JUNIOR PROFESSORSHIP "Next-Generation Molecular Simulation Methods" @Cnam
JUNIOR PROFESSORSHIP
"Next-Generation Molecular Simulation Methods"
Conservatoire national des arts et métiers
The specific missions assigned to Cnam faculty members are as follows:
- Development and implementation of teaching
- Designing and delivering courses across all territories,
- Updating teaching content to address the needs expressed by professional training audiences and regional stakeholders,
- Contributing to the coordination of teaching teams and monitoring the deployment, quality, and smooth delivery of training programs,
- Implementing innovative training offerings (including distance learning),
- Assessing learning outcomes and participating in examination boards.
- Development of research and/or innovation activities
- Developing academic or partnership-based research projects at national, European, and international levels,
- Training through and in research,
- Promoting and disseminating research outputs,
- Developing connections and collaborations with French and international researchers as well as relevant professional sectors.
- Dissemination of scientific and technical culture
- Promoting innovative teaching practices,
- Engaging in scientific and technical communication with society (e.g., organizing conferences, public lectures).
- Participation in the institution’s life and outreach
Eligibility requirements for candidates:
- Hold a doctoral degree, as provided for in Article L. 612-7, or an equivalent qualification.
Candidates who do not hold a doctorate must have their university degrees, qualifications, and titles formally recognized as equivalent to a doctorate through one of the following procedures:
1° For recruitment under a contract leading to tenure in a corps of professors falling under Title V of Book IX of the Education Code, by decision of the Academic Council or, in institutions without an Academic Council, by the Scientific Council or the body acting in its place, under the conditions set out in the second paragraph of Article 22 of the aforementioned Decree of June 6, 1984.
PROFIL
Research Profile (nature and scope of the proposed call for projects)
The scientific research project of the Junior Professorship aims to:
- Develop new high-performance molecular simulation methods to screen, classify, and model surfaces, structures, and electronic densities of large molecular systems.
- Apply these methods to Drug Discovery challenges, in particular profiling, off-target prediction, polypharmacology, and protein–protein interactions.
The methods developed will leverage the latest advances in structural bioinformatics, molecular simulation using parallel computing, computer vision, and Artificial Intelligence.
The tools and methods resulting from this Junior Professorship project will be integrated into the open-source, free (non-commercial use) software suites developed by the Molecular Modeling and Drug Design team of the GBCM laboratory.
Teaching Profile:
The teaching project of the Junior Professorship aims to co-develop, together with colleagues from EPN5, 6, and 7, a teaching unit on parallel computing and Artificial Intelligence applied to molecular simulation. This unit will be part of a new cross-disciplinary track within the engineering degree in scientific computing, which is currently being redesigned within EPN6.
Procedures for the organization of interviews
The interview may include, where specified in the recruitment notice, one or more professional simulations, conducted either on-site or remotely. These may take the form of one or more lectures on a free or assigned topic, a seminar presenting research work, or meetings with students, faculty members, researchers, or equivalent staff of the research or teaching unit in which the position is based. Such simulations may be public, under the conditions set out in the recruitment notice. During these simulations, the selection committee acts solely as an observer and intervenes only to ensure that the process runs smoothly.
Candidates shortlisted on the basis of their application files by the selection committee will be invited to an interview. The interview will last at least 40 minutes. It will begin with a presentation by the candidate outlining their research, teaching, and outreach project, as well as how they plan to integrate into the institutional environment. The interview will then continue with a discussion with the members of the selection committee.
Expected Contents of the Application File:
The documents to be included in the application file are defined by the decree of 6 February 2023, as amended, relating to the general procedures for transfer, secondment, and competitive recruitment of university lecturers, professors, and Junior Professorships (see notably Title III, Articles 24–27, and Title IV, Articles 28–31):
-A valid photo ID;
- Proof of possession of a doctoral degree, or a degree, title, or qualification recognized as equivalent;
- The defense report of the degree obtained, or a certificate from the institution confirming that no defense report was issued;
- An analytical presentation of the candidate’s work, publications, articles, achievements, and activities relevant to the position, specifying those intended to be presented during the interview;
- A copy of each work, publication, article, or achievement mentioned in the analytical presentation and intended to be presented at the interview, up to a maximum of six documents.
Candidates must also include the application form available on Galaxie, in which they describe their research, teaching, and outreach projects.
Possession of a doctoral degree or equivalent qualification is required to apply. Furthermore, it is recommended that candidates have completed at least three years of scientific activity after their doctorate, so that the recruited person will be able to obtain an HDR (habilitation à diriger des recherches) before tenure. Proficiency in both English and French is necessary.