W2 Professorship in Visceral Surgery and Translational Research Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen

The Faculty of Medicine of Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU) and the University Hospital Giessen and Marburg GmbH (UKGM), Giessen Campus, invite applications for a

W2 Professorship in Visceral Surgery and Translational Research

as of the earliest possible date. Reference is made to § 67 Para. 7 Hessian Higher Education Act (HessHG), the non-tariff terms of employment apply, and to the conditions of employment based on § 68 HessHG. Proficient knowledge of German is expected.

Duties:
You represent the field of visceral surgery and the associated translational research within the Clinic for General, Visceral, Thoracic and Transplant Surgery in research, teaching and patient care across the entire spectrum. All tasks related to the professorship in patient care are regulated by the UKGM.

Your research areas will focus on investigating the molecular mechanisms underlying inflammatory and regenerative processes relevant to visceral surgery.

Particular emphasis is placed on translational research with high clinical relevance, including the investigation of molecular biological processes involved in wound healing and regeneration. Your research is expected to build upon existing research priorities at the Giessen Campus. In particular, you should contribute to the university's focus area “Cardiopulmonary System (Heart/Lungs)" - as well as to the Faculty of Medicine's accent areas “Translational Oncology", “Reparation and Regeneration", and “e-Health".

Furthermore, you are expected to actively participate in existing research consortia at JLU (in particular the Cluster of Excellence – “Cardio-Pulmonary Institute" (CPI), the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), and the Collaborative Research Center (CRC) 1213 “Pulmonary Hypertension and Cor Pulmonale").

In addition, you will participate in the initiation of new interdisciplinary research consortia and networks. Close collaboration with the University Center for Biomedical Informatics at JLU and the University of Applied Sciences in Central Hessen in the fields of digital medicine and big data analysis is also expected. There will be a special focus on modern information technologies and artificial intelligence.

Your teaching duties will include the clinical component of medical students training.

In addition to teaching the fundamentals of surgery, you will introduce students to current developments in molecular biology and immunology. This will foster independent scientific work in the early stages of their education and careers. In addition to transferring theoretical and practical knowledge, your teaching activities will focus on establishing and expanding interprofessional training structures and designing and conducting interdisciplinary lectures and internships.

You are also expected to participate in the Giessen Graduate Centre for the Life Sciences (GGL), the structured graduate program for promoting early-career researchers (JLU TRAINEE) and the clinician scientist program (JLU CAREER).

An integration of gender aspects in research, teaching and patient care is explicitly desired.

The universities of Giessen and Marburg have established the Research Campus of Central Hessen together with Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen – University of Applied Sciences. Within this framework, the two Faculties of Medicine engage in structured cooperation based on coordinated priorities. Accordingly, you are expected to demonstrate a willingness for interdisciplinary and inter-university collaboration within campus research foci and profile areas as well as participation in joint research projects. In particular, cross university/hospital patient-oriented clinical research and participation in joint clinical studies is expected.

Requirements:
The prerequisites for this position include a successfully completed university education in medicine, an outstanding doctorate in a relevant field, and excellent additional academic achievements (proven e.g. by a habilitation or internationally recognized subject-specific publications in renowned national and international journals).

Additionally, proof of a special pedagogical aptitude is required as a qualification to represent the specialist field of visceral surgery und die and the associated translational research in academic teaching with great commitment in its whole scope.

You should also have experience in the management of an independent research group (e.g., the DFG-s “Emmy Noether Early-Career Research Group" or German Cancer Aid's “Max Eder Early-Career Research Group"). You should also have experience in coordinating scientific projects in interdisciplinary networks and success in the independent acquisition of external funding.

Proof of a specialist qualification in general or visceral surgery is required, as well as experience in minimally invasive (robot-assisted) surgery.

The JLU welcomes qualified applications regardless of biological and social gender (m/f/d), disability, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, ideology, age as well as sexual orientation and identity. The JLU aims for a higher proportion of women in accordance with the women's promotion plan. We therefore particularly encourage qualified female candidates to apply. JLU is certified as a family-friendly university. Applications from disabled people of equal aptitude will be given preference.

We strongly recommend candidates to refer to our fact sheet on application procedures. Applicants are encouraged additionally to fill in one of the forms (Bewerbungsbogen – application form).
Please send your application with the required documents via online form to the President of Justus Liebig University Giessen by May 31^st, 2026, quoting the reference number K-05/26.

Would you like to learn more about jobs & careers at JLU? Convince yourself of our benefits at www.uni-giessen.de/karriere.