Open positions at Umeå University

Description of work About the position Eligibility requirements Other qualifications Application A complete application must include: 1. A cover letter summarizing your qualifications, scientific interests and motives for applying (max two pages) 2. CV 3. Diplomas of bachelor and Master level degrees 4. Bachelor/Master theses work/other relevant publications 5. Other merits of relevance for the position 6. Contact information to two reference persons   Read more

Umeå School of Architecture is hiring a Teaching Assistant for the spring semester of 2025. The position is part-time and temporary, starting in January. The application deadline is 20 November, 2024. Job description The position entails supporting a 3D-printing design project at UMA's BioForm Lab. This experimental project is part of research focused on using biobased waste to develop more sustainable building materials. As a teaching assistant, your responsibilities will include: Sketching... Read more

The Department of Informatics is recruiting a PhD student for a fixed-term employment of four years starting early 2025. Project description The PhD position has a particular focus on AI-based automation (e.g. autonomous forest machines, drones, and robots) and its organizational implications. It is situated in a research group at the department conducting research within the field of Information Systems (IS) focusing on the digitalization of human-natural systems and specifically forestry as... Read more

The Department of Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics seeks a staff scientist who will work with a research group investigating the evolution of microbial endosymbioses. This is a temporary full-time employment for the time period 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-27. Apply latest 25 November 2024. Work description  You will work within the Libby research group, based at IceLab and the Department of Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics at Umeå University. The group conducts research on microbial... Read more

The Department of Odontology at Umeå University consists of approximately 70 employees and offers education in dental hygiene, dentistry, and dental technology programs, as well as conducting odontological research.  We are now looking for a Project Assistant in Infection Biology.  About the Research Project Our translational research combines basic and clinical research in infection biology to tailor diagnostics and treatment of dental caries to individual needs. We map genetic and molecular... Read more

The Department of Chemistry invites applicants for a postdoctoral employment (2 years) within biophysical chemistry.  The employment is full-time with access 2025-01-01 or by agreement. Application deadline is 2024-11-28.   Project description and working tasks The project aims to determine structural dynamics of membrane proteins using biophysical methods, such as time-resolved synchrotron X-ray solution scattering, cryo-electron microscopy, and computer simulations. The specific focus will ... Read more

The Department of Epidemiology and Global Health is an international, multidisciplinary research and teaching environment located within Umeå University’s Faculty of Medicine. Founded in 1986, we now have around 80 people from all over the world working in the department, with a shared mission to contribute to equitable and sustainable improvements in health and welfare across the globe. Description Equity in health care and the broader health system is an important accelerator for achieving... Read more

We seek an Associate Professor in financial mathematics for a permanent post. Applicants are expected to strengthen our education and research. The deadline for applications is November 29th, 2024. Background The Department of Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics conducts research in computational mathematics, discrete mathematics, mathematical modelling and analysis, financial mathematics, as well as mathematical statistics. Our teaching activities encompass all levels and include... Read more

The Department of Computing Science seeks a postdoctoral researcher who will work with attack and defence strategies in federated learning. The employment is full-time for two years with a starting date by agreement. Department of Computing science The department characterized by world-leading research in several scientific fields and a multitude of educations ranked highly in international comparison are now looking for a postdoc within attack and defence strategies in federated learning.   ... Read more

Summary The Department of Chemistry invites applicants for a postdoctoral employment (2 years) within a project related to characterizing protein function in gut microbiome Archaeal species using functional proteomics approaches.  The employment is full-time with access at the beginning of January, 2025 or by agreement. Application deadline is November 30th, 2024. Project description and working tasks The human gut microbiome plays an important role in health and disease. A small proportion o... Read more

Department of computing science The Department of Computer Science, characterized by world-leading research in several scientific fields and a multitude of educations ranked highly in international comparison, is looking for a Doctoral student in serverless edge AI. The Department of Computing science has been growing rapidly in recent years where focus on an inclusive and bottom-up driven environment are key elements in our sustainable growth. The 60 Doctoral students within the department... Read more

Research environment Umeå University is the site of the pioneering discovery of the genetic scissors CRISPR-Cas9 - a revolution in genetic engineering that has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The staff scientist position is in Prof. Evander's research group, which is an interdisciplinary group with biomedical researchers, doctors and epidemiologists. The research group's focus is in translational research, studying zoonotic viral infections regarding pathogenesis, transmission... Read more

