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Head of Department, Department of Biology

The Faculty of Science (SCIENCE) at the University of Copenhagen is seeking a visionary, strategic, and collaborative Head of Department for the Department of Biology to take office on 1 September, 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter. The new Head of Department will lead one of Denmark’s largest and strongest research environments within the biological sciences. The Department of Biology conducts world-class research across the full spectrum of biological disciplines – from molecular biology and biochemistry to ecology, biodiversity, and computational biology. The department hosts an international and highly engaged academic and study environment with 10 research sections, several strong research centers, 236 academic staff, 103 technical/administrative staff, and approximately 150 PhD students. Each year, the department educates several thousand bachelor’s and master’s students within biology, biochemistry, molecular biomedicine, and bioinformatics. As Head of Department, you will be responsible for ensuring continued academic excellence, strong collaborations, and an attractive environment for both education and work – as well as strengthening the department’s strategic position as an internationally leading biological sciences institution. Responsibilities of the Head of Department As Head of Department, you will report to the Dean of SCIENCE and be part of the faculty leadership team (SLT). You will hold the overall academic, financial, and personnel responsibility for the department and must be able to balance the interests of research, education, innovation, outreach, leadership, and administration in a broad and complex organization. In this role, you will lead the strategic development of research and teaching in close collaboration with the department’s management team, staff, and students. You will also contribute to the implementation of the University of Copenhagen’s policies as well as the faculty’s goals and action plans and play an active role in strengthening SCIENCE’s position as a leading research and education environment within the natural and biological sciences. Your tasks include ensuring strong frameworks for excellent research, researcher training, and research-based teaching, as well as supporting the development of competitive research environments and initiatives to attract external funding. As Head of Department, you represent the department nationally and internationally and work to build partnerships and networks with companies, foundations, authorities, and research and educational institutions. You are responsible for the department’s finances, resource allocation, and for creating conditions for well-being, professional development, and an attractive study and work environment. Want to know more? You are welcome to contact Dean Bo Jellesmark Thorsen at +45 35 33 17 00.

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PhD scholarship in Microneedle-Enabled Biosensing - DTU Health Tech

This PhD position requires a strong background in biomedical engineering, materials science, chemistry, or a related field. The candidate should have experience with biosensors, electrochemical techniques, or drug delivery systems, and an interest in smart hydrogels and microneedle technologies. Familiarity with microfabrication, flexible electronics, or wireless control systems is an advantage. Strong analytical skills, experimental independence, and the ability to work in interdisciplinary teams are essential, along with good scientific communication skills. The position offers hands-on training in advanced biosensing, smart materials, and transdermal delivery technologies, leading to high-impact publications and potential patents. The project provides excellent preparation for academic, industrial, or translational careers while contributing to personalized and clinically relevant therapeutic solutions. Responsibilities and qualifications The main purpose of this PhD position is to develop a closed-loop transdermal drug delivery platform for Parkinson’s disease. The project focuses on integrating real-time L-DOPA sensing with light-controlled release using microneedles and smart hydrogels. The goal is to enable precise, personalized therapy through continuous monitoring and adaptive drug delivery. The position contributes to innovative, clinically relevant biomedical technology with translational potential. Further information Further information may be obtained from Alireza Dolatshahi-Pirouz (aldo@dtu.dk) or Jakob Bardram (jakba@dtu.dk). You can read more about DTU Health Tech at www.healthtech.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. Furthermore, you have the option of joining our monthly free seminar, “PhD relocation to Denmark and startup“ Zoom seminar, for all questions regarding the practical matters of moving to Denmark and working as a PhD at DTU.

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Postdoc in psychiatric epidemiology

