DTU Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Circular Flow of Materials

If you are establishing your career within a circular material flow, and you are looking for the best possible foundation for fulfilling your dreams and ambitions, it is right here in front of you. At DTU Sustain, you will have the opportunity to apply your ideas and competencies as well as entering interdisciplinary collaborations for the benefit of society. DTU Sustain offers a position with freedom to develop your research profile, combined with a strong culture of interdisciplinary collaborations with other scientific and engineering fields.

Responsibilities and qualifications
We are seeking a new Assistant Professor. The main purpose of the position is to join our research in the field of circular material use at DTU Sustain. This will involve research in the recycling of scarce resources, both elemental resources and mineral resources, for use in the green transition and in construction materials, respectively. The research will be based on an interdisciplinary foundation and in collaboration with DTU Sustain’s research activities in general. 

Your primary tasks will be to:

• Conduct research on the extraction and concentration of elemental resources from particulate residual waste
• Recycling of particulate residual waste in construction materials. 
• Implement highly advanced techniques and statistical tools in your research
• Teach and supervise BSc and MSc student projects, and be a co-supervisor for PhD students
• Assist in teaching courses in construction materials at the BSc level
• Design research projects and write applications

We expect you to have a background in materials science and to have conducted research on recycling in international settings. We expect that you are experienced in laboratory work, experimental setup design, and the application of statistical tools in the planning and analysis of experimental results.

A proven ability to attract funding is a requirement, and experience from participation in EU Horizon or other large international projects is beneficial.

We seek a colleague who is eager to disseminate research results and sees this as an integral part of everyday life.

You must be responsible for the teaching of courses. DTU employs two working languages: Danish and English. You are expected to be fluent in at least one of these languages, and in time are expected to master both.

As formal qualification you must hold a PhD degree (or equivalent).

You will be assessed against the responsibilities and qualifications stated above and the following general criteria:

• Experience and quality of teaching 
• Research experience 
• Research vision and potential
• International impact and experience 
• Societal impact
• Innovativeness, including commercialization and collaboration with industry
• Leadership, collaboration, and interdisciplinary skills
• Communication skills

Further information 
Further information may be obtained from Prof. Lisbeth M. Ottosen (limo@dtu.dk)

You can read more about DTU Sustain at www.sustain.dtu.dk  

If you are applying from abroad, you may find useful information on working in Denmark and at DTU at DTU – Moving to Denmark.

Application procedure
Your complete online application must be submitted no later than 4^th June 2026 (23:59 Danish time).

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