PhD Fellowships in Computational Palaeogenomics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (2016)

The Natural History Museum, Faculty of Science at University of Copenhagen is offering 3 year PhD scholarships as part of the ArchSci2020 European Joint Doctorate Program. The broad topic is computational palaeogenomics, and is in the group of Professor Tom Gilbert, starting ca. November 1st 2016. The ArchSci2020 network offers the first European Joint Doctorates in Archaeological Sciences, and was created in recognition that there is a need to promote international, intersectoral, and multi/inter-disciplinary collaboration in doctoral-level training. Thus at the large level, ArchSci2020 will train a new cohort of bioarchaeological scientists.

Eligibility
- Experience in the analysis of Next Generation Sequencing data;
- Experience in bioinformatics manipulation of genomic and/or metagenomic datasets;
- Good communication skills in English, both oral and written. CGG is highly international research environment, good knowledge in English is required;
- Formal training in bioinformatics and/or computation, including programming in Bash as well as Python and/or Perl;
- A master’s degree, including written thesis;
- Relevant work experience;
- Integrity, motivation, and good collaboration skills.

Further details:
employment.ku.dk