Postgraduate Research Associate (project employment) / Reference Code 98

Job Information

Organisation/Company: Universität für Bodenkultur

Research Field: Technology - Biotechnology; Biological sciences - Biological engineering; Engineering - Process engineering; Computer science - Modelling tools

Researcher Profile: First Stage Researcher (R1)

Positions: PhD Positions

Application Deadline: 16 Jun 2026 - 23:59 (Europe/Brussels)

Country: Austria

Type of Contract: Temporary

Job Status: Part-time

Hours Per Week: 30

Offer Starting Date: 1 Jul 2026

Reference Number: 98

Offer Description

The Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, Institute of Bioprocess Sciences and Engineering is currently seeking a Postgraduate Research Associate (project employment)

Extent of employment: 30 hours per week

Duration of employment: 1st of July 2026, limited to 31st of December 2028

Workplace: 1190 Vienna

Allocation in compliance with the Collective Agreement for University Staff to job group: B1

Gross monthly salary: depending on previous eligible experience at least € 2.832,10, payable 14 times per year

Responsibilities

• Start your PhD studies at BOKU University and participate one of our doctoral programs including lectures, events, workshops and retreats
• Carry out research project Life cycle analysis and cost models for plant-derived pharmaceuticals
• Investigate the ecological and economic impacts of producing recombinant pharmaceutical proteins in plants
• Develop improved cost models for different manufacturing scenarios in plants such as transient or transgenic expression
• Combine production cost models with assessments of environmental impact to understand where plant-based processes can be more sustainable compared to conventional manufacturing
• Apply the models to three real-life protein examples to be used in the context of mitigating health threats

Required skills and qualifications

• Diploma degree in Biotechnology, Chemistry, Engineering or other equivalent university degree
• Language skills: English (B2 or better)

Desirable skills and qualifications

• Confidence in communicating and presenting scientific work to colleagues, at conferences and to public
• Experience in writing scientific publications
• Experience with process modeling
• Experience with plant expression systems
• Experience in working recombinant proteins
• Experience with life cycle analysis

Applications can be submitted until: 16th of June 2026

University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna seeks to increase the number of its female faculty and staff members. Therefore qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply. People with disabilities and appropriate qualifications are specifically encouraged to apply.

Please send your job application including motivation letter, CV and copies of degree certificates to HR management, BOKU University, Peter-Jordan-Straße 70, 1190 Vienna; E-Mail: recruiting@boku.ac.at. Reference code: 98

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