The Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research GmbH (HZI), Germany's largest non-university infection research center, is a member of the Helmholtz Association and conducts cutting-edge research in the field of infectious diseases. Our scientists are developing new methods and strategies to fight infectous diseases faster and more effectively. Together with the Leibniz Universität Hannover, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Georg August University Göttigen, and University Hospital Göttingen, HZI is a member of CAIMed consortium. CAIMed offers positions for doctoral students, postdocs and professors who want to conduct research and develop innovative methods at the interface between AI and personalized medicine at our locations in Lower Saxony. In international teams, HZI conducts cutting-edge research for improved personalized healthcare of widespread diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and infections.

Technische Universität Braunschweig is one of Germany’s leading institutes of technology and offers an inspiring work environment with a wide range of research and teaching opportunities in state-of-the-art facilities. The 3,800 members of our academic, technical and administrative staff – including more than 400 international scientific staff – work together to ensure that our university successfully fulfils its mission of providing excellent teaching for our approximately 16,000 students and 100 trainees.

We focus our research on mobility, metrology, engineering for health, and the future city. Our core disciplines include a comprehensive engineering division and a strong natural sciences division, closely linked with business sciences, social sciences, educational sciences, and the humanities.

Our university is located at the heart of one of Europe’s most research-intensive regions.  We cooperate closely with the more than 20 internationally renowned research institutions in our vicinity and our network extends to our partner universities in Germany and all over the world, with whom we maintain strong relationships.

In your role as a CAIMed group leader, you will work at the HZI site in Braunschweig. The group is associated with the Department of Systems Immunology, a dynamic and interactive group of interdisciplinary researchers from physics, mathematics, bioinformatics, engineering, systems theory, and biology. The position comprises independent research possibilities, leading your own scientific team, developing your own research, and the option to pursue a long-term academic career. The position at HZI is associated with a W2 professorship at the Technische Universität Braunschweig according to the “Jülicher Modell” and will be co-mentored by Prof. Matthias Müller from the Leibniz University Hannover. The position is initially limited to 5 years. After a successful evaluation of the CAIMed project, confirming continued funding, an extension of the position for another 5 years is planned and a permanent appointment of the professorship will be sought based on demonstrated excellence in research and teaching.

Faculty of Life Sciences

We offer a

Professorship (W2) for 5 years in "Mathematical Models in Medicine"

as co-appointment with the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) according to the "Jülicher Modell" in the function of a

CAIMed group leader at the Braunschweig Integrated Center of Systems Biology (BRICS).

The group is affiliated with the Department of Systems Immunology of the HZI, headed by Prof. Dr. Meyer-Hermann, localized at the BRICS. CAIMed is the Lower Saxony Research Center for Artifical Intelligence and Causal Methods in Medicine.

The appointment is for the earliest possible date.