The Research Training Group
“Alteration and element mobility at the microbe-mineral interface”
at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Germany offers
- 2 scholarships for entering in fast track PhD
(A.s.a.p., limited for 12 months),
- 4 PhD student fellowships
(A.s.a.p., limited for 3 years),
- a Postdoctoral fellow
(starting October 1st, 2011 and limited for 2 years).
Since the research subject of microbial impact on weathering, reactive transport and remineralization
is strictly interdisciplinary, the faculty comprises three geological, one mineralogical, two soil science,
one chemical and two microbiological expert groups. With this research profile, a PhD program is
established that is characterized by its scientific excellence and strong international context and that
will stimulate interaction between students coming from di fferent scientific disciplines.
Applicants for the scholarships have to show that they are among the 5% top graduates of their
bachelor year, applicants of the PhD student fellowships should have an excellent diploma or MSc
(more than 80%) in the field of biology, geology, chemistry or comparable certification.
Vacant PhD projects:
- Bioconversion of mobile organo-mineral geosorbents: microbial effects on reactivity and mobility
- Linking iron cycling to the stabilization and spatial distribution of soil organic matter
- Microbial formation of heavy metal containing secondary minerals
- Investigation of the microbial impact on the alteration and degradation of clay minerals
Vacant Postdoctoral project:
- Proteins involved in bioconversion, biomineralization or biodissolution
Further information you find at http://www.gk-alteration.uni-jena.de link
Recruitment/Applications. Send your electronical application including the application
form to katrin.krause@uni-jena.de, deadline except for postdoctoral fellow 31 January
2011.
“Alteration and element mobility at the microbe-mineral interface”
at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Germany offers
- 2 scholarships for entering in fast track PhD
(A.s.a.p., limited for 12 months),
- 4 PhD student fellowships
(A.s.a.p., limited for 3 years),
- a Postdoctoral fellow
(starting October 1st, 2011 and limited for 2 years).
Since the research subject of microbial impact on weathering, reactive transport and remineralization
is strictly interdisciplinary, the faculty comprises three geological, one mineralogical, two soil science,
one chemical and two microbiological expert groups. With this research profile, a PhD program is
established that is characterized by its scientific excellence and strong international context and that
will stimulate interaction between students coming from di fferent scientific disciplines.
Applicants for the scholarships have to show that they are among the 5% top graduates of their
bachelor year, applicants of the PhD student fellowships should have an excellent diploma or MSc
(more than 80%) in the field of biology, geology, chemistry or comparable certification.
Vacant PhD projects:
- Bioconversion of mobile organo-mineral geosorbents: microbial effects on reactivity and mobility
- Linking iron cycling to the stabilization and spatial distribution of soil organic matter
- Microbial formation of heavy metal containing secondary minerals
- Investigation of the microbial impact on the alteration and degradation of clay minerals
Vacant Postdoctoral project:
- Proteins involved in bioconversion, biomineralization or biodissolution
Further information you find at http://www.gk-alteration.uni-jena.de link
Recruitment/Applications. Send your electronical application including the application
form to katrin.krause@uni-jena.de, deadline except for postdoctoral fellow 31 January
2011.