20 jobs found in germany

Institution Faculty of Languages and Literatures - Institute for German as a Foreign Language Remuneration group TV-L E13 Full-time / Part-time Part-time (65%) Start date 2023-05-01 (limited to three years) Application deadline 2023-02-28 About us: In the context of the DFG project "Constructional patterns in language-mixed utterances of bilingual children: a usage-based corpus study", a position as a Research Assistant is available at the Institute for German as a Foreign Language at LMU Munich, starting no earlier than 2023-05-01. In the context of the project, the influence of linguistic input on language behavior, especially language mixing, of German-English bilingual children will be investigated. The project takes place in close cooperation with the University of Leipzig (English Studies) as well as the University of Düsseldorf (German Studies). In...

Institution Faculty of Medicine - Max von Pettenkofer Institute at LMU Munich Remuneration group TV-L E13 Full-time / Part-time Full-time (100%) Start date As soon as possible Application deadline 2023-03-31 The Virology (chair: Professor Oliver T. Keppler) of the Max von Pettenkofer Institute LMU Munich, Germany, offers a Postdoctoral Position in Coronavirus Research (m/f/x) for 30 months in the laboratory of Professor Keppler The continued emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants-of-concern poses a major challenge for the control of the pandemic. We are interested in understanding the evolution and mechanisms of immune evasion of SARS-CoV-2 and the development of antiviral strategies. We have developed novel assays to study adaptive immunity against SARS-CoV-2 including neutralising antibodies in the biosafety 3 laboratory (Wratil et al., Nature Medicine 2022; Keppler-Hafkemeyer et al., Nature...

Your tasks and responsibilities: Independent and collaborative research broadly in the thematic areas of the Chair—including philosophically oriented decision theory, philosophically oriented social choice theory, formal epistemology and formal ethics, and the philosophy of mind and action—and dissemination of such research through participation in seminars, conferences, and workshops. Teaching: 5 hours per week. Candidates will be expected to contribute to the teaching offerings of the Chair, also in the context of the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy. Participation in other activities at the Chair, including conference and workshop organization, teaching administration, research seminars, reading groups, etc. Your qualifications: Candidates should have completed, or be closed to completing, a doctorate in philosophy or a suitable related field (e.g., logic, computer science, or economics). Candidates must have submitted their PhDs by...

Your tasks and responsibilities: The applicant will join the team of Professor Sebastian Suerbaum at Max von Pettenkofer Institute of LMU Munich. The group uses a combination of genetic, genomic and biochemical approaches to study the population biology, evolution and pathogenesis of gastrointestinal infections with a special focus on the carcinogenic gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori. Your qualifications: The position is initially limited to two years, with a perspective of prolongation. Applicants must have completed their studies in life sciences with a doctoral degree. Furthermore, we expect applicants to be highly motivated, to have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and to like working in a team. Preference will be given to candidates with documented experimental skills in the area of molecular microbiology and experience in handling pathogenic bacteria. NGS/bioinformatics capabilities are likewise very welcome. Important publications: F. Ailloud et...

Your tasks and responsibilities: You conduct research at the highest level, which is strongly interrelated with the research fields of the Institute. You will have the opportunity to study towards a PhD. To obtain a doctorate degree from LMU Munich School of Management you need to complete Master of Business Research (MBR) and submit your doctoral dissertation. During your time at the Institute, you cooperate with Professor Hofmann and the Institute team. You present your research on international conferences and workshops. You are responsible for 3.75 teaching hours per week Your qualifications: You have an interest in the research fields of the Institute. You have very good English language skills. You have the ability to independently work on your research and on a joint research project as a team player. You show a high level of commitment. You are looking forward to a collaboration in a creative environment. You have...

