[ES_JOBS_NET] Laboratory manager, VOCs, Copenhagen - Denmark

[Riikka Rinnan]

A new Center of Excellence, Center for Volatile Interactions (VOLT), is recruiting a laboratory manager or laboratory specialist starting in April 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter. The position is for five years with a possibility for extension.

Scientific Environment

All organisms produce, and some consume, mixtures of diverse volatile compounds such as VOCs, reactive nitrogen gases (e.g., HONO), and sulfur/halogenated compounds (e.g., DMS and methylhalides). However, biological sources and sinks of volatiles, other than terrestrial plants, remain poorly characterized. In VOLT, we focus on VOC transformations associated with soil, cryptogams, freshwater, seawater, and glacial ice environments, as well as plant leaf and rhizosphere microbial communities. Our research encompasses field, experimental, and laboratory work and includes rate measurements, experiments with stable isotopes, and molecular analyses to assess volatile production/consumption processes and identify the organisms involved.

We offer creative and stimulating working conditions in a dynamic, collaborative, and international research environment. VOLT is housed in Universitetsparken, Copenhagen, where we have laboratory facilities and state-of-the-art instrumentation for analyses of volatile compounds, molecular analyses of microbial community structure and activity, as well as incubation and climate chamber facilities. Marine Biological Section, located in Elsinore, provides state-of-the-art facilities for molecular and process based studies of marine microorganisms.

Main tasks and responsibilities

You will be a vital part of the research activities at the research center and responsible for the operation and maintenance of the PTR-TOF-MS and GC-MS-instruments as well as related auxiliary instrumentation. This includes coordination of laboratory and field activities, quality control and calibration, problem solving, and assistance with technical installations in laboratory and field experiments, as well as providing technical support to the researchers. You will facilitate the design and develop incubation setups for plant, soil or water systems in laboratory experiments, including building the technical configurations and programming automation with data loggers/solenoid valves and PTR-MS software. You will also participate in processing of raw measurement data using dedicated software and custom-made code. Other tasks include keeping track of equipment and consumables, purchasing equipment and consumables, and providing procedures and guidance in center's database management.

More information and application link: https://employment.ku.dk/all-vacancies/?show=160903

Best wishes,

Riikka Rinnan
Professor, Ecosystem-Atmosphere Interactions
Director, Center for Volatile Interactions

University of Copenhagen
Department of Biology
Center for Volatile Interactions
Universitetsparken 15
DK-2100 Copenhagen E

TLF +45 51 82 70 39
riikkar at bio.ku.dk
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https://volt.ku.dk/
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