26.09.2024

Search for AITHYRA Co-Director for Life Sciences (f/m/x)

Join the ambitious and highly motivated management team of AITHYRA!

Michael Bronstein, Scientific Director and Anita Ender, Managing Director AITHYRA (c) ÖAW/Natascha Unkart

The Co-Director for Life Sciences will shape the vision of the AITHYRA institute together with the Scientific Director and AI/ML expert, Michael Bronstein, and the Managing Director, Anita Ender, establish a competitive research program, and play a major role in recruiting faculty and staff. AITHYRA will hire 10-14 junior and senior research groups (2/3 computational groups, 1/3 life science groups), provide a substantial computational and experimental infrastructure, and state-of-the-art AI-driven robotic labs in a new, currently planned research building at the VBC Campus in Vienna.

The goal of the institute is to develop AI-first approaches that will help to transform the life sciences and will fuel the biological revolutions of the next decade in many sectors, including human health. 

Learn more about the requirements and benefits of this directorship position: https://www.oeaw.ac.at/jobs

Please send your application (including cover letter addressing a track record of using and developing new ML methods for biological applications, curriculum vitae, a list of publications with the six most relevant ones highlighted and an overview of acquired third party funding) to OeAW President Heinz Fassmann and Vice President Ulrike Diebold at aithyra.search.director(at)oeaw.ac.at.

An international hiring committee of top life scientists will evaluate the applications and coordinate a hearing in Vienna on January 7-8, 2025. Closing date for applications: November 10, 2024.