The Department of Affective Disorders at Faculty of Health at Aarhus University invites applications for a position as Postdoc in the field of psychiatric epidemiology as per 1 September 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter. The position is a fixed-term full-time position for 2 years. The project is called “Risk stratification for early-onset major depressive disorder”. This is a multi-year, multi-site, international collaboration led by Dr. Francis Rice, Professor at Cardiff University, UK and co-director of the Wolfson Centre for Young People’s Mental Health. The offspring of parents with mental illness represent a major lost opportunity for early intervention. Having a parent with mental illness is the most common potential risk factor for early-onset depression. Early-onset depression (by age 24) is difficult to treat and is associated with a recurrent/chronic course and poor outcomes. Early intervention strategies are effective when targeted at this group. However, we know that very few access support. There is also substantial variation in absolute levels of risk meaning that all offspring of parents with mental illness are unlikely to require early intervention, and service constraints make this infeasible. Early detection and intervention that is personalized dependent on absolute level of risk is therefore needed to improve access to early intervention for those at ultra-high-risk of developing early-onset depression. The goal of this project is to harness big data to stratify risk for early-onset depression. The goal of the Danish work package, which is led by Dr. Katherine Musliner at the AU Department of Clinical Medicine, is to use Danish register-based data to validate the risk-stratification tool developed in the Welsh data. As such, a background in prediction modeling and experience working with Danish registry data is highly preferred. Your job responsibilities As Postdoc in the department of affective disorders, your position is primarily research-based but may also involve teaching assignments. You will contribute to the development of the department through research of high international quality. In your daily work, you will work closely with colleagues on your project, where you will receive supervision and guidance. Your main tasks will consist of: Independent research of high international quality, including publication. A limited amount of teaching and supervision Some degree of contribution towards attracting external research funding Contributions to internal and external efforts to disseminate research findings to relevant academic, clinical and patient stakeholder groups Participation in, and active contribution to, the development of the working environment of the department, including journal clubs and research seminars You will report to the Head of The Department of Clinical Medicine, Christian Fynbo Christiansen.

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Professor in Neurorehabilitation Engineering

The research group Neurorehabilitation Systems is seeking a professor with strong theoretical and practical expertise in neurorehabilitation engineering, focusing on neurotechnology development and clinical research. The qualified candidate must have a Master’s degree and a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering or bioengineering, with documented research expertise in neurorehabilitation technologies aimed at improving motor function. The candidate is expected to have expertise in relevant areas including functional electrical stimulation, assistive robotics, biofeedback, wearable technologies, and closed-loop systems. Additional expertise in the development, testing, and evaluation of neurorehabilitation technologies, and neuroplasticity research is essential. Healthy people and patient-based research in laboratory setups and clinical environments are particularly valued. The candidate must have experience with national and international collaboration, and interdisciplinary and intersectoral work. Experience in health-tech innovation is also desirable, and experience in preparing and leading large scale interdisciplinary initiatives in the field of neurorehab technologies (e.g., centers) is an advantage. The professor will be affiliated with the Neurorehabilitation Systems research group, which is a multidisciplinary group with focus on the development of methods and technologies for the restoration of lost sensory and motor functions in patients as well as the augmentation of such functions in healthy people. The research group includes people with expertise in functional electrical stimulation, assistive robotic devices, mechatronics, recording and processing of electrophysiological and biomechanical signals, closed-loop control systems, neurophysiology, computational neuroscience and biofeedback. The professor is expected to develop the research area in neurorehabilitation technologies, including attracting PhD students, postdocs, and permanent staff, as well as strengthening collaborations with clinical and research institutions nationally and internationally. The professor will be expected to contribute to teaching activities including lecturing, supervision, coordination, and planning of Problem-Based Learning (PBL) programs at bachelor and master levels, as well as Ph.D. and post-doc supervision and training. In particular, teaching at the Biomedical Engineering and Informatics bachelor and master program, the Clinical Science and Technology master program, and possibly other relevant bachelor and master's programs in the intersection between health-technology and health-science are expected. Group supervision and teaching of fundamental and applied biomedical engineering topics are part of the envisioned teaching duties. Applicants must document pedagogical skills and experience in teaching coordination, curriculum development and implementation. The educations are mainly taught in Danish but teaching and supervision in English is possible. If you cannot speak Danish, you will be expected to learn Danish, with support from the department, within the first few years of your employment, to be able to conduct teaching in Danish. Contacts Strahinja Dosen: sdosen@hst.aau.dk Louise Klem Skovgaard: +4599408567, lksk@adm.aau.dk

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Postdoc in Phenomenological Psychology or Psychiatry

