Associate Professor of Human Environmental Toxicology and Molecular Epidemiology

The Department of Public Health at Faculty of Health at Aarhus University invites applications for a position as Associate Professor in the field of Human Environmental Toxicology and Molecular Epidemiology. The position is a full-time position from 15 December 2025 until 31 April 2029.

As an Associate Professor at the Department of Public Health, you will be part of an internationally recognised department, where we work together to promote public health through research into areas that prevent, treat and alleviate disease. We engage in broad collaboration both internally and externally. We share our knowledge with citizens, decision-makers, business and industry, practitioners and other researchers – in municipalities, in the regions and both nationally and internationally. The department either contributes to or is responsible for teaching in medicine, public health science, sport science, optometry and nursing. At the Department of Public Health, you will have approx. 200 colleagues, including ninety academic staff members and a corresponding number of PhD students. We work closely with one another across different fields of study and prioritise a healthy work environment. The general tone among colleagues is informal. You can read more about the department here and about the faculty here.

About the research projects

You will work on the ongoing EU research project PARC. The Center for Arctic Health and Molecular Epidemiology (CAHME) is involved in WP4 (Monitoring and exposure), WP5 (Hazard assessment), and WP6 (Innovation in regulatory risk assessment). Among other tasks, you will contribute to the development of adverse outcome pathways (AOPs), the identification of effect markers, and the evaluation of real-life mixtures through both experimental work and statistical analyses.

Furthermore, you will be involved in the new project ACCEPT follow-up child Year 9-Year 11 (2025-2027). The Greenlandic birth cohort ACCEPT, established between 2010 and 2015, aims to conduct follow-up studies every five years on mothers (and fathers) and children, examining diet, lifestyle, health, and Persistent Organic Pollutant (POP) biomonitoring.

Your job responsibilities

As an Associate Professor of Human Environmental Toxicology and Molecular Epidemiology, you will contribute to the department’s research and teaching environment and to the faculty’s overall research strategy. You will contribute to the development of the department both individually and in collaboration with others via your research of high international quality. You ensure that your teaching maintains a high academic and didactic standard. You possess professional collaborative skills and a broad academic network which you bring into play in your contribution to the academic development of Aarhus University and its profile both nationally and internationally.

Your main tasks will be:

• To do research at a high international level, including publications in top international journals and publishers, and communicating your research in national and international academic networks.
• To attract substantial external funding to support the activities of your research group.
• To collaborate on your research with private and public-sector stakeholders.
• To develop international networks and collaborations in research and teaching.
• To teach, supervise and examine Bachelor’s and Master’s degree students.
• To supervise PhD students and contribute to the development of the faculty's PhD courses.
• To contribute to assessment and committee work at Aarhus University and elsewhere.
• To disseminate your research to the public.
• To do experimental molecular biological laboratory work, including SPE-HPLC extractions of complex chemical mixtures from human samples followed by determination of bioactivities in mammalian cell cultures.
• To do advanced statistical analysis.

You will report to Head of Department Michael Baggesen Klitgaard.

Your competences

You have established yourself as a prominent researcher within Human Environmental Toxicology and Molecular Epidemiology and you possess documented solid research and teaching qualifications at a high international level. You have broad international cooperative partnerships 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 of attracting significant research funding from national and international funding bodies. We draw attention to a stay or employment at least one internationally recognised research institution.

It is expected that you can work independently, systematically, and have experience with project work and can contribute to project coordination. It is an advantage if you have experience with statistical analysis and experimental experience in performing basic molecular methods, mammalian cell culture systems, and SPE-HPLC extractions.

As a person, you are dedicated and a skilled communicator. You build relationships based on trust with students, colleagues and partners. As a lecturer you communicate the newest and relevant knowledge in a committed, clear and comprehensible manner. As a supervisor you are professional, inspiring and inclusive.

You are ready to take co-responsibility for the development of the department's research and education at the highest international level and for ensuring that we maintain a good work environment. You naturally involve yourself in interdisciplinary collaboration at departmental, faculty and university level as well as nationally and internationally.

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

In order to be assessed as qualified for an Associate Professor position, you must meet these academic criteria.

Shortlisting will be used.

Questions about the position

If you have any questions about the position, please contact either Associate Professor Eva Cecilie Bonefeld-Jørgensen +4528992480, and/or Head of Department Michael Baggesen Klitgaard +45 40 22 76 49.

Your place of work will be the Department of Public Health, Bartholins Allé 2, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.

We expect to conduct interviews in September 2025.
 



Terms of employment

• Appointment as an associate professor requires research and teaching qualifications at the level that can be achieved through the satisfactory completion of a period of appointment as an assistant professor, but may also be obtained in other ways.
• The applicant is required to have completed a university pedagogical programme or an equivalent programme.
• Further information on the appointment procedure can be found in the Ministerial Order on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Universities.
• The appointment is in accordance with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (Akademikerne).
• Remuneration is in accordance with the above, and the Salary agreement catalogue for staff at Health.
• The yearly base salary for a fulltime associate professor is DKK 650.004,18 (including a position related supplement, a pre-agreed associate professor supplememt and pension (17.1%)). Additional supplement(s) can be negotiated dependent on experience, special qualifications and performance of special functions. Authorisation supplement(s) will be granted, if relevant for the position. Your local eligible trade union representative at Aarhus University negotiates your salary on your behalf.
• Researchers recruited from abroad are offered a special researcher tax scheme with a lower tax rate.
• Travel and moving expenses may be covered according to the employee in question and, to a limited extent, the accompanying family.
• Further information on qualification requirements and job description can be found in the Ministerial order on Job Structure for Academic Staff at Universities.

Application

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)

We refer to the faculty’s Guidelines for applicants.

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.

 



International applicant?

Aarhus University offers a broad variety of services for international researchers and accompanying families, including assistance with relocation and career counselling to expat partners. Please find more information about the International Staff Office and the range of services here.

The application must be submitted via Aarhus University’s recruitment system, which can be accessed under the job advertisement on Aarhus University's website.


Aarhus University

Aarhus University is an academically diverse and research-intensive university with a strong commitment to high-quality research and education and the development of society nationally and globally. The university offers an inspiring research and teaching environment to its 38,000 students (FTEs) and 8,300 employees, and has an annual revenues of EUR 935 million. Learn more at www.international.au.dk/