Job Description:
We seek a talented postdoc to fill a position related to ERC project on Quantitative exploration of physical and ecological origins of microbial diversity in soil (SoilLife), and SystemsX.ch project on Design and systems biology of functional microbial landscapes (MicroscapesX)
The ERC advanced grant SoilLife aims to develop innovative modeling platforms to quantify biophysical processes that affect microbial life within soil complex pore architecture and ever-changing aqueous microhabitats. The MicroScapesX project focuses on elucidating mechanisms and processes that guide microbial community self-assembly and function. We model and conduct experiments involving complex trophic and other interactions among multispecies soil microbial populations under changing hydration conditions and within heterogeneous and multi-nutrient diffusion fields. We quantify aspects of self-assembling consortia and colonies on surfaces in the pore networks. We will explore survival strategies and population composition and dynamics over extended periods. Insights from these processes will be used to construct a virtual soil microcosm (VSM) – an advanced modeling and experimental platform for systematic and quantitative investigation of some of the central questions in contemporary microbial ecology concerning the origins and maintenance of the unparalleled diversity found in soil at all scales. Insights concerning principles guiding microbial consortia spatial and temporal self-organization would benefit enhanced functioning multispecies systems for ecological and biomedical applications.
DESIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
We are looking for a highly-motivated individual who possesses mathematical modeling skills and is interested in taking on several challenging problems that lie at the interface between the physical and biological sciences. The new postdoc will join a cross-disciplinary team (physics, engineering, biology), and is expected to take a leading role in developing the projects’ research activities in modeling and to participate in project management and students’ supervision. Postdoctoral applicants must hold a recent doctoral degree in Environmental Sciences and Engineering or Physics. Applicants should preferably have experience in individual-based (agent-based) modeling, microbial ecology, and quantitative aspects of environmental microbiology or systems biology. Applicants should be familiar with programming languages such as Matlab
ABOUT THE EMPLOYER
ETH Zürich is an equal opportunity employer, and ranks among the top universities in the world. Our institute is located in the center of Zürich, Switzerland’s largest City.
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We seek a talented postdoc to fill a position related to ERC project on Quantitative exploration of physical and ecological origins of microbial diversity in soil (SoilLife), and SystemsX.ch project on Design and systems biology of functional microbial landscapes (MicroscapesX)
The ERC advanced grant SoilLife aims to develop innovative modeling platforms to quantify biophysical processes that affect microbial life within soil complex pore architecture and ever-changing aqueous microhabitats. The MicroScapesX project focuses on elucidating mechanisms and processes that guide microbial community self-assembly and function. We model and conduct experiments involving complex trophic and other interactions among multispecies soil microbial populations under changing hydration conditions and within heterogeneous and multi-nutrient diffusion fields. We quantify aspects of self-assembling consortia and colonies on surfaces in the pore networks. We will explore survival strategies and population composition and dynamics over extended periods. Insights from these processes will be used to construct a virtual soil microcosm (VSM) – an advanced modeling and experimental platform for systematic and quantitative investigation of some of the central questions in contemporary microbial ecology concerning the origins and maintenance of the unparalleled diversity found in soil at all scales. Insights concerning principles guiding microbial consortia spatial and temporal self-organization would benefit enhanced functioning multispecies systems for ecological and biomedical applications.
DESIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
We are looking for a highly-motivated individual who possesses mathematical modeling skills and is interested in taking on several challenging problems that lie at the interface between the physical and biological sciences. The new postdoc will join a cross-disciplinary team (physics, engineering, biology), and is expected to take a leading role in developing the projects’ research activities in modeling and to participate in project management and students’ supervision. Postdoctoral applicants must hold a recent doctoral degree in Environmental Sciences and Engineering or Physics. Applicants should preferably have experience in individual-based (agent-based) modeling, microbial ecology, and quantitative aspects of environmental microbiology or systems biology. Applicants should be familiar with programming languages such as Matlab
ABOUT THE EMPLOYER
ETH Zürich is an equal opportunity employer, and ranks among the top universities in the world. Our institute is located in the center of Zürich, Switzerland’s largest City.
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