The Department of Molecular Biology at Umeå University, Sweden, invites applicants for a position as Staff Scientist in Bioinformatics. The position is temporary for four months and expected to start 1 January 2025 or according to agreement. Application deadline is 5 December 2024. Description of the project  The gut microbiota plays a central role in maintaining effective mucosal barrier function. In the current project, the candidate will study how dietary patterns influence the gut... Read more

We are looking for a PhD student in Molecular Biology and a special interest in microbial systems biology. The position at the Department of Molecular Biology at Umeå University is temporary for four years to start immediately or as agreed. The PhD student will participate in activities provided by the Department of Molecular Biology, the Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), and the Umeå Centrum for Microbial Research (UCMR), thus providing interaction with researchers... Read more

The Department of Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics at Umeå University is offering a Staff Scientist position within the project “Extremal problems for multicoloured graphs and locally dependent percolation”. The position is full-time for eight months, with starting date 1 May 2025. Application deadline:   6 December 2024. Work Description  The staff scientist’s primary assignment will be to contribute to the Swedish Research Council-financed project “Extremal problems for multicoloured... Read more

The  Department of Clinical Microbiology  is seeking a motivated and PhD-qualified immunologist or molecular biologist to join Professor Mattias Forsell's research group. This postdoctoral position focuses on contributing to innovative research on immune repertoires and transcriptional patterns in B cells, with a particular emphasis on how these affect mucosal antibody responses, specifically IgA, and the formation of immunological memory. Description of the project The primary project aims t... Read more

The department of Molecular Biology seeking for a full-time, fixed-term Postdoc position for two years  from 1 April 2025 or as agreed. Application deadline is 6 December 2024 .The department provides a vibrant interfaculty research environment and there is access to a wide range of state-of-the-art imaging, metabolomics, genomics and screening facilities. Description of the project The project will be carried out under the leadership of Dr. Francesca Aguilo. The research group studies how... Read more

PhD position in structural biology of virus replication   We are looking for a PhD student in Medical Science with an interest in molecular and structural virology. The position at the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics at Umeå University is temporary for four years to start during spring 2025 or as agreed.  The PhD student will participate in activities provided by the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, thus providing interaction with researchers from different... Read more

We are looking for a PhD student in Medical Science with an orientation towards medical biochemistry and a special interest in mitochondrial protein quality control during ageing. The position at the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics at Umeå University is temporary for four years to start during spring 2025 or as agreed.  The PhD student will participate in activities provided by the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, thus providing interaction with researchers... Read more

Department of Physics at Umeå University Research (umu.se) conducts strong research in the areas of organic electronics, condensed matter physics, nanotechnology, photonics, theoretical and computational physics.  The Department of Physics is looking for a PhD student in computational science with a focus on digital physics and machine learning. The position is for four years of full-time doctoral studies. Application deadline is December 31st, 2024. The employment starts in March 2025 or... Read more

The Department of Statistics at Umeå School of Business, Economics and Statistics (USBE), is looking for a Postdoc who can perform high quality statistical research. Apply January 5, 2025, at the latest. The Department of Statistics conducts research within the field of statistics and data science, including both method development and empirical research, the latter in collaboration with scientists from other departments. We offer a research environment with access to national and internation... Read more

We are looking for a PhD student in Molecular Biology and a special interest in neuro-immune interactions. The position at the Department of Molecular Biology at Umeå University is temporary for four years to start 1 September 2025 or as agreed.  The PhD student will participate in activities provided by the Department of Molecular Biology, the Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), and the Umeå Centrum for Microbial Research (UCMR), thus providing interaction with... Read more

We are now looking for a postdoctoral researcher to spend 2 years studying potential strategies for early detection of cancer, with special emphasis on brain tumors and pancreatic cancer. The project aims to establish a prediction of different cancer subclasses by combing multiomics with diagnostic examinaions such as CT, MRI or hybrid imaging with PET/CT or PET/MRI. The project is interlinked with two large infrastructure projects; EUCAIM and PREDICT. EUCAIM, a flagship project in the Europe... Read more

  Project and work description The Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine (WCMM) at Umeå University is part of a national agenda with the goal of ensuring a leading position for Sweden within medical research. The Centre is a collaboration between the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, Umeå University and Region Västerbotten. In this call, Umeå University is looking for up to three excellent young researchers - Wallenberg Molecular Medicine Fellows - within, for example, one of the... Read more

The Department of Computing Science seeks a postdoctoral researcher in Computer Science with focus on AI trustworthiness modeling in human-robot interactions. The employment of full-time for three years starts in May 2025 or by agreement. The deadline for applications is Januari 31 2025. Department of Computing science At our institution, which conducts research at the highest international level and offers several high-quality educational programs in Computer Science, we are now seeking a... Read more