Year postdoctoral position in Microbial Trait Modeling
KU – SCIENCE BIO – BRIC
A post doc position is available within the , at the Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen. The appointment is for 3 years, and the starting date is April 1st, 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter.Scientific environment
The successful candidate will join the Center for Volatile Interactions, led by Prof. Riikka Rinnan. We offer creative and stimulating working conditions in a dynamic, collaborative, and international research environment. The center staff consists of ecosystem ecologists and microbial ecologists working in terrestrial and aquatic environments as well as ecosystem modelers. The center is housed at the North Campus in Copenhagen, where we have laboratory facilities and state-of-the-art instrumentation for analyses of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), molecular analyses of microbial community structure and activity, as well as incubation and climate chamber facilities. The center staff has collected a range of unique datasets to link VOC production and consumption rates with DNA- and RNA-based data of microbial communities in different environments and habitats as well as data on environmental factors. The center has access to supercomputing resources to process large datasets and to run trait-based microbial models. We also have specialists who work with process-based ecosystem models (see modelling work at )Main tasks and responsibilities
The post doc will lead trait-based microbial modeling activities and focus on adding processes to link VOC emissions with microbial traits and community dynamics in an existing model framework. The postdoc will apply and develop trait-based microbial models, such as DEMENT, under the guidance of the VOLT’s key collaborator, Prof. Steven Allison, University of California, Irvine. The modeling work will incorporate the microbial trait database and VOC and genomic data collected by VOLT members. The developed processes will be further coupled to ecosystem-level models to assess interactions and impacts at landscape and regional scales. The work will encompass data analysis, model development and model application. The successful candidate will be responsible for lead-writing and co-authoring scientific publications. The candidate will also have the opportunity to supervise BSc and MSc students.Qualifications
We seek an ambitious and highly motivated candidate with a PhD in biological sciences, computational biology, mathematics or a related field. A successful candidate should have experience with microbial-related modeling. Some experience with and knowledge of VOC datasets is a plus. Fluency in written and spoken English is a requirement, as well as excellent writing skills demonstrated by the publication record. The candidate should be comfortable working in teams with a collaborative mindset.
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