瑞士巴赛尔大学2024年招聘博士后（深层土壤森林真菌生态学）

巴塞尔大学（德：Universität Basel，英：University of Basel）是瑞士历史最悠久的大学，享誉国际的研究型大学， 坐落于瑞士巴塞尔城市半州首府巴塞尔市。

巴塞尔大学是瑞士本土创建的第一所大学，成立于1460年。学校学科领域广泛，主要在生命科学与医学、视觉研究、纳米科学、可持续发展与能源研究、以及欧洲与全球研究五大特长学科领域拥有广泛的国际影响力。

Postdoctoral Researcher Ecology of Deep Soil Forest Fungi

University of Basel - Department of Environmental Sciences

Basel,Switzerland

Your position

This project takes advantage of a long-term forest monitoring network in Switzerland, of which an archive of 2100 fungal mycelium samples from soil cores down to 100 cm is available. Your main task will be to characterise the deep soil fungal communities using long-read sequencing and shotgun metagenomics to obtain functional insights. You will be modelling the deep soil fungal communities with a wealth of environmental metadata like soil chemistry, N deposition and tree physiology. The goal is to advance our understanding of how exploitation of deeply located nutrient and water resources by soil fungi may improve tree health.

Your profile

We are looking for talented candidates with a doctoral degree and a background in microbial ecology, forest biology or similar. Candidates are expected to have experience in fungal ecology, (meta-)genomics, bioinformatics, and multivariate statistics. Experiences in forest ecology and biogeochemistry are welcomed but not required. You are highly self-motivated and committed, have a proactive mindset and a getting-things-done attitude. We are looking for a highly flexible (periodic work abroad), well organized, detail-oriented and collaborative person with good communication skills and the ability to work well in an interdisciplinary and international environment. Fluency in spoken and written English is a prerequisite.