**Job Description**
The Department of Agroecology at Aarhus University is offering a 2-year postdoctoral position focusing on the influence of phytochemistry and wheat cultivar mixtures on plant-microbiome interactions. The role involves studying root microbiomes to understand the effects of specialized root metabolites and cultivar mixing on microbiomes, and vice versa, their impact on plant performance and suppression of root parasitic nematodes. The work integrates metabarcoding data with plant performance, metabolome, and transcriptome data from field and greenhouse experiments.
**Skills & Abilities**
• Collaborative skills and ability to participate actively in teams
• Fondness of taking the initiative and the motivation to pursue a scientific career
• Documented experience in scientific writing and publication in peer-reviewed scientific journals
• Research experience in bioinformatic analyses of metabarcoding data, plant metabolomics or transcriptomics, multivariate statistical analyses or soil microbiology
• Teaching and supervision experience at the BSc and MSc level (Preferred)
• Interest and experience in developing competitive national and international research applications (Preferred)
• Insight into interactions between plants and microorganisms (Preferred)
• Experience with high-throughput sequencing technologies (Preferred)
**Qualifications**
Required Degree(s) in:
• Bioinformatics
• Microbial Ecology
• Plant-Microbe Interactions
• Similar fields
**Experience**
Experience Required:
• Documented experience in scientific writing and publication in peer-reviewed scientific journals
• Research experience in some of the areas of bioinformatic analyses of metabarcoding data, plant metabolomics or transcriptomics, multivariate statistical analyses or soil microbiology
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