Department of Food Science – Food Quality Perception & Society Agro Food Park 48 8200 Aarhus
Full-time position
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Deadline for application: 25 March 2026
The Department of Food Science, Aarhus University invites applications to a Tenure Track position in Sensory and Consumer Science to begin June 1st, 2026 or as soon as possible.
The position
This tenure track position will strengthen and complement ongoing research in sensory and consumer science, in the area of human perception of food and beverages at the Department of Food Science. This position is focused on the interface between human senses and perception of food and contribute to designing healthy and sustainable food and beverage applications with high consumer acceptance. The position is aligned to the Science Team ‘Food Quality Perception and Society’ (FQS) at the Department of Food Science http://food.au.dk/en/foodresearch/science- teams/food-quality-perception-society/. The Science Team has access to state of the art well-established sensory and analytical facilities, and advanced infrastructure, with a professional, trained and screened sensory panel and an ISO-approved sensory laboratory. Core to the team’s research approach is the measurement of human perception and acceptance of healthy and sustainable food application. Besides, in FQS there is access to instrumental and analytical techniques utilizing advanced facilities e.g. Olfactometry, Gustometry, Virtual Reality, Biometrics, GC-MS, LC-MS and NMR. There is also potential to access complementary research infrastructure via our close collaborators in psychology, physiology and neuro-imaging fields.
The candidate
The successful candidate must have a strong research profile in sensory and consumer science, more specifically in human multisensory perception and acceptance of healthy and sustainable food. In addition, the candidate must be able to demonstrate promise of outstanding capabilities in independent research, dissemination, and funding. A tenure track appointment requires demonstration of independent and novel research initiatives and international experience as a post-doc, demonstrated by a significant number of international publications. Successful candidates will be expected to:
- deliver innovative research of the highest international standard
- establish and develop their own research area within the existing FQS science team
- publish research outcomes through a significant number of international peer- reviewed publications
- deliver teaching at the Department of Food Science (graduate-level teaching in English);
- supervise Bachelor-, Master- and PhD students
- complete postgraduate teacher training for Assistant Professors at Aarhus University
- be granted competitive research funding from external funding bodies
- write and speak English fluently
Qualifications
- A relevant PhD and a minimum of 2-3 years postdoc experience in Food Science, Sensory Science, Consumer science, Human Nutrition or equivalent.
- Strong competences in sensory and consumer science, including human perception and acceptance of food and methodologies used in sensory and consumer science, and/or health, nutrition and sustainability aspects of food.
- Strong Competences in study design and data analysis, including multivariate data analysis utilizing advanced statistical analysis tools
- Proven publication record in international peer-reviewed journals
- Experience in class-room teaching and supervision of BSc, MSc and PhD students
- Experiences in writing research proposals for external funding bodies
- Experience in international research collaboration and networking
- Knowledge about researchbased advice of the Danish Government