PhD student position in Environmental AMR (f/m/d)

At the Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR), Climate-Sensitive Infectious Diseases lab, there is a 100 % position available from 01.06.2024, initially limited to 3 years:

PhD student position in Environmental AMR (f/m/d)

Analysing drivers and barriers to the spread in aquatic and terrestrial environments

Tasks:

• Conduct an AI-driven systematic review to comprehensively analyze the current state of AMR in the environment
• Perform a detailed analyses to identify patterns of AMR in surveillance data from wastewater treatment plants
• Conduct an analysis of the AMR prevalence and trends in animals
• Provide support for the collection and analysis of human AMR cases together with other relevant environmental factors
• Undertake a comprehensive spatio-temporal analysis to examine the impact of microplastics on the spread of AMR in aquatic environments
• Take the lead in developing indicators for an integrated AMR One Health surveillance approach, with a focus on incorporating environmental factors

Profile:

• Master’s degree in Life Science, Data Science, or Public Health, preferably with cross-disciplinary experience in at least two of them
• Proven ability to use R or Python
• Experience in time-series or spatio-temporal analysis, preferably using Bayesian integrated nested Laplace approximation (INLA)
• Experience applying machine learning methods, e.g. using extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost) and an interest in learning natural language processing (NLP)
• Proven interest in environmental microbiology, environmental health/one health/planetary health, systems thinking and a strong commitment to produce science for policy impact
• Experience in bioinformatics analysing metagenomes (taxa and functional genes) is an advantage
• Experience in extracting environemntal data from remote sensing products is an advantage
• Field work experience in sampling of environmental samples is an advantage
• Lab work experience in environmental microbiology is an advantage
• proven track record of ability to produce scientific writing in the form of publications

  is an advantage

• Interdisciplinary competences: proven track record in team work and inter-cultural communication, ability to work independently, and great personal initiative and motivation
• English and German language

We Offer:

• A challenging, multifaceted position in a very exciting and iterdisciplinary scientific environment with motivated and qualified employees
• Flexible and family-friendly working conditions
• Attractive opportunities for further training to promote personal and professional development
• Support for the mobility of our employees through a job ticket

Remuneration is based on Entgeltgruppe 13 TV-L.

We look forward to receiving your application, please send it with the usual documents (CV, motivation letter, and certificates) by 15.05.2024 via e-mail to [email protected] .

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