Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) is one of the largest universities in Germany. Thanks to its location in the Rhine-Main science region, the university can unfold to its full potential and showcase its innovative power and dynamism. Its status as a comprehensive university allows for multidisciplinary learning and teaching and has great potential for internationally renowned, interdisciplinary research. Almost all of its institutes are located on a single campus close to the Mainz city center – creating a lively academic culture for researchers, teaching staff, and students from every continent.
Department 10 - Biology - Institute of Organismal and Molecular Evolutionary Biology - Divi-sion of Behavioral Ecology and Social Evolution of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
Lecturer as academic staff member
We are looking for a highly motivated scientist with a PhD in the field of evolutionary biology, behavioral ecology and / or genomics of insects, preferably social insects, to establish an internationally visible research group.
The Department of Behavioral Ecology and Social Evolution, headed by Prof. Dr. Susanne Foitzik, is home to four research groups investigating the evolution, behavioral ecology, genomics and chemical ecology of social insects (https://www.blogs.uni-mainz.de/fb10-evolutionary-biology/research-groups/).
Your tasks:
- Establishment and leadership of a competitive research group with a scientific focus on evolutionary biology, behavioral ecology and / or genomics of social insects.
- Research activity characterized by international publications and acquisition of external funding (DFG, EU)
- Cooperation with the existing research groups of the department
- Supervision of PhD, Master and Bachelor students
- Participation in university teaching in Bachelor and Master modules
Your Profile:
In addition to the general requirements according to public services law, applicants must meet the recruitment requirements stipulated in § 58 of the Hochschulgesetz of Rhineland-Palatinate:
- A successfully completed university degree
- A doctorate in a field relevant to the position
- Full-time work experience of at least 2.5 years post-graduation
- Doctorate and employment period should not exceed six years
- Excellent publication record and experience in obtaining external funding
- Scientific knowledge in at least one, better several of the following methods: Biostatistics, bioinformatics, behavioral experiments, NextGen sequencing, transcriptomics, ge-nomics, proteomics, microbial analyses
- Teaching experience is advantageous
If the legal requirements for civil servants are not (or not yet) met, employment as an academic member of staff (EG 13 TV-L) may be possible.
What we have to offer:
- International working environment with scien-tists from Europe, America and Asia.
- Excellent working conditions in the newly es-tablished Biozentrum I with "state of the art" genetics, behavior and chemistry laboratories, climate rooms for keeping insects
- Possible connection to the Research Training Group GenEvo: Gene Regulation in Evolution (genevo-rtg.de)
- Opportunity for habilitation
- JGU Mainz has Core Facilities including Se-quencing and High Performance Computer cluster MOGON
- Jobticket, optional for the entire Rhine-Main area
- Extensive human resources development offer
- Flexible working time Arrangements
The position is remunerated according to salary grade A13 LBesG and to be filled on January 1st, 2023 or later. This is a permanent civil servant position limited first to three years with the option to extend the contract for another three years. The position serves the purpose of academic qualification and the acquisition of additional academic achievements.
JGU is diverse and welcomes qualified applications from people with varied backgrounds.
We aim to increase the number of women in the field of research and teaching and therefore en-courage female researchers to apply.
Candidates with severe disabilities and appropriate qualifications will be given priority.
Please send your complete application as one pdf file (stating the identification nr. 03022-10-wiss-ml) by August 22nd, 2022 at the latest via Email to foitzik@uni-mainz.de.
For questions and further information please contact Prof. Dr. Susanne Foitzik, Tel: +49 6131/39-27840 or E-Mail: foitzik@uni-mainz.de.
