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Work assignments 

The position as Professor in Plant Bioelectronics is based at the Laboratory of Organic Electronics (LOE), Department of Science and Engineering. Research and education at LOE focus on electronically and ionically conducting organic materials with applications in a range of areas, including but not limited to energy conversion and storage, printed electronics, photonics, and bioelectronics.

The holder of this position will lead an independent research programme in materials science with a particular focus on polymer electronics, for example the development of multifunctional organic semiconductor materials with electrical and optical properties tailored for different purposes, primarily within electronics and energy applications. The research profile of the position includes the development of plant bioelectronics and plant-based biohybrid systems, in which organic electronic materials are integrated with living plants in order, for example, to monitor and modulate physiological processes in real time. The research profile may also include exploring plants as active technological components, for example in adaptive, self-healing and sunlight-driven living hybrid materials for sustainable agriculture, environmental sensing and regenerative technologies.

You are active in the research community, participate in the division's activities such as seminars and workshops, participate in research projects, communicate results through academic publications, and help attract external research funding.

As a professor in Plant Bioelectronics, you will contribute to teaching at undergraduate, advanced and postgraduate levels. For this position, teaching is conducted in English and primarily within doctoral and Master's level courses.

You contribute actively to the university's development work. We would like you to show interest in and participate in collaboration with local society. The collaboration assignment applies both in educational and research contexts. In the context of education, the main objective is to ensure the relevance of the education to working life and to create the conditions for lifelong learning. In the context of research, the collaboration assignment applies mainly through disseminating, making available and utilising research.

The employment may also involve administrative and management duties, such as serving as head of unit, deputy head of division or head of division, as well as participation in steering groups. The duties specifically include assuming a leadership role for plant electronics within LOE. This leadership entails line management responsibility for all staff within your unit and contributing to the strategic direction and development of LOE as a whole. The position also includes supervision of Master's students, doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers in their research activities, as well as project management responsibilities, including coordination of both national and international research activities involving members from several LOE units. We also encourage you to participate in and show interest in management duties.

Your work includes monitoring developments nationally and internationally within your field of study and other societal developments that are important to your work.

You are flexible and have the ability to move between different types of pedagogical and scientific contexts. You share knowledge and contribute to the working group's professional development, collegial ways of working and social community. The fact that you are present and active is something we see as self-evident in order to ensure that you are able to perform your duties in an optimum way and enjoy your working community.

Qualifications

We are looking for a candidate who has demonstrated both academic and pedagogical expertise. For this employment, particular attention is paid to academic expertise, second to administrative and leadership proficiency, third to documented expertise in collaboration in research, fourth to pedagogical expertise, and fifth to other proficiencies which are judged to be equivalent to each other.

In terms of academic expertise, the following will be assessed:

Requirements for the position:

• A PhD in biotechnology, materials science, applied physics, micro/nanoelectronics, or organic chemistry.
• A strong research background within the field of the position.
• Previous publications within the field of the position in recognised journals and conferences.

Of merit for the position:

• Competitive national and international research funding obtained within the field of the position.

In terms of pedagogical expertise, the following will be assessed:

Requirements for the position:

• Experience of teaching in organic electronics.
• Experience as principal supervisor of doctoral students.

Of merit for the position is documented expertise in collaboration in research.

• This includes the ability to disseminate, make available and utilise research through popular science communication and outreach, collaborative projects with external non-academic partners, external expert assignments, mobility projects, commercialisation, or assignments within the framework of permitted secondary employment.

Other proficiencies that will be assessed for this position are administrative and leadership proficiency.

Requirements for the position:

• Previous experience of leading a research group funded through own research grants and managing own research projects.

Of particular merit for the position:

• Experience of managing organisational change.

Of merit for the position:

• Previous experience of leading researchers.

Where teaching and research are conducted in English, you must be able to demonstrate the ability to teach and conduct research in English.

The workplace

Yuo will belong to the Laboratory of Organic Electronics and the Department of Science and Technology. 

The employment

This employment is permanent, full-time.

Starting date by agreement.

For more information on eligibility requirements, assessment criteria and recruitment procedures for teachers, see Linköping University’s rules of appointment. 

Salary and employment benefits

At Linköping University, salaries are set individually and differentiated, in accordance with the applicable collective agreements (RALS/RALS-T) and the university’s salary-setting guidelines.

More information about employee benefits is available here.

Union representatives

Information about union representatives, see Help for applicants.

Application procedure

Apply for the position by clicking the “Apply” button below. Your application must be received no later than August 3, 2026. 
 
Applications and documents received after the date above will not be considered. 
 
Please attach your selected research publications electronically, in pdf or word format, in the application template. Research publications, e.g. monographs, which cannot be sent electronically should be sent in three sets by mail to the University Registrar at Linköping University, University Registrar, S-581 83 Linköping, Sweden. The publications must be received by Linköping University no later than the deadline for application. 

Please note that printed publications will not be returned. They will be archived at Linköping University. 
 
In the event of a discrepancy between the English translation of the job announcement and the Swedish original, the Swedish version shall take precedent.