Greenland Marine Ecosystems Scientist (4-year) | eDNA Focus

Aarhus University (AU); Aarhus; On-site; DKK 450,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

A four-year Researcher position at Aarhus University, Department of Ecoscience, Denmark, focuses on Greenland’s coastal marine ecosystems, including biodiversity baselines and the use of eDNA to monitor marine macroalgae.

You will participate in annual Greenland field campaigns, analyse monitoring data, develop eDNA methods (metabarcoding, dPCR/qPCR) and contribute to research proposals to attract new funding in an international, interdisciplinary setting. Fluency in English required.

Qualifications

• PhD in biology or closely related field.
• Experience with Arctic marine vegetation and ecosystem ecology is advantageous.
• Expertise in eDNA-based approaches, including metabarcoding, qPCR/dPCR, bioinformatics and biostatistics.
• Experience with marine fieldwork, DNA barcoding, experimental design and morphological species identification is advantageous.
• Ability to develop research ideas and contribute to grant proposals; diving certification is a plus.
• Fluency in English; able to work in an interdisciplinary and international environment.

Responsibilities

• Study ecology of coastal marine ecosystems in Greenland and their responses to climate change.
• Participate in annual field campaigns in Greenland and analyze monitoring data.
• Develop and apply eDNA methods to characterize biodiversity, focusing on marine macroalgae.
• Establish biodiversity baselines and detect changes in species distributions and new arrivals.

Education

PhD in Biology or closely related field

Tools

qPCR/dPCR

DNA barcoding

Job description

A four-year Researcher position at Aarhus University, Department of Ecoscience, Denmark, focuses on Greenland’s coastal marine ecosystems, including biodiversity baselines and the use of eDNA to monitor marine macroalgae.

You will participate in annual Greenland field campaigns, analyse monitoring data, develop eDNA methods (metabarcoding, dPCR/qPCR) and contribute to research proposals to attract new funding in an international, interdisciplinary setting. Fluency in English required.