The GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, and Kiel University,
Germany, jointly invite applications for a 3+3 yr (non tt)

Junior professorship (W1) "Marine Evolutionary Genomics"

The junior professorship is initially for a period of 3 years and
will be extended for another 3 years upon successful evaluation. The
post is located at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
(www.geomar.de) and embedded into the research unit "Marine Evolutionary
Ecology" (head Thorsten B.H. Reusch).

We are expecting applications from early career researchers with a very 
good doctoral degree in the area of genetics of aquatic organisms, 
evolutionary biology, evolutionary genomics or related areas, ideally 
with a few years of postdoctoral experience. The successful applicant 
will have in-depth knowledge in evolutionary genomics and bioinformatics 
and intends to or has already started to develop an independent research 
line after their doctorate, best demonstrated through excellent 
scientific publications. The research area should be in an innovative 
field of marine evolutionary biology and genomics, involving 
multicellular marine animals, algae or plants (no microbes).

The successful applicant is expected to have deep proficiency in 
population genetics and ecological genomics, as well as in bioinformatic 
scripting, which also forms the basis for the associated teaching 
commitments. Teaching will mainly take place within the Master's program 
"Biological Oceanography" at GEOMAR.

Highly desirable would be a track record of successful third-party 
funding acquisition as well as experience in teaching topics such as 
genetics, genomics, evolutionary biology or marine biology. Experience 
in supervising students would be advantageous.

We offer support of technical staff and support scientists in marine
cultivation and bioinformatics. Through the Kiel Marine Organism
Culture Center KIMOCC at GEOMAR (http://www.futureocean.org/de/kimocc/),
state-of-the-art cultivation facilities are available that allow the
combination of evolutionary genomics with experimental work. Preferred
access to high-performance computing and the sequencing centre at Kiel
University (https://ccga.uni-kiel.de) is provided.

Applications (curriculum vitae, copies of academic degree certificates, 
list of publications and third-party funding, short research and 
teaching perspective (max 2 pages each) should be sent by 6 June 2025 to 
the Dean, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Kiel University, 
Germany, in electronic form in a single PDF file to bewerbung (at) 
mnf.uni-kiel.de

Starting date: 1 October 2025 or later (negotiable)

For more information pls visit the complete position description:

https://www.geomar.de/en/karriere/job-single-en/junior-professorship-w1-in-marine-evolutionary-genomics-1

Further informal inquiries can be addressed to: treusch(at)geomar.de

Thorsten Reusch <treusch@geomar.de>

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