6-year Postdoctoral Position in Environmental Biochemistry

The Working Group Environmental Biochemistry at the University of Oldenburg, Germany, is seeking an advanced postdoctoral researcher to carry out projects in natural products chemistry, ecotoxicology, and chemical ecology of marine invertebrates and associated microorganisms. We are seeking a motivated postdoctoral candidate with an academic university degree (master or equivalent) and a PhD in either Biology, Chemistry, Marine Environmental Science, or a related research field to join our team. The successful candidate will contribute to our ongoing scientific efforts and will have access to our large collection of tropical and deep-sea macro and microorganisms to discover potential new bioactive marine natural products. In addition, the candidate should have a strong background and extensive experience in marine natural products research, especially in running and maintaining high-resolution mass spectrometers. The candidate will be joining a team of chemical and microbial ecologists, chemists, and microbiologists at the ICBM in Wilhelmshaven. Working place is the ICBM in Wilhelmshaven.

Your profile:

• PhD in Chemistry, Biology, Marine Environmental Science, or related field
• Completed academic university degree (master or equivalent)
• Extensive experience in running and maintaining analytical equipment such as high-resolution mass spectrometers
• Efficient self-organization and laboratory management skills
• Strong background and experience in metabolomics and marine natural products research (i.e., extraction, dereplication, isolation (preparative HPLC), structure elucidation via MS, MS/MS, and NMR)
• Experience in analytical methods for ecotoxicological studies using LC-MS
• Excellent English speaking and writing/publication skills are essential
• Candidate should be inquisitive and possess critical thinking, problem-solving, and team-leading skills, as the candidate is expected to teach (4SWS) and co-supervise Bachelor, Master, and PhD students

Additional Qualifications desirable:

• Experience with operating and maintaining Waters SYNAPT G2-Si Mass Spectrometry and/or Xevo TQ-S micro triple quadrupole mass spectrometer or similar instruments
• Experience in Imaging Mass Spectrometry (MALDI)
• Experience with gas chromatography
• Experience with metabolomic studies (i.e., targeted and untargeted metabolomics)