Postdoc Opportunities in Agriculture

Mohammed VI Polytechnic University is seeking a postdoctoral fellow for an interdisciplinary project on omics and soil microbiome research . The two-year project focuses on metaproteomic analysis of soil microbial communities and aims to identify genes and enzymes that can mitigate salinity stress, improve soil health, and support crop productivity. The research contributes to the development of biofertilizers and sustainable agricultural strategies addressing soil degradation and salinization. ...

Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) invites applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher within the African Research Center on Air Quality and Climate (ARC_AIR) in Benguerir, Morocco. The interdisciplinary research program examines the links between climate change, urbanization, resource systems, and territorial performance, with emphasis on Morocco, Africa, and semi-arid to arid regions. The work sits at the intersection of Earth Observation, geospatial analytics, artificial intelligence, c...

The International Water Research Institute (IWRI) at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University is seeking a postdoctoral fellow to work on membrane-based pretreatment for seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination in Benguerir, Morocco. The project focuses on developing, optimizing, and scaling advanced pretreatment solutions for seawater desalination. The fellow will monitor and characterize raw seawater through periodic sampling campaigns, assess physicochemical and biological water quality, and an...

Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) is seeking a postdoctoral researcher for COLCOM, a research project focused on multimodal crop analysis and fertilizer optimization. Based at UM6P in Benguerir, Morocco, the work is situated within the university’s research-and-innovation environment and its College of Computing, which advances computer science research and collaborates with industry and local stakeholders. The project aims to develop farmer-centric systems that combine multimodal remote...

Mohammed VI Polytechnic University invites applications for a postdoctoral research position at the African Research Center on Air Quality and Climate (ARC_AIR) in Benguerir, Morocco. The project focuses on monitoring agricultural emissions across Africa, with particular attention to cropland emissions of ammonia (NH3), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), and methane (CH4). The researcher will combine satellite remote sensing, atmospheric chemistry models, and physics-informed deep learni...

Mohammed VI Polytechnic University is advertising two postdoctoral positions within the African Genome Center (AGC) in Benguerir, Morocco. AGC is a multidisciplinary research entity working at the intersection of genomics, systems biology, microbial ecology, soil and plant sciences, environmental genomics, and biotechnology, with applications in agriculture, environmental sustainability, and health. The postdoctoral researchers will join an interdisciplinary programme investigating the sources, ...

SDU Robotics at the University of Southern Denmark is recruiting one or more postdoctoral researchers for its mobile robotics lab in Odense. The two-year research position focuses on developing robotic solutions for automated agriculture and other applications requiring mobility in open terrain. The project combines mobile robotics, computer vision, scene understanding, multi-object tracking, and artificial intelligence for autonomous operation in scenarios such as field processing. The postdoct...

Northeastern University is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Nutritional Immunology to join the Okeke Lab in the Department of Biology in Boston. Led by Dr. Emeka Okeke, the lab investigates how nutrition and bioactive molecules influence immune function, inflammation, and host–microbiome interactions. The postdoctoral researcher will lead an interdisciplinary project focused on the anti-inflammatory properties of a bioactive, dietary-derived peptide. The research will define how the ...

Mohammed VI Polytechnic University is seeking a postdoctoral researcher in spatial data science to develop an innovative model for estimating the direct and indirect costs of urbanization. The project focuses on how urban morphology—particularly compact and sprawling forms—affects infrastructure, health, environmental, and broader socio-economic costs. The researcher will develop and calibrate a predictive model using real-world case studies, then simulate urbanization costs across different cli...