Associate Professor of Molecular Bone Histology and Forensic Anthropology

Associate Professor of Molecular Bone Histology and Forensic Anthropology

The Department of Forensic Medicine at Faculty of Health Sciences at Aarhus University invites applications for a position as Associate Professor in the field of Molecular Bone Histology and Forensic Anthropology as per 1 March 2027 or as soon as possible thereafter. The position is a permanent full time position.

As associate professor at the Department of Forensic Medicine, you will be part of a workplace with dedicated and specialised employees. The shared goal of our employees is to prevent and solve crimes, accidents, premature deaths and suicides through research, education and forensic examinations. The department is part of the Faculty of Health at Aarhus University with a permanent staff of seventy employees who work in two departments delivering impartial and evidence-based public sector consultancy for the danish police.

Your main tasks will consist of:

• Commissioned work within the field of Forensic Anthropology
• Research of high international quality, including publication in top international journals and communicating your research in national and international academic networks.
• Teaching, supervision and examination of Bachelor's and Master's degree students, as well as supervision of PhD students.
• Grant application to attract external research funding.
• Collaboration with relevant research environments across departments at Health, and with relevant national and international research environments.
• Involvement in assessment and committee work at Aarhus University.
• Dissemination of your research to the outside world.
• Contributing to the development of the faculty's PhD courses and new teaching activities

You have established yourself as a prominent researcher within molecular bone histology and you possess documented solid research and teaching qualifications at a high international level. You have broad international cooperative partnerships, a documented ability to establish research collaboration across disciplinary and institutional boundaries, and experience of research partnerships with private and public-sector stakeholders, and you have potential of becoming a skilled group leader. At the same time, you have experience with grant writing to national and international funding bodies. We also draw attention to a stay or employment at at least one internationally recognised research institution. Finally, it is essential that you possess knowledge about forensic anthropological examinations, enabling you to actively contribute to the daily casework and develop the future of commissioned work within your area of expertise.

We expect you to be fluent in oral and written English. International applicants are expected to learn Danish, and Aarhus University arranges Danish teaching.

Obtaining a child certificate is a prerequisite for employment in the position.

Your application must include the following:

• Motivated application
• Curriculum Vitae
• Diploma
• Template for applicant – associate professor
• A list of publications
• A teaching portfolio. We refer to Guideline on the use of teaching portfolios
• The five publications stated as the most important in the 'Template for applicant – associate professor' must be submitted
• Research plan, which is part of the 'Template to applicant – associate professor' can be uploaded separately (optional)
• Coauthor statement(s) can be uploaded (optional)
• References/recommendations can be uploaded separately in the e-recruitment system (optional)

Aarhus University's ambition is to be an attractive and inspiring workplace for all and to foster a culture in which each individual has opportunities to thrive, achieve and develop. We view equality and diversity as assets, and we welcome all applicants.

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