Assistant professor at the Organic Synthesis Research Group

No 69.2025.NCN.ZSO.WCH.MR of 01.08.2025

Institute/Department: Organic Synthesis Research Group, Faculty of Chemistry
Position: assistant professor
Type of position: research

• in research discipline: exact and natural sciences
• in research field: chemical sciences

Vacancies/positions:1
Type of contract: full time
Application deadline: August 31, 2025
Estimated date of the contest settlement: September 2025
Envisaged job starting date: October 2025
Period of employment: temporary, 33 months

The competition is open to each candidate who meets the requirements set out in the Higher Education and Science Act of July 20th 2018 (Journal of Laws of 2018, item 1668 as amended) and the Statute of University of Wroclaw.

Employment under the NCN SONATA project (UMO-2024/55/D/ST4/01793).

Requirements
The candidate is required to have:

1. Doctoral degree in chemistry.
2. Experience of organic synthesis and characterisation.
3. Experience using air-free techniques in chemical synthesis.
4. Published scientific articles from prior research work.
5. Ability to work independently in the area of experimental organic chemistry.
6. Expertise in scientific writing.
7. Advanced knowledge of English (sufficient for the presentation of the results of research in scientific articles and conference materials).

Responsibilities 

1. Development of synthetic methodology.
2. Synthesis of target compounds.
3. Characterisation of organic compounds.
4. Investigation of the properties of target compounds.
5. Molecular modelling.
6. Preparation of articles for publication.
7. Presentation of results at conferences.
8. Supervision of master degree students.
9. Maintenance of research equipment.

The application for the competition should include

1. Personal  questionnaire  (download Personal questionnaire).
2. Curriculum vitae with information on the course of professional work.
3. Photocopy(s) of a doctoral diploma.
4. Statement that the University of Wroclaw will be the primary place of work in the case of winning the competition (download Workplace Statement).
5. Declaration of the discipline in which the candidate will conduct research and in the case of people conducting research in more than one discipline the percentage of their involvement in each of these disciplines (download Declaration of scientific discipline).
6. Self-presentation (information about scientific, organizational, and other achievements).
7. List scientific publications in the last ten years.
8. Electronic versions of the two most important publications that the candidate considers representative of his or her scientific achievements or an explanation of the lack of them.
9. Application for employment addressed to HM Rector.
10. Declaration – article 113 the Law on Higher Education and Science (download Declaration – Article 113).

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All the documents should be send only in an electronic form to the following address: praca@uwr.edu.pl with the subject of the message: “assistant professor.69.NCN.ZOS.WCH.MR“.

Additional information:

1. The University of Wrocław reserves the right to contact only selected candidates.
2. Selected candidates may be required to undergo an interview by means of electronic communication allowing audio and video transmission.
3. The University of Wrocław reserves the right to close the competition without selecting a candidate.
4. The University of Wrocław reserves the right to cancel the competition.
5. The University of Wrocław does not provide housing.

Information clause for persons participating in the recruitment process