Department Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sci - Renewable Resources Dept
Posted date July 8, 2025
Closing date September 30, 2025
Position Type Full Time - Trust Funded

DESCRIPTION

This position is part of the Post Doctoral Fellows Association and has an initial appointment of one year.
This position has a comprehensive benefits package.
Location - This role is in-person at North Campus, Edmonton.

POSITION SUMMARY

The successful candidate will work on a research project related to the biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbons under anaerobic conditions.

QUALIFICATIONS

• The applicant should have a PhD in Petroleum Microbiology or any related discipline
• Experience in environmental microbiology (with main focus on petroleum hydrocarbon biodegradation), molecular biology (PCR, qPCR, primer design, functional genes analyses, etc.), and bioinformatics analyses (data processing, statistical analysis and visualization).
• A high level of effective organizational, personal initiative skills, and experience in writing project proposals and research papers are required for this position.
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  Note: This opportunity will be available until midnight September 30, 2025, Edmonton, Alberta local time

The research work includes:

• Conduct experiments with microbial cultures
• Perform chemical and molecular analyses of environmental samples
• next-generation sequencing approaches to obtain ‘omics’ data
• Deliver bioinformatics analyses to comprehend hydrocarbon biodegradation pathways under different redox conditions.