Postdoc of Grass and leaf food proteins

Faculty of Science, Department of Food Science is looking for a dedicated candidate for a 2-year postdoc position within the section Design and Consumer Behavior. The research will concern identification and quantification of the molecular characteristics, including protein-protein interactions, and the relationship to protein functional properties and nutritional parameters of proteins and protein ingredients derived from legume grasses and green leaves. An important part will be to establish the applicability of grass and leaf protein fractions as food ingredients to produce healthy and sustainable food products. Development of food prototypes with grass and leaf protein ingredients is included in the research. The candidate must have qualifications and experience in food related grass and/or leaf proteins, protein physico-chemical characteristics and methodologies, as well as protein techno-functional properties and food prototyping.

The postdoc’s duties will include research within grass and leaf food proteins as well as teaching. The post may also include performance of other duties.

Further information on the Department is linked at http://www.science.ku.dk/english/about-the-faculty/organisation/. Inquiries about the position can be made to Associate professor Vibeke Orlien, [email protected] 

The position is open from 1 of May 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter.

The University wishes our staff to reflect the diversity of society and thus welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of personal background.

Terms of employment

The position is covered by the Memorandum on Job Structure for Academic Staff.

Terms of appointment and payment accord to the agreement between the Ministry of Finance and The Danish Confederation of Professional Associations on Academics in the State.

Negotiation for salary supplement is possible.

The application, in English, must be submitted electronically by clicking APPLY NOW below.

Please include

• Curriculum vitae
• Diplomas (Master and PhD degree or equivalent)
• Research plan – description of current and future research plans
• Complete publication list
• Separate reprints of 3 particularly relevant papers

The deadline for applications is 23 February 2025, 23:59 GMT +1.

After the expiry of the deadline for applications, the authorized recruitment manager selects applicants for assessment on the advice of the Interview Committee.

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