Postdoctoral fellowship in marine microbial community ecology

The Grupo de Oceanografía Biológica (GOB) at the Centro de Investigación Mariña (CIM, Universidade de Vigo) offers a postdoctoral contract within the project:

PID2019-110011RB-C33 TRAITS: Towards the identification of functional groups of marine prokaryotes in carbon and nutrient utilization

General conditions:

  • Duration: 1.5 years (possibility to extend for a further 6 months)
  • Expected start date: Summer 2021
  • Working hours: Full time
  • Place of work: “Facultad de Ciencias del Mar”, University of Vigo.

Requirements:

  • Ph.D. degree in some biological area, with emphasis on microbiology, ecology, molecular biology or bioinformatics.
  • Strong motivation for research.
  • Strong background on microbial communities functioning: capability to interpret microbial biology and ecological patterns.
  • Strong background on the analysis of omics datasets: knowledge of R, statistics and plotting tools.
  • Proficiency in English.

Application

Interested persons must send their CV to Dr. Sandra Martínez García sandra@uvigo.es

Open offer until a candidate is found.

In the following link you can know more about the project and about the characteristics of the position offered.

Postdoc announcement TRAITS_Uvigo