Chair (W2) of Functional Diversity and Evolution of Plants (with tenure track to W3)

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Chair (W2) of Functional Diversity and Evolution of Plants (with tenure track to W3), Dresden

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05.05.2025

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19.06.2025

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The Faculty of Biology invites applications for the Chair (W2) of Functional Diversity and Evolution of Plants (with tenure track to W3) to be filled at the next possible date with a six-year contract.

Following a successful tenure evaluation procedure, the appointment to a permanent Chair (W3) of Functional Diversity and Evolution of Plants is planned. The evaluation criteria will be mutually agreed upon when the position is accepted and will form the basis of the evaluation procedure. These will cover research, academic teaching, knowledge transfer, and academic self-administration. The appointment to the Chair (W3) includes managing TUD’s Botanical Garden and the Herbarium Dresden.

You (m/f/x) will represent the subject of Functional Diversity and Evolution of Plants in teaching and research. You will contribute to teaching and further development of the faculty’s degree programs: Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (BSc), Biology in Society (MSc), and Molecular Biosciences and Productive Biosystems (MSc), including teaching export for other faculties. Lectures within undergraduate teaching are to be given in German. Your tasks include participating in the development and internationalization of these programs. Your research could focus on areas such as:

• Systematics, phylogeny, and phylogenomics of non-model plants
• Plant adaptation strategies to climate and habitat
• Capturing diversity and traditional knowledge in the context of global change
• Functional morphology, anatomy, and biomimetics

We expect close cooperation with TUD’s Botanical Garden, collaboration with other faculties (e.g., Environmental Sciences, Mechanical Science and Engineering), university institutions (e.g., BIOTEC, B CUBE), and external research institutions like the museums of the Senckenberg Society for Nature Research in Dresden and Görlitz. Participation in interdisciplinary projects, contribution to initiatives like the Excellence Strategy, and active support of academic self-administration are also expected.

Applicants should have an international scientific track record in the field of Functional Diversity and Evolution of Plants, demonstrated through publications, networking, and teaching evaluations. Extensive experience in autonomous teaching, success in acquiring third-party funding, and meeting the employment qualification requirements of § 59 of the Saxony Higher Education Act (SächsHSG) are required.