Associate Professor in Radioecology - DTU Sustain

If you want to boost your career as a researcher and educator in radioecology, here is your chance! We offer an opportunity to join faculty in one of the world’s leading university departments in environmental engineering.
If you want to boost your career as a researcher and educator within one or more areas of radioecology, radiation physics and consequence modelling, here is the chance! We offer an opportunity to join the faculty at one of the world’s leading university departments in environmental engineering. At DTU Sustain you work at the forefront of science providing solutions to major societal challenges related to climate change, circularity, sustainability, and environmental quality.

DTU Sustain has been very productive and successful during the last decades within radioanalytical chemistry, environmental radioactivity and tracer studies using radionuclides and has established a strong competence in this field. The radioecology and tracer study group is world-wide well-known for its work in environmental monitoring of radioactivity, radiochemical analysis and radiotracer studies.

Responsibilities and qualifications
Your overall focus will be to strengthen DTU Sustain’s competences within the areas of environmental radioactivity assessment, radioecology and consequence modeling. Current topics in the group are monitoring of radioactivity in environment and food, ocean water circulation and marine environment studies using natural and anthropogenic radioisotope tracers, radioanalytical methodology, radiological characterization for various waste samples from decommissioning and operation of nuclear facilities, radioecology and radiation risk assessment. Your expertise can contribute to further development of these research topics but potentially also add new relevant topics.

You will interact with academia, students, public authorities, consultants, and industrial partners in Denmark as well as abroad.

Employment implies original research at the highest international level within one or more of the following research themes:

• Radioecology
• Radiation Physics
• Consequence modelling
• Techniques for analysis of radionuclides

For the position the potential for contributing to the group and for world-class performance within the area is key in the evaluation process. Candidates are not expected to meet all the wishes nor perform within all the topics listed below.

We expect that you have a strong Danish and/or international platform and strong background or experience within the topics.

Your primary tasks will be, in collaboration with the group, to:

• Perform research at an international level in the cross-field of waste, resources, sustainability, and circularity.
• Build up, develop, and contribute with new experimental approaches and modelling methods (laboratory experimentation, data interpretation).
• Contribute to research in the group and with colleagues in related sections (materials, environmental assessment, etc.).
• Enhance the competence of group in the following fields:
• Radioecological risk assessment.
• Consequence modelling
• Investigations of dispersion of radioactivity in the ecosystem, ocean, atmosphere and terrestrial
• Measurement techniques for radionuclides (gamma, alpha and beta radiation, dose rate)
• Provide public sector consultancy to inform decision making with regards to environmental radiation safety.
• Teach and supervise BSc and MSc student projects and be supervisor for PhD students covering a broad range of waste related topics.

You must be responsible for the teaching of courses. DTU employs two working languages: Danish and English. You are expected to be fluent in at least one of these languages, and in time are expected to master both.

As formal qualification you must hold a PhD degree (or equivalent) as well as academic qualifications equivalent to those obtained by holding an assistant professorship and documented didactic/pedagogic training.

You will be assessed against the responsibilities and qualifications stated above and the following general criteria:

• Experience and quality of teaching
• Research experience
• Research vision and potential
• International impact and experience
• Societal impact
• Innovativeness, including commercialization and collaboration with industry
• Leadership, collaboration, and interdisciplinary skills
• Communication skills

Salary and terms of employment
The appointment will be based on the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. The allowance will be agreed upon with the relevant union.

You can read more about career paths at DTU here.

Starting date is April 1st, 2025 (or according to mutual agreement). The position is a full-time position.

Workplace will be DTU Risø Campus in Roskilde.

Further information
Further information may be obtained from Senior Researcher Jixin Qiao, [email protected], tel: +45 21798724 and Head of Section, Professor Charlotte Scheutz, [email protected], tel.: +45 26285828

You can read more about DTU Sustain at www.sustain.dtu.dk.

If you are applying from abroad, you may find useful information on working in Denmark and at DTU at DTU – Moving to Denmark.

Application procedure
Please submit your online application no later than 3 November 2024 (23:59 Danish time).

Applications must be submitted as one PDF file containing all materials to be given consideration. To apply, please open the link "Apply now", fill out the online application form, and attach all your materials in English in one PDF file. The file must include:

• Application (cover letter)
• Vision for teaching and research
• CV including employment history, list of publications indicating scientific highlights, H-index and ORCID (see http://orcid.org/)
• Teaching portfolio including documentation of teaching experience
• Academic Diplomas (MSc/PhD)
• Track record in attracting funding to the research area
• Academic documents for previous positions
• Extensive original scientific output at international level
• Documented experience of research leadership, including attending to leadership tasks in national or international projects, research programs, conferences, etc.

You can learn more about the recruitment process here.

Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

All interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, disability, race, religion or ethnic background are encouraged to apply.

DTU Sustain - Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering - is one of the largest university departments specializing in environmental and resource engineering in Europe. The department conducts research, development & scientific advice and provides educational programs and service to society. We are working to develop new environmentally friendly and sustainable technologies, methods and solutions, and to disseminate this knowledge to society and future generations of engineers. The Department has approximately 300 staff from more than 30 nationalities.

Technology for people
DTU develops technology for people. With our international elite research and study programmes, we are helping to create a better world and to solve the global challenges formulated in the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Hans Christian Ørsted founded DTU in 1829 with a clear mission to develop and create value using science and engineering to benefit society. That mission lives on today. DTU has 13,500 students and 6,000 employees. We work in an international atmosphere and have an inclusive, evolving, and informal working environment. DTU has campuses in all parts of Denmark and in Greenland, and we collaborate with the best universities around the world.

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