Senior Scientist

Job title:

Senior Scientist

Company

Universität Wien

Job description

50 Faculty of Life Sciences
Working hours: 40 | Collective bargaining agreement: §48 VwGr. B1 lit. b (postdoc)
Limited until: permanent
Reference no.: 3945Explore and teach at the University of Vienna, where over 7,500 brilliant minds have found a unique balance of freedom and support. Join us if you’re passionate about groundbreaking international research and academic excellence. Ready to be part of our team? Let’s shape the future together!Your personal sphere of play:The ANTIOX working group (research group of Karl-Heinz Wagner) at the Department of Nutritional Sciences is looking for support in the field of nutritional epidemiology and human studies to work on interdisciplinary research projects. We are a young, creative team with a friendly working atmosphere and focus on national and international collaboration. We combine the fields of nutritional physiology with a focus on biomarker analysis and epidemiology in multidisciplinary research projects.Your responsibilities will include the processing of nutritional epidemiology data sets and the writing of scientific publications. You will pass on your know-how to Master’s and PhD students and take responsibility for your own projects. You will use your expertise to write applications for third-party funding and independently advance research projects. The independent teaching of courses to the extent of the collective contractual provisions is a prerequisite. In addition, active participation in research, teaching and administration and the development and expansion of an independent research profile.Your future tasks:Active participation in research, teaching & administration, which means:

• You build up an independent research profile in the field of Nutrition and Epidemiology.
• You are involved in research projects and scientific studies in the area of Nutrition, Epidemiology and Nutritional Physiology.
• You publish internationally and give lectures.
• You apply for projects and raise third-party funds.
• You hold courses independently within the scope of the provisions of the collective bargaining agreement.
• You take on administrative tasks in research, teaching and administration.

This is part of your personality:

• Completed doctoral/PhD studies in subject Nutrition with focus on Epidemiology.
• Ideally postgraduate training in epidemiology
• Understanding of nutrition and disease risk in cohort studies
• Experience with statistical methods for large data sets
• Extensive experience with modeling complex epidemiological data
• Ideally experience with RedCap
• Experience in handling data from large consortia
• Excellent knowledge of German and English lanquage is a significant advantage
• Team player and high social/communicative skills
• You are resilient and highly motivated,

What we offer:Work-life balance: Our employees enjoy flexible working hours, remote/hybrid and/or part-time work (upon agreement).
Inspiring working atmosphere: You are a part of an international academic team in a healthy and fair working environment.
Good public transport connections: Your workplace in the center of beautiful Vienna is easily accessible by public transport.
Internal further training & Coaching: Opportunity to deepen your skills on an ongoing basis. There are over 600 courses to choose from – free of charge.
Fixed-term contract and fair salary: The basic salary of EUR 4,932,90 (14 times a year for senior scientists postdoctoral) for a period of 6 years increases, if we can credit professional experience.
Equal opportunities for all: We welcome every additional/new personality to the team!It is that easy to apply:

• With your scientific curriculum vitae / letter of intent
• With your list of publications
• With your summary of research interests (max. 1 p.)
• Doctoral Degree
• Contact details of persons who could provide reference letters
• Via our job portal/ Apply now – button

If you have any content questions, please contact:Karl-Heinz WagnerWe look forward to new personalities in our team!
The University of Vienna has an anti-discriminatory employment policy and attaches great importance to equal opportunities, the and . We lay special emphasis on increasing the number of women in senior and in academic positions among the academic and general university staff and therefore expressly encourage qualified women to apply. Given equal qualifications, preference will be given to female candidates.University of Vienna. Space for personalities. Since 1365.​Application deadline: 05/12/2025 (MM-DD-YYYY)(Senior) Lecturer & Researcher

Expected salary

€4932.9 per month

Location

Wien

Job date

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 01:09:25 GMT

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