Postdoctoral Researcher in Marine Microbial Natural Product Chemistry | Post-Doktorand:in (m/w/d) für Marine mikrobielle Naturstoffchemie
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel (GEOMAR)
Job Summary
The GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel is seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Researcher to join their Marine Natural Product Chemistry unit. This role focuses on an ecologically-driven project to discover bioactive marine natural products. Key responsibilities include innovative cultivation and extraction of marine microorganisms, investigating their chemical capacity through comparative genomics and metabolomics using LC-MS/MS, and the isolation and structural elucidation of purified metabolites. The successful candidate will also supervise and train students and maintain analytical equipment. This position offers a dynamic, international research environment with excellent infrastructure, contributing to the preservation and protection of the ocean for future generations.
Required Skills
Education
Doctorate (PhD) in Microbial Natural Product Chemistry
Experience
- Demonstrated expertise and practical knowledge in metabolomics/dereplication of natural products using LC-MS/MS (molecular networking)
- Extensive experience and proficiency in purifying various natural products (HPLC and other chromatographic methods)
- Proven knowledge in structural elucidation of natural products (1D and 2D NMR, HRMS, other spectroscopic and computational methods)
- Demonstrated record of first-author publications in reputable scientific journals and presentations at conferences
- Experience in microbial genomics and analysis of biosynthetic gene clusters (BGC) (desirable)
- Microbiomics (e.g., NGS) (desirable)
Languages
Additional
- Research diving license (desirable); Driver's license (desirable); Must be eligible to work in Germany; Position is for a fixed term of 3 years.
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