W3 Professorship in Neurology

Internetchemie; Gießen; Vor Ort; EUR 70.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A prominent university in Germany is seeking a W3 Professorship in Neurology to lead in research, teaching, and patient care. The successful candidate will have significant expertise in neurology and will focus on enhancing cerebrovascular disease management. Responsibilities include conducting research, managing clinical care, and supporting young scientists. This position requires a doctorate in medicine and a strong track record in academic teaching and research.

Leistungen

Family-friendly environment

Support for career development

Qualifikationen

• Doctorate with merit and additional academic achievements such as habilitation.
• Proven expert in neurology with a special qualification.
• Ability to represent neurology in academic teaching.

Aufgaben

• Represent the field of neurology in research and patient care.
• Focus on cerebrovascular diseases and improve interventional stroke therapy.
• Conduct research in inflammatory CNS diseases and neuro-oncology.
• Manage the neurointensive care unit with acute care.
• Participate in lectures and seminars in neurology and neurosurgery.

Kenntnisse

Management experience

Expertise in neurology

Coordination of scientific projects

Special pedagogical aptitude

Ausbildung

University education in medicine with doctorate

Jobbeschreibung

W3 Professorship in Neurology

The Faculty of Medicine of Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU) and the University Hospital Giessen and Marburg GmbH (UKGM), Giessen Campus invite applications for a W3 Professorship in Neurology as of the earliest possible date. Reference is made to § 67 Para. 7 Hessian Higher Education Act (HessHG) and to the conditions of employment based on § 68 HessHG. Proficient knowledge of German is expected.

Responsibilities

• Represent the field of neurology in research, teaching and patient care across the entire spectrum.
• Focus clinical care on cerebrovascular diseases and expand interventional stroke therapy to improve therapeutic outcomes.
• Conduct research in inflammatory CNS diseases, neuro‑oncology and translational animal models, and engage existing collaborations such as with the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research in Bad Nauheim.
• Initiate and participate in multi‑side patient‑oriented clinical research and joint clinical studies, supported by the Coordination Center for Clinical Studies Marburg (KKS).
• Collaborate closely with the intensive care unit of the Clinic for Neurology and with units in neuroradiology, neurosurgery, neuropathology, digital technology and the MIRACUM Consortium big data initiative.
• Manage the neurointensive care unit with acute intensive care and diagnose and treat inflammatory and degenerative diseases of the central nervous system and neuromuscular disorders.
• Provide care for patients at the interdisciplinary neuro‑oncological centre.
• Participate in lectures in neurology and neurosurgery, seminars on the interdisciplinary subject Q11 and the elective course “Radiology and Interventional Therapy” as part of the neurology field.
• Actively participate in existing research networks, independently organize research projects and new collaborations, and contribute to the university’s focus areas.
• Support the promotion of young scientists and clinicians through the Giessen Graduate Centre for the Life Sciences, the structured doctoral program (JLU TRAINEE) and the clinician scientist program (JLU CAREER).
• Integrate gender aspects in research, teaching and patient care.
• Cooperate in university‑wide and cross‑university/hospital clinical research projects within the Research Campus of Central Hessen alliance.

Requirements

• University education in medicine with the qualification for scientific work according to § 67 Para. 1 HessHG, typically proven by a doctorate with merit and additional academic achievements such as a habilitation or internationally recognised publications in renowned national and international journals.
• Internationally recognised expertise in the field of neurology.
• Proof of a specialist qualification in neurology and the corresponding training authorisation.
• Management experience is an advantage.
• Experience in coordinating scientific projects in interdisciplinary networks and a proven track record in independently acquiring and managing externally funded projects (preferably DFG, BMFTR, EU).
• Proof of a special pedagogical aptitude to represent the specialist field of neurology in academic teaching with great commitment.
• In case the candidate exceeds the basic age limit of 50 years, a civil servant appointment under § 66 Para. 3 sentences 2 and 3 Hessian Higher Education Act (HessHG) in conjunction with § 11 Hessian Career Regulation (HLVO) requires a specific functional interest.
• The JLU welcomes qualified applications regardless of biological and social gender, disability, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, ideology, age and sexual orientation and identity. Women are particularly encouraged. The university is certified as family‑friendly and prefers applicants of equal aptitude who are disabled.

Application Procedure

Applicants should refer to the fact sheet on application procedures and, if possible, fill in one of the forms (Bewerbungsbogen – application form). All applications should be sent via the online form to the President of Justus Liebig University Giessen by December 31st 2025, quoting the reference number K‑16/25.