Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering with focus on Biomechanics - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

The Department of Biomedical Engineering at Lund University, Faculty of Engineering invites applications for a position as Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering with focus on Biomechanics. 

Subject
Biomedical engineering with specialisation in biomechanics  

Subject description
The employment is within the focus area biomechanics, specifically muscloskeletal tissue biomechanics with focus on the skeleton. The field aims to  understand the link between mechanics and biology in the musculoskeletal system. By using characterization methods from material science, imaging and computational methods. The research links basic science within bone mechanics to clinical applications in orthopedics, with relevance for fracture prevention and treatments within aging and osteoporosis. The research can relate experimental methods to understand the tissue’s mechanical properties, imaging and image analysis, statistical modelling, computational mechanics and material modelling with finite element analysis, within the area bone mechanics. 

Work duties
Employment as an Assistant Professor is a career development position, which aims for the holder to develop his or her independence as a researcher and educator. The work duties mainly involve research and teaching. The position shall include the opportunity for five weeks of training in higher education teaching and learning.

Work duties include:

• Research within the subject area.
• Teaching in the first, second and third cycles of studies.
• Supervision of degree projects and doctoral students.
• Actively seeking external research funding.
• Collaboration with industry and wider society.
• Administration related to the work duties listed above.

Qualification requirements
Appointment to Assistant Professor requires that the applicant has a PhD, or acquired corresponding research expertise.

Priority should be given to applicants who have completed their degree or acquired the equivalent expertise no more than five years before the last date for applications.

Assessment criteria
For appointment to Assistant Professor, the following shall form the assessment criteria:

• A good ability to develop and conduct high quality research.
• Teaching skills.

Additional requirements

• Very good oral and written proficiency in English.
• Experience from international and interdisciplinary research collaborations.
• Experience from other relevant research environments than the one the position relates to.
• Documented experience within bone mechanics.

Other qualifications

• Experience of application for and ability to successfully obtained external research funding.
• Expertise in computational modeling with finite element analysis.
• Expertise in experimental bone mechanics.
• Experience from supervision of degree- and doctoral students.

Consideration will also be given to ability to cooperate, drive and independence, and how the applicant’s experience and skills complement and strengthen ongoing research, education and innovation within the department, and how they stand to contribute to its future development.

Terms of employment
This is a full-time, fixed-term employment of 6 years. The employment is regulated in accordance with Chapter 4 Section 12a§ HEA.

Instructions on how to apply
Applications shall be written in English. Please draw up the application in accordance with LTH’s Academic qualifications portfolio – see link below. Upload the application as PDF-files in the recruitment system. Read more:

http://www.lth.se/english/working-at-lth/to-apply-for-academic-positions-at-lth/

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Promotion to Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering
During the period of employment, an Assistant Professor can apply for promotion to a permanent position as Senior Lecturer if he or she has the required qualifications listed below, and is deemed suitable. An Assistant Professor can only apply for promotion once.

Qualification requirements
Appointment to Senior Lecturer requires that the applicant has:

• A PhD or corresponding research competence or professional expertise considered important with regard to the subject matter of the post and the work duties it will involve.
• Demonstrated teaching expertise.
• Completed five weeks of training in higher education teaching and learning, or acquired equivalent knowledge by other means.

Assessment criteria
The assessment criteria specify the aspects to be taken into account, and the level to be achieved, in order for the assessment criteria to be deemed fulfilled. The following assessment criteria must be fulfilled for appointment to senior lecturer:

• A good national and international standing as a researcher. The requirement for international experience shall be assessed with consideration to the character and traditions of the subject.
• Good teaching ability, including a good ability to conduct, develop and lead teaching and other educational activities on different levels and using a variety of teaching methods.
• An ability to supervise doctoral students to achieve a PhD.
• An ability to collaborate with wider society and communicate his or her activities.
• A good general ability to lead and develop activities.

Additional requirements

• Good ability to co-operate, independence and drive.
• Progression in research and teaching expertise.
• Ability to aquire external research funding through successfully in competition obtaining own research funding, for example, as main applicant in national calls, or as co-applicant in larger international calls.
• Ability to contribute to renewal of the organization’s activities.
• Good oral and written proficiency in Swedish, including ability to teach in Swedish at courses given in the first cycle.