The ideal candidate
- has a completed PhD degree on biotechnology, life science and technology,
  environmental engineering, chemical engineering, microbial ecology or equivalent,
- has strong technical skills and affinity with development of bio-process infrastructure,
  preferably with microbial communities,
- has the ability to work in a team that aims for effective implementation of the research
  infrastructure proposed,
- enjoys teaching and supervising students and aims for scientific output in conferences
  and scientific journals,
- is enthusiastic, a strong communicator and outgoing when searching for solutions for
  challenges that will arise in the process of the infrastructure development,
- speaks and writes English fluently and
- has excellent communication and reporting skills.

Salary and benefits are in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities. The TU Delft offers a customisable compensation package, a discount on health insurance and sport memberships, and a monthly work costs contribution. Flexible work schedules can be arranged.

For international applicants, TU Delft has the Coming to Delft Service. This service provides information for new international employees to help you prepare the relocation and to settle in the Netherlands. The Coming to Delft Service offers a Dual Career Programme for partners and they organise events to expand your (social) network.

Delft University of Technology

Delft University of Technology is built on strong foundations. As creators of the world-famous Dutch waterworks and pioneers in biotech, TU Delft is a top international university combining science, engineering and design. It delivers world class results in education, research and innovation to address challenges in the areas of energy, climate, mobility, health and digital society. For generations, our engineers have proven to be entrepreneurial problem-solvers, both in business and in a social context.

At TU Delft we embrace diversity as one of our core values and we actively engage to be a university where you feel at home and can flourish. We value different perspectives and qualities. We believe this makes our work more innovative, the TU Delft community more vibrant and the world more just. Together, we imagine, invent and create solutions using technology to have a positive impact on a global scale. That is why we invite you to apply. Your application will receive fair consideration.

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Faculty Applied Sciences

With more than 1,100 employees, including 150 pioneering principal investigators, as well as a population of about 3,600 passionate students, the Faculty of Applied Sciences is an inspiring scientific ecosystem. Focusing on key enabling technologies, such as quantum- and nanotechnology, photonics, biotechnology, synthetic biology and materials for energy storage and conversion, our faculty aims to provide solutions to important problems of the 21st century. To that end, we educate innovative students in broad Bachelor's and specialist Master's programmes with a strong research component. Our scientists conduct ground-breaking fundamental and applied research in the fields of Life and Health Science & Technology, Nanoscience, Chemical Engineering, Radiation Science & Technology, and Engineering Physics. We are also training the next generation of high school teachers.

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For more information about this vacancy, please contact Robbert Kleerebezem, associate
professor at the Department of Biotechnology, email:  r.kleerebezem@tudelft.nl

For information about the selection procedure, please contact Robbert Kleerebezem,
associate professor at the Department of Biotechnology, email: r.kleerebezem@tudelft.nl

* This vacancy is open until a suitable candidate is found and the preferred starting date is as soon as possible.

Are you interested in this vacancy? Please apply before 30 September 2023 via the application button and upload only your motivation and CV.

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