Your tasks and responsibilities: Quantify the current and future food demand Quantify and map the current and future food production potentials Identify current and future drivers of change and their quantitative importance for food demand and production, including demographic, economic, societal and biophysical changes. Assess trends in productivity of food systems according to different technologies and management options Quantitatively analyse the consequences of anthropogenic degradation of food systems (including climate change impacts on food production) Study the resilience and stability of food systems Connect food systems with the other areas of the nexus (water, ecosystems, energy) Third-party funding acquisition Writing scientific publications Teaching and student mentoring (5 SWS) Your qualifications: PhD degree in Agricultural Sciences, Agronomy, Agricultural Management, Land Use, Geography, or similar Strong...

Your tasks and responsibilities: Quantify the current and future demand or need for ecosystem services (especially regulating, supporting, and provisioning) Quantify and map the current and future supply of ecosystem services (especially regulating and supporting) Identify current and future drivers of change and their quantitative importance for demand and supply, including demographic, economic, societal and biophysical changes Assess the productivity of ecosystem services according to different management options of natural ecosystems. Quantitatively analyse the consequences of anthropogenic degradation of natural ecosystems for ecosystem services (including climate change). Study the resilience of natural ecosystems in regards to the stability of ecosystem services Connect ecosystem services with the other areas of the nexus (water, food, energy) Third-party funding acquisition Management and guidance in the own group Writing scientific...

Your tasks and responsibilities: Quantify the current and future water demand Quantify and map the current and future water availability Identify current and future drivers of change and their quantitative importance for water demand and availability, including demographic, economic, societal and biophysical changes. Assess trends in water use efficiency according to different technologies (for example irrigation systems) and management options Quantitatively analyse the consequences of anthropogenic water depletion and degradation of water systems (including climate change impacts on water resources) Study the resilience and stability of hydrological systems Connect hydrological systems with the other areas of the nexus (ecosystems, food, energy) Third-party funding acquisition Writing scientific publications Teaching and student mentoring (5 SWS) Your qualifications: PhD degree in Hydrology, Water Science, geography,...

Your tasks and responsibilities: You will develop an original research project in a field related to Ethics of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. It is of particular interest how Ethics can shape the design of algorithms, models, and methods in Machine Learning, how so-called  ethics by design can help to build responsible and reliable AI. You are expected to establish collaborations with researchers in AI and Machine Learning and to work towards human-centered machine learning, which benefits individuals and society. You will lead a research group for which you are expected to hire and mentor two PhD students (both TV-L E 13), who will be funded by MCML. Your qualifications: Outstanding PhD in one of the following areas: philosophy, social science, ethics, computer science, data science, or physics  Outstanding track record, demonstrated by high-impact publications in top venues at the crossroads of ethics and machine learning...

Your tasks and responsibilities: You will develop an original research project in a field related to one of the three research areas of MCML: Foundations of Machine Learning Perception, Vision, and NLP Domain-Specific Machine Learning You will lead a research group for which you are expected to hire two PhD students (both TV-L E 13), who will be funded by MCML. Your qualifications: Outstanding PhD in the area of informatics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mathematics, statistics, data science, or physics  Outstanding track record, demonstrated by high-impact publications in top venues of machine learning or related fields Excellent communication skills, fluency in English (written and oral) Experience in mentoring M.Sc. or B.Sc. students / running a research team Benefits: You will join one of the top AI research centers in Germany and in Europe with access to an excellent network of scholars and...

Institution Faculty of Languages and Literatures - Department III - English and American Studies and Rachel Carsten Center (Environmental Humanities, Prof. Dr. Sonja Dümpelmann) Remuneration group BesGr A13 Full-time / Part-time Full-time (100%) Start date 2023-10-01 ( initially for three years) Application deadline 2023-02-20 About us: The Chair of Environmental Humanities is looking for two postdoctoral researchers to join the team. The positions will start on 1 October 2023 and will run for an initial period of three years with a possible extension of a further three years. The newly created Chair is part of the renowned Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society (RCC), an international center dedicated to the study of environment and society at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) in Munich. Faculty at the RCC lead and offer courses in the newly created Environment and Society Master of Arts program. The working...

