Vacant positions
Currently, there are no vacant positions available. However, we are always open to discuss project ideas and funding options. Just drop us a mail.
Currently, there are no vacant positions available. However, we are always open to discuss project ideas and funding options. Just drop us a mail.
Topics for student projects (Bachelor and Master level):
- How can we use metagenomic time series data to learn about eco-evolutionary dynamics? Help us developing a novel analysis framework by dealing with a super-exciting long-term zooplankton dataset. This topic is an integral of LTER REES and can be started as project/elective module but is extensive enough to be developed into a project for a Master thesis. You will gain experience in bioinformatics and the analysis of metagenomic datasets while working on the Uni's super computer cluster CHEOPS. We do not expect that you have already worked with CHEOPS before ;-)
- Can we measure climate change impact on freshwater systems in North Rhine Westphalia? This topic is an integral of LTER REES and can be a project for Bachelor and Master students. You will gain experience in R and basics in bioinformatics.
- How can life exist under extreme drought conditions in the Atacama Desert? Help us to investigate nematode biodiversity in soil samples from the Atacama Desert. With different experiments we are going to investigate how nematodes can survive without water, how they migrate in the desert soils, and how their genomes have been mutating and evolving in their population's history. This topic can be realized as module and or project for a thesis for Bachelor or Master students - there is a lot of science to do and you can choose whatever detail interests you most. You can accordingly gain experience in experimentation with nematodes, molecular work and Oxford Nanopore sequencing, population genomics and/or bioinformatic analysis of genome data. This work is an integral of the Atacama CRC and the PhD project of Laura Pettrich. You will be part of the collaborative team of the Waldvogel and Schiffer lab.
Please email to a.waldvogel_at_uni-koeln.de.
