Employer Umeå Plant Science Centre Job Description, Responsibilities and Required Qualifications or Skills A position as a group leader (principal investigator) is available in the field of wood biology at the Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Biology, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Umeå. The Department is part of Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC, www.upsc.se) which is a centre of excellence for experimental plant research and forest biotechnology. Our mission is to perform excellent and innovative basic research and generate knowledge that benefits forestry, agriculture, environment and society. We work across a wide range of disciplines in plant science reaching from cell biology to ecophysiology and from basic research to industrial applications. Our common goal is to understand plants’ ability to grow, adapt and acclimate to a changing world and how we can breed better plants.UPSC hosts several large research grants from the European Research Council, Wallenberg Foundation, Novo Nordisk Foundation, and Swedish Research Council. State-of-the art infrastructure consists of facilities for plant growth, microscopy, bioinformatics, metabolomics and photosynthesis. Work within wood biology is facilitated by automatic phenotyping platform of trees, tree transformation platform, biopolymer analytical platform and atomic force microscopy. Easy access to several other technologies, such as biochemical imaging, cryo electron microscopy, small molecule screening, and vibrational spectroscopy, is facilitated by the Chemical Biological Centre (www.umu.se/kbc)Research areaThe planned research topic of the applicant should focus on a specific aspect of wood formation, such as wood analytical chemistry, genetics and genomics, growth and development, or interactions with the surrounding environment.About the positionThe candidate shoulddevelop and lead internationally outstanding researchapply external research grantspublish in peer-reviewed scientific journalscollaborate with other research groups within UPSCdevelop and maintain national and international networks with academia, industries, organisations and societycontribute to the strategic development of the department and UPSCcommunicate research results and other relevant subject information to the surrounding communityAdditional information:The position is 100% financed for five years. A competitive start package is included.The position is approximately equivalent to an assistant professorship. The applicant who is offered this employment at SLU will be employed as “researcher”. Researcher/Group leader in wood biologyReference number SLU.ua.2024.2.5.1-4055 Department of Forest Genetics and Plant PhysiologyA position as a group leader (principal investigator) is available in the field of wood biology at the Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Biology, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Umeå. The Department is part of Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC, www.upsc.se) which is a centre of excellence for experimental plant research and forest biotechnology. Our mission is to perform excellent and innovative basic research and generate knowledge that benefits forestry, agriculture, environment and society. We work across a wide range of disciplines in plant science reaching from cell biology to ecophysiology and from basic research to industrial applications. Our common goal is to understand plants’ ability to grow, adapt and acclimate to a changing world and how we can breed better plants.UPSC hosts several large research grants from the European Research Council, Wallenberg Foundation, Novo Nordisk Foundation, and Swedish Research Council. State-of-the art infrastructure consists of facilities for plant growth, microscopy, bioinformatics, metabolomics and photosynthesis. Work within wood biology is facilitated by automatic phenotyping platform of trees, tree transformation platform, biopolymer analytical platform and atomic force microscopy. Easy access to several other technologies, such as biochemical imaging, cryo electron microscopy, small molecule screening, and vibrational spectroscopy, is facilitated by the Chemical Biological Centre (www.umu.se/kbc)Research areaThe planned research topic of the applicant should focus on a specific aspect of wood formation, such as wood analytical chemistry, genetics and genomics, growth and development, or interactions with the surrounding environment.About the positionThe candidate shoulddevelop and lead internationally outstanding researchapply external research grantspublish in peer-reviewed scientific journalscollaborate with other research groups within UPSCdevelop and maintain national and international networks with academia, industries, organisations and societycontribute to the strategic development of the department and UPSCcommunicate research results and other relevant subject information to the surrounding communityYour profileThe applicant must meet the following eligibility requirements:PhDPostdoctoral studiesexpertise in the research areaexperience with teaching and supervisiongood knowledge of EnglishAssessment criteriaThe following will be assessed:completed and ongoing researchscientific quality and feasibility of the research proposalcomplementarity of the research project to the UPSC environmentability to independently initiate and conduct outstanding researchability to obtain external research funds in competitionplanning and implementation of teachingsupervision and examination of Master’s or doctoral studentsability to develop and lead activities and staff within the academycollaborations with external stakeholders and the surrounding communityability to communicate research and development work Job Field: Forestry Job Type: Full Time Location Detail: Umeå, Sweden Application Deadline: Fri, 02/28/2025 - 12:00pm Link to Full Job Posting: https://www.slu.se/en/about-slu/work-at-slu/jobs-vacancies/?rmpage=job&rmjob=11…
