Professorship (W2) of Clinical Infectious Diseases (6 years/tenure track)

As one of Europe’s leading research universities, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) in Munich is committed to the highest international standards of excellence in research and teaching. Building on its more than 500-year-long tradition, it offers a broad spectrum that covers all areas of knowledge within its 18 Faculties, ranging from the humanities, law, economics and social sciences, to medicine and the natural sciences.

The Faculty of Medicine invites applications for a

Professorship (W2) (6 years/tenure track)
of Clinical Infectious Diseases

commencing as soon as possible.

The applicant will represent the field of clinical infectious diseases in patient care, research and academic teaching at LMU hospital. The professorship will be located at the Department of Medicine II (Gastroenterology and Hepatology) of LMU Munich.

The applicant will be head of the clinical infectious disease unit and will be a member of the steering board of the center of clinical infectious disease at LMU Munich (KLIK). The German board exam of infectious disease is a prerequisite for the position to allow for the full extent of advanced training. We expect the candidate to get involved in the Isolation Ward for Patients with High Consequence Infectious Diseases (SIS) located in Munich. We seek for a national and internationally well recognized clinician with extensive experience in basic and translational research in infectious diseases and a focus on GI-infectious diseases. We expect a strong support for the Munich site of the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) with a focus on Epidemiology of Gastrointestinal infections, vaccine development, microbiom-based biomarkers and interventions.

The professorship provides a link between the theoretical institutes at the DZIF at LMU Munich and the LMU hospital. The unit for clinical infectious disease shall evolve within the structure of the KLIK and help to develop a trendsetting profile. Knowledge in caring for patients with viral hepatitis and HIV is welcome. The position includes a team leading position in clinical care and research in an interdisciplinary team. Ample experience in basic research including microbiota studies is expected. In addition, experience and knowledge in interventional GI-endoscopy is highly appreciated.

LMU Munich seeks to appoint a highly qualified junior academic to this professorship and, therefore, especially encourages early-career scholars to apply. Prerequisites for this position are a university degree, a doctoral degree or a comparable specific qualification and a board certification in internal medicine. With an excellent record in research and teaching to date, prospective candidates will have demonstrated the potential for an outstanding academic career.

The initial appointment will be for six years. After a minimum of three years, it can be converted into a permanent position pending a positive evaluation of the candidate’s performance in research and teaching as well as his or her personal aptitude and if all legal conditions are met.

LMU Munich makes a point of providing newly appointed professors with various types of support, such as welcoming services and assistance for dual career couples.

LMU Munich is an equal opportunity employer. The University continues to be very successful in increasing the number of female faculty members and strongly encourages applications from female candidates. LMU Munich intends to enhance the diversity of its faculty members. Furthermore, disabled candidates with essentially equal qualifications will be given preference.

Please submit your application (curriculum vitae, scientific career, references, certificates, a list of publications and lectures, external funds) as well as a short application form (see https://www.en.med.uni-muenchen.de/career/index.html) to the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Bavariaring 19, 80336 Munich, Germany, no later than September 26^th, 2024.