IE University's School of Science and Technology invites applications for full-time tenure-track faculty positions in Environmental Technology. The successful candidates will join an interdisciplinary environmental science and technology area connected to the BSc in Environmental Sciences for Sustainability and to the broader research ecosystem of the School. The appointment starts in the academic year 2027-2028.
We seek outstanding junior or early mid-career scholars with a strong research trajectory, clear potential for international visibility, and the capacity to build externally funded research programs while contributing to high-quality teaching and student mentorship. Candidates should be able to work across disciplinary boundaries and translate environmental science into technological, analytical, or decision-support solutions.
Priority Areas
The search is intentionally broad within the following priority areas:
Environmental and Bioprocess Engineering: Transport phenomena, separations, reactor design, physical and reactive transport, process intensification, pilot-scale environmental or bioprocess systems, and resource recovery.
Ecohydrology, Hydrogeology and Water Management: Groundwater and catchment hydrology, contaminant transport, water reuse, drought and flood risk, soil-water-plant processes, monitoring, and process-based or spatial modelling.
Experimental Environmental Synthetic Biology and Metabolic Engineering: Experimental design-build-test-learn approaches for engineered strains or microbial consortia applied to pollutant transformation, C1/CO2 conversion, waste-to-value processes, resource recovery, and environmental bioprocess scale-up.
Environmental Bioinformatics and Computational Biology: Emphasis on environmental and microbial genomics, including genome-resolved metagenomics, comparative and functional genomics, omics integration, protein or enzyme modelling, reproducible pipelines, FAIR data practices, and environmental technology applications.
Exceptional candidates in other areas of environmental technology will also be considered where they bring a strong quantitative, engineering or technology-development profile that clearly complements the School’s existing strengths and teaching needs.
IE University is strongly committed to non-discriminatory hiring practices and encourages applications from individuals who will further expand the diversity of our faculty.
Application Materials
• Cover letter.
• Curriculum vitae, including recent publications, funding record, teaching experience and supervision record.
• Research statement, including main achievements and future research plans for the next five years.
• Teaching statement.
• Evidence of teaching quality, if available.
• Up to three representative publications.
Shortlisted candidates invited to an online interview may be asked to provide two to three confidential recommendation letters at a later stage.
For consideration create your dossier and apply at: apply.interfolio.com/193080
Applications received before November 1st, 2026, will receive full consideration. The search will continue until the position is filled.
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• PhD in a relevant field by the appointment date, including engineering (e.g., chemical, civil, or environmental), environmental science, computational biology, or related areas.
• Evidence of excellent research potential or achievement, including recent high-quality publications.
• Potential to attract competitive external funding.
• Commitment to excellent teaching, student supervision, and inclusive mentorship.
• Ability to contribute to interdisciplinary environmental science and technology programs.
• Spanish language skills are not required. Our working language is English. Both our faculty and student body are highly diverse and international.