2 PostDoc Fellowships in Exolife Science

Submission Information
Publish Date: 
Thursday, February 25, 2021
Archive Date: 
Thursday, April 15, 2021
Job Summary
Job Category: 
Post-doctoral Positions and Fellowships
Institution Classification/Type: 
Large Academic
Institution/Company: 
Copenhagen University
Department Name: 
SCIENCE
City: 
Copenhagen
State/Province: 
Sjælland
Country: 
Denmark
Announcement
Job Announcement Text: 

We advertise the openings of 2 postdoctoral fellowship at University of Copenhagen, in the field of Exolife Science, understood as the overlap field between astronomy, biology, physics, and chemistry. The fellowships are part of the synergy project: “Effects of bacteria on atmospheres of Earth, Mars, and exoplanets”.

Start of all the fellowships is August 15, 2021, or soon thereafter.

The project is part of a total of 6 new synergy positions involving staff at University of Copenhagen from the Niels Bohr Institute, the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Biology. The candidates will work as a team with the common goal of deepening our understanding of the global interactions of life with its surroundings in terrestrial and extraterrestrial environments.

For more information, please see https://cels.nbi.ku.dk/english/openings/

Postdoc project 1: “Physiological adaptations and genomic characterization of microbial extremophiles”
The main goal of this project is to manipulate the genomes of selected bacterial, archaeal and fungal isolates in order to enhance their abilities to survive and/or sustain activity under extreme environmental conditions, e.g. simulated Martian conditions. Supervisors: Professor Anders Priemé, Department of Biology, Associate professor Jan O. M. Härter, Niels Bohr Institute

Postdoc project 2: “Synthetic spectra of exoplanet atmospheres with and without biological activity”
The main goal of this project is to develop models for non-equilibrium atmospheric chemistry caused by the existence of life forms, including the influence of gasses produced by micro-organisms in our lab experiments. Supervisors: Professor Uffe Gråe Jørgensen, Niels Bohr Institute and Professor Henrik Grum Kjærgaard, Department of Chemistry

Application Deadline: 
Thursday, April 15, 2021
Current Status of Position: 
Accepting Applicants
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Attention To: 
Uffe Gråe Jørgensen
Title: 
Professor
Institution/Company: 
Niels Bohr Institute
Phone: 
+45 61 30 66 40
Inquiries About Job
Attention To: 
Professor Uffe Gråe Jørgensen
Subject: 
Inquiry on Postdoctoral Fellowships in Exolife Science