Postdoctoral Position Available
Cryo-Microbiology
Helmholtz Centre
Potsdam, Germany
Application deadline: 20 April 2018
For more information, go to:
https://gfz-potsdam.concludis.de/prj/shw/00ac8ed3b4327bdd4ebbebcb2ba10a…
For questions, contact:
Liane G. Benning
Email: Benning [at] gfz-potsdam.de
The Helmholtz Centre Potsdam invites applications for the position of Postdoctoral Research Associate in cryo-microbiology. This full-time, three-year position will be located at the German Research Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam, Germany.
The successful candidate will focus on microbiological/biochemical processes in cold settings via experimental approaches. This position may include fieldwork in polar environments.
Duties of this position include:
- Conducting original research on microbial processes that control carbon/nutrient cycling in cold terrestrial environments with focus on microbial processes;
- Characterizing and quantifing laboratory- and field-based cryophile algae-mineral-fluid interface reactions with special application to stress adaptation of biomolecules in snow and ice microbes;
- Designing and performing stress and adaptation/response experiments with cryophile algae;
- Assessing genomic and biochemical changes using “omics,” imaging, and/or spectroscopic approaches;
- Publishing in international peer-reviewed journals;
- Presenting research results at scientific meetings;
- Leading and/or considerably contributing to writing proposals for third party funding opportunities; and
- Helping to co-supervise Masters and PhD students.
Qualifications include:
- A M.Sc. and PhD in geobiology, molecular microbiology, biogeochemistry, geoecology, or equivalent;
- Specialized knowledge in next-generation sequencing and bioinformatics experience in experimental manipulations and complex biological and biochemical process analyses (e.g. omics, biological microscopy or micro-spectroscopy);
- Experience in working at the interface between microbiology and geochemistry;
- Documented publication history and third-party funding record; and
- Proficiency in spoken and written English, German is an asset.
Applications must be in English and include a cover letter with a detailed research statement of a maximum of two pages, a curriculum vitae that includes a publication list, and the names of three independent referees.
For more information, go to:
https://gfz-potsdam.concludis.de/prj/shw/00ac8ed3b4327bdd4ebbebcb2ba10a…
For questions, contact:
Liane G. Benning
Email: Benning [at] gfz-potsdam.de