Professor in Plant Chemical Ecology

Start date: September the 1st 2025

Keywords: Plant-Plant chemical interactions, Evolution of plant volatile communication, Plant receptors for volatiles, Ecology of interactions, Plant response to chemical signals

Specific skills,

Experience with teaching chemical ecology, preferably plant chemical ecology is required.
Experience with online teaching is preferred
Experience with designing master and bachelor programmes

Master's degree in biology or chemistry followed by a relevant PhD degree.
Habitation or similar, and/or be in a position to be the main supervisor of PhD students.
Long track record in teaching in plant biology and chemical ecology, including being course responsible for several courses.

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Application procedure

Applications will be received exclusively electronically, via the ODYSEE application from April 23rd, 2025 (10 a.m., Paris time) to May 23rd, 2025 (4 p.m., Paris time), through the link below.

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In the application system, fill your own profile first in full (top right corner – my profile), before starting the application. The application should, as a minimum, include the following as part of the online application protocol. Please do observe to submit the material with the correct translations:

• Cover letter (English).
• Research resume and plans for the next 5 years of research (5 pages max, English).
• Teaching summary (English or French).
• PhD and MSc diploma, including PhD defence report (Original version AND a French translation).
• Proof of latest job (contract, certificate or similar, original version AND a French translation).
• HDR certificate or similar proof of habilitation that allow for main supervision of PhD students, or other documentation that show that you hold a university position with the right to be the main supervisor of a PhD student (Original version AND a French translation).
• Up to 6 scientific papers.
• An identity document with a photo (passport or similar).

The list of mandatory documents to be provided, depending on the situation of the candidates, is defined by the decree of February 6, 2023 relating to the general procedures for transfer, secondment and recruitment by competition of lecturers, university professors and junior professor chairs. Further information can be found here.

If you have any questions or are in doubt, please reach out to Professor Henrik Toft Simonsen (henrik.toft.simonsen @ univ-st-etienne.fr) or HR assistance Leyla Kaplan (leyla.kaplan @ univ-st-etienne.fr (leyla.kaplan @ univ-st-etienne.fr)).