University Professor of Public Health Nutrition

At the Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of Vienna and the Medical University Vienna the position of a

                                                                     University Professor

                                                                                    of

                                                                   Public Health Nutrition

(full time, permanent position) is to be filled.

The position:

Applicants are expected to cover the field of Public Health Nutrition with a strong focus on dietary patterns related to healthy metabolism and lifespan, such as assessment of dietary patterns, assessment of biomarkers of healthy metabolism, diet associated diseases throughout the lifespan, nutritional epidemiology, typically from large human study populations and ideally including experience in advanced statistical modelling of indicators of diet and health.  The successful candidate will have to coordinate his/her activities in teaching and research with the existing professorial positions of both institutions. Active cooperation in teaching within the bachelor and master programs “Nutritional Sciences” is required as well as participation in curricular development. 

Your academic profile:

• Doctoral degree/PhD
• Outstanding research achievements, excellent publication and funding record, international reputation
• Proven leadership qualities
• Gender and diversity competence
• Experience in designing and managing large research projects
• Enthusiasm for excellent teaching and supervision at the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral level
• Willingness to take on organisational and administrative responsibilities within both universities

The universities expect the successful candidate to acquire, within three years, proficiency in German sufficient for teaching in bachelor’s programmes and for participation in university committees.

We offer:

• a dynamic research environment
• a wide range of research and teaching support services
• attractive working conditions in a city with a high quality of life
• an attractive salary according to the Collective Bargaining Agreement for University Staff (§ 98 UG, level A1, to be negotiated individually) and an organisational retirement plan
• a “start-up package”, in particular for the initiation of research projects
• comprehensive relocation support

Application documents:

Please submit a single PDF file (LastName_FirstName.pdf) containing the following information in English via e-mail to the Dean of the Faculty of Life Sciences of the University of Vienna, Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Karl-Heinz Wagner, (dekanat.lewi@univie.ac.at):

1. Letter of motivation
2. Academic curriculum vitae
   • education and training
   • positions held to date
   • career breaks (e.g. parental, family or other care periods)
   • awards and honors
   • commissions of trust
   • previous and current cooperation partners
   • list of most important acquired third-party funding as principal investigator, and, if applicable, of inventions/patents
   • list of most important scientific talks (max. 10)
   • teaching and mentoring
   • supervision experience (Master and PhD)
3. List of publications and a link to your ORCID record
4. Research statement
   • most important research achievements (max. 2 pages) and planned future research activities (max. 4 pages)
   • synopsis of five key publications with relevance to the position advertised
5. Teaching and supervision statement
   • teaching and supervision concept, including a description of the previous and planned priorities in academic teaching and supervision (max. 2 pages)

Appendices to application document:

1. Five key publications as electronic full text version
2. Teaching evaluations (if available, compiled into a single PDF file)
3. Copies of certificates of academic degrees (mandatory, compiled into a single PDF file)

The University of Vienna has an anti-discriminatory employment policy and attaches great importance to equal opportunities, the advancement of women and diversity. We lay special emphasis on increasing the number of women in senior and in academic positions among the academic and general university staff and therefore expressly encourage qualified women to apply. Given equal qualifications, preference will be given to female candidates.

The MedUni Vienna aims to increase the proportion of women in executive positions and therefore expressly encourages qualified female candidates to apply. In case of equivalent qualifications, preference will be given to female applicants.

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Reference no.: PuHeNu2025

Application deadline: 17. September 2025