W3 professorship in Experimental Medical Biophysics

Organisation/Company Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf Department Dezernat Personal Research Field Physics » Biophysics Researcher Profile Leading Researcher (R4) Positions PhD Positions Application Deadline 12 Aug 2026 - 23:59 (Europe/Berlin) Country Germany Type of Contract Permanent Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 41 Offer Starting Date 1 Apr 2027 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf is inviting applications for the position of a

W3 professorship in Experimental Medical Biophysics

and a

W2 professorship in Experimental Medical Biophysics

as of the next possible date.

The research areas of the two professorships should complement each other effectively.

We are seeking two individuals with strong backgrounds in experimental biophysics relevant to medicine and established international reputations in the field.

Applicants should focus their research on basic research. A willingness to collaborate with research groups in the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences and the Faculty of Medicine is expected.

Excellent publications in internationally renowned journals are required.

Over the past five years, successful acquisition of competitive external funding of €300,000 for the W2 professorship and €750,000 for the W3 professorship, respectively, is required.

Participation in teaching within the medical physics and physics degree programs is also expected.

Both professorships require teaching experience in experimental physics as well as in experimental biophysics or in experimental medical physics.

The W3 professorship requires teaching experience in experimental biophysics and in experimental physics.

Participation in at least one of the collaborative research programs planned in the Department of Physics is expected. By conducting research on the following topics, the candidate would strengthen the initiatives planned in these areas.

• Mechanobiology and intracellular forces
• The influence of light fields on inter- and intracellular processes
• Phase transitions in living systems
• Transport processes through biological membranes
• Cell tissue growth

Participation in other coordinated research programs of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences is desirable.

Conditions for employment are, in addition to general administrative conditions in accordance with § 36 of the North Rhine-Westphalia University Act (Gesetz über die Hochschulen des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen), an aptitude for teaching, exceptional competence in research, and additional scientific achievements.

Female candidates are encouraged to apply; they will be given preference in cases of equal aptitude, ability, and professional achievements unless there are exceptional reasons for choosing another applicant.

Heinrich Heine University upholds the principle of “excellence through diversity.” It has signed the “Diversity Charter” and successfully participated in the Stifterverband's “Shaping Diversity” audit. It is certified as a family-friendly university and has received the European Union's HR Excellence in Research Award.

Applications from suitably qualified severely disabled persons or disabled persons regarded as being of equal status according to Book IX of the German Social Legal Code (SGB – Sozialgesetzbuch) are encouraged.

At Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, appointments may also be part-time, provided there are no overriding administrative reasons in individual cases for requiring full-time employment.

Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf offers a Dual Career Support and is a member of the Rhineland Dual Career Network (Dual Career Netzwerk Rheinland). provides further information.

For questions, particularly regarding collaborative projects, please contact the chair of the appointment committee, Prof. Prof. Stephan Schiller, Ph.D ( , Tel. ). For further assistance, contact

Please submit your application in digital form with the usual documents (letter of motivation, curriculum vitae, details of all academic publications, tabular list and proof of competitively acquired third-party funding (including scholarships), copies of academic certificates, research and cooperation concept, teaching concept (max. 2 pages), list of taught courses, list of 5 most relevant publications) in the HHU appointment portal at and complete the requested information as fully as possible.