QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

PhD stipends are allocated to individuals who hold a Master’s degree. PhD stipends are normally for a period of 3 years. It is a prerequisite for allocation of the stipend that the candidate will be enrolled as a PhD student at the Doctoral School of Engineering and Science in accordance with the regulations of Ministerial Order No. 1039 of August 27, 2013 on the PhD Programme at the Universities and Certain Higher Artistic Educational Institutions. According to the Ministerial Order, the progress of the PhD student shall be assessed at regular points in time.

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At the Department of Chemistry and Bioscience (BIO), our high-level research spans from basic to applied within both natural sciences and engineering. With approx. 150 employees, 75 PhD students, and 775 bachelor and master’s students at our campuses in Aalborg (main campus) and Esbjerg, we are a vital research and educational institution when it comes to creating new basic knowledge as well as contributing to solving the world’s challenges within biology, chemistry, biotechnology, bioengineering, environmental science, and chemical engineering.
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The Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Section for Ecology and Genomics, invites applications for a PhD fellowship to study the biological effects and environmental fate of biotechnological peptide-based pesticides. The project will focus on quantifying impacts on target and non-target organisms and study the faith of the peptides in experimental settings.
This PhD fellowship is part of the ENSAFE project (ENvironmental SAFEty of biotechnological plant protection products based on double-stranded RNA and peptides) funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation. The project aims to develop tools and methods to support evidence-based risk assessment frameworks for bio-based plant protection products (PPPs).

The vacant PhD will specifically investigate:

• Detection methods for peptides in environmental samples (e.g., soil), including direct molecule identification and indirect assessments via physiological effects on soil organisms.
• The environmental fate of newly commercialized peptide-based pesticides products, commercial as well as non-commercial products.
• Species-specific effects of peptide-based PPPs using molecular techniques, such as transcriptomics and proteomics, to explore physiological changes in organisms, including microbiomes.