The mission of the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) as a nationally and internationally active research institute is to deliver knowledge and solutions for an ecologically, economically and socially sustainable agriculture. ZALF aims for excellent and integrated research with societal impact. The institute is a member of the Leibniz Association and is located in Müncheberg (approx. 35 minutes by regional train from Berlin-Lichtenberg). It also maintains research stations in Dedelow and Paulinenaue.
With its Tenure Track System, ZALF aims to recruit excellent scientists with essential expertise by providing a guaranteed transitioning to a permanent contract subject to successful evaluation.
The scientist position will be affiliated with the Research Area ‘Landscape Functioning’ and the Working Group ‘Microbial Biogeochemistry (MicGeo)’. MicGeo explores the importance of the microbiota for provision of ecosystem functions and services relevant for crop- and grasslands.
We are offering at our location in Müncheberg a full-time position as
Tenure Track Scientist (m/f/d) on “Biogeography of Microbiome Functions in Agroecosystems” [Reference N° T01-2025]
T01-2025
Call description
This Classic Tenure Track Call invites applications of scientists with a focus on spatial upscaling of soil and plant microbiome mediated ecosystem functions (ESF) in crop- and grasslands. The research shall consider spatial heterogeneity of major drivers on ecosystem scale to quantify and describe these ESF. Employing state-of-the-art methods of functional microbiome assessment (e.g. meta-omics) and combining these with spatial analyses of vegetation and soils, new data integration and modelling approaches to overcome the gap between spot, regional and global scale. Linking these approaches to soil fauna ESFs could be a further goal. This research will contribute to a mechanistic understanding of microbiome dynamics on the landscape scale. Research shall aim for quantitative evaluations of microbiome-mediated ESF in agroecosystems to guide transfomational changes towards sustainability and to evaluate effects of agroecological management measures on (agro-) ecosystem services such as pest and disease control.

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