Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Pharmacokinetics 

About the position / About the job

Position as Postdoctoral Research Fellow available at Department of Pharmacy

Starting date no later than October 1, 2025.

The appointment is a fulltime position and is for a period of four years (25 % of which is devoted to required duties, usually in the form of teaching activities).

No one can be appointed for more than one Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the University of Oslo.

More about the position / Project description

The position is associated with the Pharmacokinetics group (PK group) at the Department of Pharmacy. The group works broadly within the field of pharmacokinetics, focusing on individualized drug therapy. The common goal for the projects is to characterize various factors significant for variation in drug response. This includes, among other things, genetic variation in drug-metabolizing enzymes and transport proteins, disease-related factors, drug interactions, and the gut microbiome. We collaborate closely with various clinical environments, particularly the departments of pharmacology and transplantation at Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet. The project associated with this position will, in line with the research group's main focus, study the bilateral effects between the gut microbiome and drugs, and the impact on drug dosing. Relevant methods include pharmacokinetic investigations in patients, shotgun sequencing, bioinformatics, HPLC-MS analysis of drug in different biological matrices, and population pharmacokinetic modelling. The projects are managed in a team with Master’s and PhD students.

Postdoctoral fellows who are appointed for a period of four years are expected to acquire basic pedagogical competency in the course of their fellowship period within the duty component of 25 %.

The main purpose of a postdoctoral fellowship is to provide the candidates with enhanced skills to pursue a scientific top position within or beyond academia. To promote a strategic career path, all postdoctoral research fellows are required to submit a professional development plan no later than one month after commencement of the postdoctoral period.

Qualifications 

The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences has a strategic ambition to be among Europe’s leading communities for research, education and innovation. Candidates for these fellowships will be selected in accordance with this, and expected to be in the upper segment of their class with respect to academic credentials.

Qualification requirements

• Applicants must hold a degree equivalent to a Norwegian doctoral degree in pharmacokinetics. Doctoral dissertation must be submitted for evalua-tion by the closing date. Only applicants with an approved doctoral thesis and public defence are eligible for appointment. 
• Fluent oral and written communication skills in English and a Scandinavi-an language

Desired qualifications  

• Experience with research on gut microbiome and drugs (pharmacomicro-biomics) is highly advantageous
• Experience with bioanalytical methodology (LC-MS) pharmacometrics and/or computational life science is benefical.
• Experience with Master student supervision is advantageous
• Experience with teaching is advantageous

What are we looking for in you? 

• Personal characteristics such as creativity, independence, strong communication skills, initiative and strong collaborative skills will be valuable. 

Employment in the position is based on a comprehensive assessment of all qualification requirements applicable to the position, including personal qualifications.

We offer

• Professionally stimulating working environment
• Vibrant international academic environment
• Postdoctoral development programmes
• Good welfare schemes.
• Opportunity of up to 1.5 hours a week of exercise during working hours.
• A workplace with good development and career opportunities
• Membership in the Statens Pensjonskasse, which is one of Norway's best pension schemes with beneficial mortgages and good insurance schemes
• Salary in position as Postdoctoral Fellow, position code 1352 in salary range NOK from 579 700 to 657 300, depending on competence and experience. From the salary, 2 percent is deducted in statutory contributions to the State Pension Fund

Inclusive worklife and diversity at UiO

Inclusion and diversity are a strength. The University of Oslo has a personnel policy objective of achieving a balanced gender composition. Furthermore, we want employees with diverse professional expertise, life experience and perspectives.

If there are qualified applicants with disabilities, employment gaps or immigrant background, we will invite at least one applicant from each of these categories to an interview.

We hope that you will apply for the position. 

More information about gender equality initiatives at UiO can be found here.

Application

Your application should include:

• Cover letter (statement of motivation, summarizing scientific work and research interest)
• CV (summarizing education, positions, pedagogical experience, administrative experience and other qualifying activity) 
• Copies of educational certificates and academic transcript of records 
• A complete list of publications and up to 5 academic works that the applicant wishes to be considered by the evaluation committee
• Names and contact details of 2-3 references (name, relation to candidate, e-mail and telephone number)
   

Application with attachments must be submitted via our recruitment system Jobbnorge, click «Apply for the position».

In assessing the applications, special emphasis will be placed on the documented, academic qualifications, as well as the candidates motivation and personal suitability. 

When applying for the position, we ask you to retrieve your education results from Vitnemålsportalen.no. If your education results are not available through Vitnemålsportalen, we ask you to upload copies of your transcripts or grades. Please note that all documentation must be in English or a Scandinavian language.

General information

The best qualified candidates will invited for interviews. 

If an applicant has applied for and been granted funding for a fulltime research stay abroad while being employed as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, the employment will be prolonged with the equivalent time as the research stay, but for no longer than of twelve months ( thus extending the employment to a maximum of four years)

Applicant lists can be published in accordance with Norwegian Freedom of Information Act § 25. When you apply for a position with us, your name will appear on the public applicant list. It is possible to request to be excluded from this list. You must justify why you want an exemption from publication and we will then decide whether we can grant your request. If we can't, you will hear from us.

Please refer to Regulations for the Act on universities and colleges chapter 3 (Norwegian) and Guidelines concerning appointment to post doctoral and research posts at UiO (Norwegian).

The University of Oslo has a transfer agreement with all employees that is intended to secure the rights to all research results etc.

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