Your tasks

• you lead with competent scientific and entrepreneurial guidance a team of scientists, PostDocs, PhDs and technicians and you actively collaborate with other Empa units, partner institutions and industrial partners
• create, functionalize or modify nanomaterials for bio-relevant applications
• your team achieves international recognition in nanomaterials-bio interactions, applies them to questions of high relevance and transfers knowledge to industrial partners
• you successfully present your results in scientific journals and at international conferences

Your profile

• experience in leading a scientific group
• PhD degree in chemistry, biochemistry or nanoscience
• strong background in functionalization / modification of nanomateirals and
• analytical chemistry
• successful project acquisition (SNF, CTI or similar)
• experienced in project management / writing scientific publications
• good knowledge of English and German is requisite (written and oral)

We offer a challenging executive position at a research institution with excellent infrastructure and broad interdisciplinary surrounding. Working place is St. Gallen.

Please send your application including a short statement of research interests, CV, list of publications and names and addresses of two references.

For further information, please contact Dr. Peter Wick (+41 58 765 76 84, peter.wick@empa.ch).