Institution Faculty of Languages and Literatures - Department III - English and American Studies and Rachel Carson Center (Environmental Humanities, Prof. Dr. Sonja Dümpelmann) Remuneration group BesGr A13 Full-time / Part-time Full-time (100%) Start date 2023-10-01 (initially for two years) Application deadline 2023-02-20 About us: The Chair of Environmental Humanities (Prof. Dr. Sonja Dümpelmann) is looking for a lecturer to join the team. The position will start on 1 October 2023. The initial appointment is for a two-year period after which there is a possibility of tenure. The newly created Chair is part of the renowned Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society (RCC), an international center dedicated to the study of environment and society by different disciplines, at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) in Munich. The working language is English. Your tasks and responsibilities: In addition to a...

Institution Faculty of Biology Remuneration group TV-L E13 Full-time / Part-time Full-time (100%) Start date As soon as possible (The project is funded for three years) Application deadline 2023-01-31 About us: We are looking for a highly motivated genomics and computational cell biologist who is interested in coral symbiosis and circadian biology of animals. You will work on a DFG-funded project entitled “Shedding light on corals: How DNA damage repair, cryptochromes and the circadian clock shape the response of Anthozoa to sunlight”. The project is funded for 3 years and a collaboration between the Guse lab (Prof. Annika Guse) and the chronobiology lab of Prof. Nicholas Foulkes at the Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). For this project, we are using a new experimental model organism, the marine sea anemone Aiptasia. Project background:  Coral reefs are the most biodiverse marine ecosystems...

Institution Faculty of Biology - Chair of Quantitative Organismic Networks Remuneration group TV-L E13 Full-time / Part-time Full-time (100%) Start date 2023-04-01 (initially limited to three years) Application deadline 2023-02-01 Your tasks and responsibilities: In this position, you will uncover how symbiotic associations enable organisms to adopt new ecological roles. Using the anemone model Aiptasia, we dissect the mechanisms, ecology and evolution underlying coral-algal endosymbiosis to learn how molecular interactions between distinct species lead to stable and complex ecosystems, which have co-evolved over millions of years. For more information on our research, visit: www.guselab.de. This fixed-term position is available initially for 3 years and is normally extended for another 3-years, after which a final extension of another 6 years is possible for candidates interested in doing a Habilitation (the highest educational...

Institution Faculty of Biology - Chair of Quantitative Organismic Networks Remuneration group TV-L E13 Full-time / Part-time Full-time (100%) Start date 01.04.2023 (fixed term position, initially available for 3 years) Application deadline 2023-02-01 Your tasks and responsibilities: In this position, you will uncover how symbiotic associations enable organisms to adopt new ecological roles. Using the anemone model Aiptasia, we dissect the mechanisms, ecology and evolution underlying coral-algal endosymbiosis to learn how molecular interactions between distinct species lead to stable and complex ecosystems, which have co-evolved over millions of years. For more information on our research, visit: www.guselab.de. This fixed-term position is available initially for 3 years and is normally extended for another 3-years, after which a final extension of another 6 years is possible for candidates interested in doing a Habilitation (the...

Institution Faculty of Biology - Chair of Quantitative Organismal Networks Remuneration group TV-L E13 Full-time / Part-time Full-time (100%) Start date 01.04.2023 (initially limited to 9 months with possibility for extension) Application deadline 2023-01-31 In this position, you will contribute to uncover how symbiotic associations enable organisms to adopt new ecological roles. Using the anemone model Aiptasia, we dissect the mechanisms, ecology and evolution underlying coral-algal endosymbiosis to learn how molecular interactions between distinct species lead to stable and complex ecosystems, which have co-evolved over millions of years. For more information on our research, visit: www.guselab.de. This fixed-term position is initially available for 9 months, with the possibility for extension. The project aim is to integrate and analyse numerous existing in-house datasets comprising RNA-seq, single cell transcriptomics and genomic...