Lecturer in Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology A/B (Scale B)

Position Overview

UCC wishes to appoint an academic to the role of Lecturer in Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology A/B (Scale B).

Reporting to the Head of School, the successful candidate will be expected to have research and teaching experience in the broad area of environmental biotechnology including, but not limited to, topics such as fungal biotechnology, synthetic biology, microbial physiology, metabolic engineering, or the study of microbial natural products.

The appointee will contribute to, and develop where appropriate, teaching programmes to support Microbiology and environmental biotechnology within the School.

The successful candidate will also be expected to establish a dynamic research programme that is associated with the research themes of one, or more, UCC Futures areas, particularly the SUSFERM Future Strategic Research Centre, a multi-disciplinary centre that hosts a state-of-the-art microbial fermentation infrastructure.

The appointee will need to show demonstrable potential to develop a research programme capable of attracting external funding, notably ERC.

Additional Requirements

Please note that Garda vetting and/or an international police clearance check may form part of the selection process.

Application Information

For an information package including full details of the post, selection criteria and application process see: https://ore.ucc.ie/

The University, at its discretion, may undertake to make an additional appointment(s) from this competition following the conclusion of the process.

Informal Enquiries

Professor David Clarke
Email: david.clarke@ucc.ie

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