Postdoc in Environmental Genomics for Pollinator Health

Center for Naturbaserede Løsninger; Roskilde; On-site; DKK 450,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

The Centre for Nature-based Solutions at Aarhus University seeks a Postdoctoral Researcher to advance environmental genomics and pollinator health. You will lead work on microbial communities in freshwater habitats and pollinator species, collaborating with an international network of ecologists and genomic scientists.

The position involves field studies, DNA sequencing, and integrative analysis of ecological and molecular data, with supervision of MSc/PhD students and dissemination through

Qualifications

• PhD in ecology, molecular ecology, genomics, microbiology, bioinformatics, environmental science or related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Design and coordinate large-scale field studies across multiple seasons.
• Collect and process environmental and insect samples for DNA sequencing.
• Analyze microbial communities associated with freshwater habitats and pollinators.
• Direct and support analysis of high-throughput sequencing datasets including eDNA, metabarcoding and metagenomics.
• Integrate molecular, ecological and environmental datasets to address biodiversity and pollinator health questions.
• Co-supervising MSc and PhD students.
• Publish research in leading international journals.
• Participate in international collaborations and scientific conferences.

Skills

Pollinator ecology

Microbial ecology

Environmental DNA

Environmental genomics

Metagenomics

Bioinformatics

R

Python

Reproducible workflows

Scientific writing

Microbiome analysis

Education

PhD in ecology, molecular ecology, genomics, microbiology, bioinformatics, environmental science

Tools

DNA sequencing

Metagenomic pipelines

R

Python

Job description

The Centre for Nature-based Solutions at Aarhus University seeks a Postdoctoral Researcher to advance environmental genomics and pollinator health. You will lead work on microbial communities in freshwater habitats and pollinator species, collaborating with an international network of ecologists and genomic scientists.

The position involves field studies, DNA sequencing, and integrative analysis of ecological and molecular data, with supervision of MSc/PhD students and dissemination through