Postdoc in Anaerobic Microbial Consortia - DTU Chemical Engineering

Job description

The Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering invites applications for Postdoctoral Fellow positions for a European Research Council (ERC) funded project focusing on anaerobic microbiomes for biotechnological applications. The project aims to design and construct tailor‑made microbial communities for the valorisation of biowastes. Applicants should have a background in bioinformatics, synthetic microbial communities, microbial interactions, anaerobic microbiology, and fermentation. The positions are: - Postdoc in Bioinformatics, requiring a strong background in bioinformatics, experience in Oxford Nanopore Technologies sequencing and genome centric metagenomics, with focus on microbial metabolism and microbial interactions. - Postdoc in Microbial Ecology, requiring a background in microbial ecology, with emphasis on genome mapping based on genomic information and metabolic modelling of the anaerobic microbiome. Responsibilities: The successful candidates will join an innovative, collaborative, international and multidisciplinary team. The group works on both fundamental understanding but also development and validation of new technologies based on the use of microorganisms...