Doctoral researcher

Subject: Fate and effects of antibiotics in anaerobic digestion systems towards attenuation of antimicrobial resistance

Project start: 1st July 2020. Working time 65% (25.35 hours per week), limited to 3 years.

Your tasks:

Biogas process is a well established technology for the treatment of agricultural wastes including manure, which is often contaminated with antibiotics and resistance bacteria. Little is known about the effect of process parameters on the fate of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) during the anaerobic manure treatment.

The tasks of the doctoral researcher are to combine field studies, lab scale experiments and in silico analyses to address 1) the degradation of antibiotics and the spread of ARGs in various large-scale biogas plants using qPCR and epicPCR 2) the effect of various operational conditions to improve degradation and ARGs removal 3) the applicability of wood decaying fungi for the treatment of antibiotics in biogas digestate.

Please submit your application with copies of your certificates and contact details of referees.

Your profile:

The candidate should have a master’s degree in Biology, Biochemistry, Environmental Science or equivalent fields; ideally with a strong interest and profound background in microbiology and molecular biology. Knowledge in bioinformatics, anaerobic digestion and stable isotope techniques is advantageous.

The candidate should be proficient in English and motivated to work in an international and interdisciplinary team.

We offer:

• Top level interdisciplinary research at a research centre which enjoys an excellent reputation within Germany as well as internationally
• Excellent technical facilities
• Work in inter-disciplinary and multinational teams
• Excellent links to national and international research networks
• Support and optimal training courses by our graduate school (HIGRADE)

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