The postdoc will join the project; Understanding Experiences of Mood Disturbances in Depression, funded by Independent Research Fund Denmark and led by Anthony Vincent Fernandez. The four-year project aims to develop an initial taxonomy of mood disturbances experienced by people diagnosed with depression, disambiguating poorly defined symptom constructs, such as “depressed mood”. This research is intended to contribute to more precise systems of classification and diagnosis, helping to parse the heterogeneity of conditions and experiences currently captured by the category of major depressive disorder. The project uses an innovative combination of qualitative and philosophical methods, including in-depth, phenomenological interviews with people living with depression; an online survey of how psychiatrists understand mood disturbances in depression; and both qualitative and philosophical approaches to analyzing the generated data. The project includes an interdisciplinary team of researchers from philosophy, psychology, and psychiatry. The postdoc will join for the first two years of the project, which focus primarily on the generation and analysis of qualitative data. Some interview data has already been collected, and data analysis will be carried out collectively by the research team. Your job responsibilities As postdoc in phenomenological psychology or psychiatry, your position is primarily research-based but may also involve teaching assignments. You will contribute to the development of the department through research of high international quality. You will work both independently and collaboratively with colleagues on your project. Your primary responsibility will be to carry out phenomenological qualitative interviews with people diagnosed with depression and collaborate on the analysis of interview data. While we have recruitment partners in Denmark, it is also possible to carry out interviews with participants in your native language outside of Denmark. If you are unable to carry out interviews in Danish, please include a brief description of your proposed recruitment strategy, including current relationships with potential recruitment partners, in your application documents. As a secondary responsibility, you will collaborate on a large-scale, open-ended online survey of how psychiatrists understand mood disturbances in depression. Your main tasks will consist of: • Recruiting study participants and establishing and maintaining relationships with recruitment partners • Carrying out phenomenological qualitative interviews and analyzing interview transcripts • Designing and distributing an open-ended online survey and analyzing survey data • Publishing and disseminating research Secondary tasks may consist of: • Organizing project-related events, such as workshops and conferences • Engaging in public-facing science communication • Teaching and supervising Further information If you have any questions about the position, please contact Anthony Vincent Fernandez (afernandez@health.sdu.dk ). Your place of work will be at the Department of Psychology, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.

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Postdoc in Quantum Enhanced MRI

As a Post-Doc at the Department of Clinical Medicine, you will be part of what is probably the largest health science research department in Denmark. Our clinical research covers all the medical specialities and takes place in close collaboration with the university hospital and the regional hospitals in the Central Denmark Region. We have approx. 30,000 square metres of modern research facilities for experimental surgery and medicine, animal facilities and also advanced scanners at our disposal. The department has overall responsibility for the Master's degree programs in medicine and in molecular medicine. At the department we are approx. 670 academic employees, 500 PhD students and 160 technical/administrative employees who are cooperating across disciplines. As a postdoc, you will be working at Aarhus University in the Central Denmark Region. You can read more about the department here and about the faculty here.

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Academic Technical Assistant for Behavioral and Neurobehavioral Testing, Department of Molecular Med...

The Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark (SDU), invites applications for a full-time Academic Technical Assistant in the Phenotyping Core of the newly established Danish Center for Mouse Transgenics and Advanced Phenotyping (DCM-TAP). The position is available from September 1, 2026, or as soon as possible thereafter. The position is offered for an initial period of 3 years. About DCM-TAP DCM-TAP is a newly established open-access research infrastructure at SDU, integrating state-of-the-art mouse transgenics, advanced phenotyping, and microsurgery. The center is located at the new SUND campus, directly connected to Odense University Hospital, providing a unique environment for translational biomedical research. The Phenotyping Core focuses on advanced behavioral, neurological, metabolic, and physiological phenotyping of mouse models and supports researchers from SDU, other universities, hospitals, and industry. Contact information For further information about the position, please contact: Professor Kate Lykke Lambertsen Director, Phenotyping Core, DCM-TAP Department of Molecular Medicine, SDU Email: klambertsen@health.sdu.dk

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PhD Stipends/Integrated Stipends in Foundation Models for Neural Speech Tracking

The Department of Electronic Systems at The Technical Faculty of IT and Design invites applications for PhD stipends or integrated stipends in the field of Foundation Models for Neural Speech Tracking within the general study programme Electrical and Electronic Engineering. The PhD Stipends are open from August 1, 2026, or soon hereafter, and the integrated PhD stipends are open for appointments from September 1, 2026. In electronic engineering, Aalborg University is known worldwide for its high academic quality and societal impact. The Department of Electronic Systems employs more than 200 people, of which about 90 are PhD students, and about 40 % of all employees are internationals. In total, it has more than 600 students in its BSc and MSc programs, which are based on AAU's problem-based learning model. The department leverages its unique research infrastructure and lab facilities to conduct world-leading fundamental and applied research within communication, networks, control systems, AI, sound, cyber security, and robotics. The department plays an active role in transferring inventions and results into applications in close collaboration with industrial partners worldwide. You can read more about the department at www.es.aau.dk. Contacts Professor Jan Østergaard: jo@es.aau.dk Lisbeth Diinhoff: ld@adm.aau.dk

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