PhD Student position in Aquatic Microbial Ecology in Germany

A university degree in one of the following fields: Biology, Molecular Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Microbiology or related. Successful candidate should have knowledge and experience in general microbiology, physiology and genetics of bacteria, work with microbial consortia or biofilms.

Experience with microbial community analyses including Illumina amplicon sequencing, functional metagenomics and transcriptomics are useful. Knowledge in biochemistry, especially in greenhouse gas measurements is helpful.

Solid knowledge in scientific writing, team spirit, and at least basic knowledge on bioinformatics and biochemistry are required. Good oral and written English skills are necessary.

Benefits

The position is available for three years. Salary is according to the German Public Service (TVöD) (PhD student: 65% position). The position will be based at the department “Experimental Limnology” in Neuglobsow, Germany, but requires visits in the partner lab of Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Streit and graduate school events at the University of Hamburg.