DTU Tenure Track Researcher in Sensory evaluation and quality – DTU Food

If you are establishing your career as scientist and want to be at the forefront of sensory research with focus on the use of modern objective and subjective sensory methods, then this position may be for you. At the DTU National Food Institute we want to be at the very forefront of research in the development of new sustainable technologies for new food ingredients and food products. For that to be a success, it is very important that the sensory quality is high and that the new products can be accepted by the consumers. Therefore, DTU National Food Institute focuses on  the use and development of sensory tools that can help to ensure high quality of new food products.

You will be employed in the Research Group Bioactives – Analysis and Application, which has research in chemical and sensory quality of food as one of its focus areas. The group has a dynamic staff with high international visibility, many research collaborations with leading international universities and organisations and a successful track record of national and international research projects. We are particularly interested in candidates with experience in the use of sensory evaluation tools as well as in chemical and microbial stability of foods as the successful candidate will collaborate closely with other researchers both from the Bioactives group and other research groups at DTU National Food Institute.

The position is part of DTU’s Tenure Track program. We offer a rewarding and challenging job in an international environment. We strive for academic excellence in an environment characterized by collegial respect and academic freedom tempered by responsibility. We develop talent by offering a career mentor, state-of-the-art research infrastructure, and postgraduate teacher training. DTU’s Tenure Track is an appointment of at most six years, during which you will receive career support in the form of professional and personal guidance. At the end of the tenure track appointment, you will be evaluated by an external assessment committee, who will assess your appointment to a permanent Associate Professor/Senior Researcher position.

Responsibilities and qualifications
Your overall focus will be to strengthen the department’s competences within sensory research. Specifically, you will:

• maintain and develop new objective sensory tools
• develop consumer studies for both national (in Danish) and international consumers at different levels
• engage in collaboration with industry and authorities.
• investigate sensory properties and their correlations to chemical, physical or other relevant properties/conditions
• use multivariate statistical methods for modelling and data treatment
• engage in teaching, innovation and advisory activities in relation to food technology, food chemistry, and food nutrition in a broad sense. Teaching activities will include supervision of student projects at different levels (BSc, MSc, PhD)

As formal qualification you must hold a PhD degree (or equivalent).

You must contribute to the teaching of courses. DTU employs two working languages: Danish and English. You are expected to be fluent in at least one of these languages, and in time you are expected to master both. You must have good communication skills both in oral and written English and preferably also good Danish skills as you will communicate with our sensory panel in Danish.

You must have experience with the use of multivariate data analytical techniques. Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills are required to support collaboration both within DTU National Food Institute and with external partners.

Flexibility and self-motivation are desired skills at DTU. In addition, we expect you to be a team player and interested in collaboration internally and externally.

You will be assessed against the responsibilities and qualifications stated above and the following general criteria:

• Research experience
• Experience and quality of teaching
• Research vision and potential
• International impact and experience
• Societal impact
• Innovativeness, including commercialization and collaboration with industry
• Leadership, collaboration, and interdisciplinary skills
• Communication skills

Salary and terms of employment
The appointment will be based on the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. The allowance will be agreed upon with the relevant union.
Starting date is 1 November 2025 (or according to mutual agreement). The position is a full-time position.

The position is part of DTU’s Tenure Track program. Read more about the program and the recruitment process here.

You can read more about career paths at DTU here.

Further information 
Further information may be obtained from senior scientist Grethe Hyldig, mobile no: +45 93 51 89 31, email: grhy@food.dtu.dk and group leader Charlotte Jacobsen, mobile no:+ 45 23 27 9075, email: chja@food.dtu.dk

You can read more about the DTU National Food Institute at www.food.dtu.dk

If you are applying from abroad, you may find useful information on working in Denmark and at DTU at DTU – Moving to Denmark.

Application procedure
Your complete online application must be submitted no later than 19 June 2025 (23:59 Danish time).

Applications must be submitted as one PDF file containing all materials to be given consideration. To apply, please open the link “Apply now”, fill out the online application form, and attach all your materials in English in one PDF file. The file must include:

• Application (cover letter)
• Vision for teaching and research for the tenure track period
• CV including employment history, list of publications, H-index and ORCID (see http://orcid.org/)
• Teaching portfolio including documentation of teaching experience
• Academic Diplomas (MSc/PhD) 

Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

All interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, disability, race, religion or ethnic background are encouraged to apply. As DTU works with research in critical technology, which is subject to special rules for security and export control, open-source background checks may be conducted on qualified candidates for the position.