PhD and Postdoc Positions in Earth Science in Denmark

ARoS Aarhus Art Museum is seeking a postdoctoral researcher for Olafur Eliasson × ARoS – Shared Futures , a long-term collaboration that centres on a major solo exhibition with Olafur Eliasson. The post is embedded in the museum’s curatorial and research environment and is closely tied to the upcoming exhibition project, including its public programme and related interpretive work. The research focus is Olafur Eliasson’s practice and immersive installation art more broadly. The role invites a pr...

This postdoctoral position at Aarhus University is based in the Department of Agroecology , within the Soil Fertility Section , and is embedded in a research environment focused on soil fertility and nutrient turnover in agricultural soils. The project centres on soil nutrient dynamics and soil health indicators in arable and ley-based cropping systems . You will work on the ecosystem services of grassland leys and the use of biochar in arable cropping systems, with a particular emphasis on how ...

The University of Copenhagen’s Globe Institute is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to advance mass-spectrometry-based palaeoproteomics. The project targets ancient protein traces preserved in fossil material, including remains more than one million years old, with the goal of recovering longer and higher-quality amino-acid sequences for improved phylogenetic reconstruction of extinct hominids and other fossil taxa. The postdoc will develop novel workflows spanning sample preparation, chromatogr...

The Department of Science Education at the University of Copenhagen is offering a three-year PhD position within the Novo Nordisk Foundation Centre for University Science Education (NNF-USE). The project sits in the research work package “Disciplinary Writing Practices in the AI Era: Enhancing Learning in the Geosciences” and is part of the University Science Education research group, which works on higher education discipline-based educational research in an interdisciplinary and international ...

This postdoctoral project focuses on genome-informed microbial biogeochemical modeling to improve understanding of soil carbon cycling under global warming. The successful candidate will work on quantifying microbial traits from metagenomes and using these traits to develop a microbial-explicit version of the dynamic vegetation model LPJ-GUESS . The post is hosted by the Department of Biology, Faculty of SCIENCE, University of Copenhagen , and is embedded in the Center of Excellence VOLT (Center...

This PhD project at DTU Energy , Technical University of Denmark, focuses on one of the central durability challenges in green hydrogen production: understanding how solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOECs) degrade and how some of that degradation can be reversed during reversible operation. The student will use operando transmission electron microscopy to observe a miniaturised SOEC while it operates under gas atmospheres and temperatures up to 900 °C. The goal is to watch nanoscale changes as el...

The Department of Biology at Aarhus University is offering a two-year postdoctoral position in environmental microbial ecology within the Section for Microbiology. The project focuses on microorganisms associated with electrically conductive iron minerals in anoxic aquatic sediments, asking which bacterial and archaeal cells live on these minerals and how their physiology and ecology differ from those in the surrounding sediment. The successful researcher will investigate the phylogenetic identi...

This postdoc project at the University of Copenhagen focuses on how sea-level rise and coastal squeeze are reshaping tidal flats in the Danish Wadden Sea. The researcher will study tidal flat evolution, sediment characteristics, and the factors controlling sediment dynamics in coastal wetlands as part of the multidisciplinary WadProof project. The project examines recent and historical changes in tidal flat development and texture, the effects of dikes, and the drivers of sediment characteristic...

This postdoc sits in AAU Energy at Aalborg University and is embedded in the Underwater Technology research group in the Esbjerg Energy section. The project is part of the ABBA USV – Above and Below Autonomous Unmanned Systems initiative, which develops coordinated autonomous systems for offshore inspection, maintenance, repair, and surveillance. The advertised research focuses on the collaborative control of a tethered USV–UUV system , where an unmanned surface vehicle and an unmanned underwate...