Assistant Professor in database development

Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
University of Copenhagen

We are looking for a highly motivated and dynamic assistant professor commencing April 18, 2025, and ending December 31, 2028.

Information on the department can be found at: www.drug.ku.dk.  

Our research
The Gloriam group (www.gloriamgroup.org) develops databases and stand-alone software tools for drug design at G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) – the most common mediators of human signalling and drug responses. The group also heads the GPCR field’s main database, GPCRdb (http://www.GPCRdb.org) serving >50,000 users/year. The Gloriam group is very international, provides a strong and ambitious research environment and has recently published in e.g., Nature, Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, Nature Chemical Biology and Nucleic Acids Research.

Your job
You will develop online data and tool resources serving the global research community. Depending on your interest, data curation and analysis, and sharing of educational material, may also be part of the work. You will work as part of a team of highly proficient and collaborative programmers. In your project, you will also engage with users to collect feedback from e.g., medicinal chemists, pharmacologists and structural biologists.

The assistant professor’s responsibilities will primarily consist of: 

• research, including publication/academic dissemination duties 
• research-based teaching 
• sharing knowledge with society 
• participation in formal pedagogical training programme for assistant professors 

Profile 
Six overall criteria apply for assistant professor appointments at the University of Copenhagen. The six criteria (research, teaching, societal impact, organisational contribution, external funding, and leadership) are considered a framework for the overall assessment of candidates. Find information about each criterion here: https://employment.ku.dk/faculty/criteria-for-recognising-merit.

Furthermore, we are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic scientist with the following skills and experience:

Essential experience and skills:

• A PhD related to bioinformatics, programming, or software/database development
• Excellent programming skills, preferably in Python
• Experience in dataset analysis and parsing
• Proficient communication skills and ability to work in teams
• Excellent English skills written and spoken

Desirable experience and skills:

• Experience with software and/or database design
• Web programming (e.g. HTML/CSS/JavaScript) and web frameworks (e.g. Flask/Django)
• Code versioning with Github
• Knowledge of molecular interaction between small molecule probes/drugs and protein targets
• Experience of working with G protein-coupled receptors
• International work or study experience

Place of employment
The place of employment is at the Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen (www.drug.ku.dk). We offer creative and stimulating working conditions in a dynamic and international research environment. Our research facilities include modern laboratories and computational facilities.

Terms of employment 
The average weekly working hours are 37 hours per week.

The position is a fixed-term position. The start date is April 18, 2025, and the end date is December 31, 2028.

Salary, pension and other conditions of employment are set in accordance with the Agreement between the Ministry of Taxation and AC (Danish Confederation of Professional Associations) or another relevant organisation. Currently, the monthly salary starts at 38,500 DKK/approx. 5,160 EUR (April 2024 level). 

Depending on qualifications, a supplement may be negotiated. The employer will pay an additional 17.1 % to your pension fund.

Foreign and Danish applicants may be eligible for tax reductions if they hold a PhD degree and have not been tax liable to Denmark the last 10 years.

The position is covered by the Job Structure for Academic Staff at Universities 2020. 

Questions
For further information please contact David Gloriam at email [email protected].

Foreign applicants may find these links useful: Workindenmark and www.ism.ku.dk (International Staff Mobility). 

Application procedure
Your application must be submitted in English by clicking ‘Apply now’ below. Furthermore, your application must include the following documents/attachments – all in PDF format:

1. Motivated letter of application (Max. one page)
2. CV incl. education, work/research experience, language skills and other skills relevant for the position
3. A certified/signed copy of a) PhD certificate and b) Master of Science certificate and transcripts. If the PhD is not completed, a written statement from the supervisor will do
4. List of publications
5. Teaching portfolio (if applicable)

Deadline for applications: January 23, 2025, at 23.59pm CET. 

We reserve the right not to consider material received after the deadline, and not to consider applications that do not live up to the abovementioned requirements.

The further process 
After the expiry of the deadline for applications, the authorized recruitment manager selects applicants for assessment on the advice of the hiring committee. All applicants are then immediately notified whether their application has been passed for assessment by an unbiased assessor. Once the assessment work has been completed each applicant can comment on the part of the assessment that relates to the applicant him/herself. 

You may read about the recruitment process at http://employment.ku.dk/faculty/recruitment-process/.

The applicant will be assessed according to the Ministerial Order no. 242 of 13 March 2012 on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Universities. 

Interviews are expected to be held in week 9.

The University of Copenhagen wish to reflect the diversity of society and encourage all qualified candidates to apply regardless of personal background.