaluations, acquired third-party funding, awards) should be submitted by July 15, 2026, to the Dean of the Department of Chemistry and pharmacy, Prof. Dr. Dagmar Klostermeier, and must be submitted exclusively electronically via the Online application portal of the Department of Chemistry and pharmacy at the University of Münster. For any questions, please contact us by phone at +49 251 83 33013 (or by email at dekancp@uni-muenster.de ). The full call for proposals can be found here.

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