Postdoc position within Food Safety in Hydroponic production of Lettuce

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The postdoctoral fellowship position is a temporary position where the main goal is to qualify for work in senior academic positions.  

We have a vacancy for a postdoctoral position within Food Safety at the Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, one of eight departments at the Faculty of Natural Sciences. The position is a part of the project “Hydroponic Plant Cultivation on a Lunar Base Using Nutrient Sources from Human Waste”. The project is financed by The Norwegian Research Council as a researcher project for scientific renewal No 325249 - FORSKER21 where Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Space (CIRiS), a department of NTNU Social Research is the project owner. For more information on CIRIS, ciris.no or samforsk.no/ciris

The postdoctoral project has an overall aim to increase the knowledge of potential hazards and their   spread from the organic waste to plant production. Our approach is multidisciplinary, using classic microbiology, molecular approaches, and next generation sequencing.

Your will report to Associate Professor Lisbeth Mehli.