Job Vacancies
Job Vacancies
Opening Professor Position at Ghent University Belgium
Professor of Biopharmaceutical Production Technology / Formulation of Biological Drugs
ASSIGNMENT
Professor of Biopharmaceutical Production Technology. We wish to attract a top scientist with direct in-depth experience on and a good network in industrial biopharmaceutical production technology. Such scientists are ideally to be found either in the biopharmaceutical/biotech industry or at top industry-focused technological research institutions. To stand a good chance at attracting top candidates, is necessary to open the position at a tenured level of at least Associate, but preferably Full Professor. We are aiming for a candidate who could realistically be successful in attracting industry co-funding for setting up the biopharmaceutical pilot installations.
This position is part of a unique strategic investment by Ghent University: 21 new professorships are embedded in interdisciplinary consortia, designed to generate a significant societal impact with their research. For more information, see: www.ugent.be/21zap
Academic Research
You conduct research in the discipline of bio-manufactering of drugs / formulation of biological drugs.
PROFILE
The research and development skills of the new research professor should encompass:
Ghent University is one of the most important education and research institutions in the Low Countries. On a daily basis, over 9,000 staff members and 41,000 students implement its motto "Dare to Think". Ghent University's mission statement is characterized by qualitative education, internationally renowned research and a pluralistic social responsibility.
FURTHER INFORMATION
ASSIGNMENT
Professor of Biopharmaceutical Production Technology. We wish to attract a top scientist with direct in-depth experience on and a good network in industrial biopharmaceutical production technology. Such scientists are ideally to be found either in the biopharmaceutical/biotech industry or at top industry-focused technological research institutions. To stand a good chance at attracting top candidates, is necessary to open the position at a tenured level of at least Associate, but preferably Full Professor. We are aiming for a candidate who could realistically be successful in attracting industry co-funding for setting up the biopharmaceutical pilot installations.
This position is part of a unique strategic investment by Ghent University: 21 new professorships are embedded in interdisciplinary consortia, designed to generate a significant societal impact with their research. For more information, see: www.ugent.be/21zap
Academic Research
You conduct research in the discipline of bio-manufactering of drugs / formulation of biological drugs.
PROFILE
Experience
- You have already conducted eminent academic research in the given discipline, which is clearly reflected in publications in high-quality academic journals and peer-reviewed books;
- You are capable of initiating, supervising and acquiring the necessary funding for academic research;
- You are didactically skilled to teach university students to develop academic competences;
- Skills / Attitude
- pilot and industrial scale therapeutic protein bio-manufacturing;
- upstream and downstream biopharmaceutical process development;
- protein drug formulation;
- regulatory aspects of biopharmaceutical production
Ghent University is one of the most important education and research institutions in the Low Countries. On a daily basis, over 9,000 staff members and 41,000 students implement its motto "Dare to Think". Ghent University's mission statement is characterized by qualitative education, internationally renowned research and a pluralistic social responsibility.
FURTHER INFORMATION
For further information regarding this vacancy, please contact Professor Stefaan De Smedt (Stefaan.desmedt@Ugent.be, +32 (0)9 264 80 76) at the faculty pharmaceutical sciences, Department of Pharmaceutics).