CareerPlan

Doktorand:in - Entwicklung von mikrobiellen Bioprozessen für d...

Jülich, NORDRHEIN_WESTFALENFull-time2026-10-19 → 2026-11-12

Core

Developing microbial bioprocesses for the production of functional peptides for industrial applications using automated workflows and AI/ML.

Role type

PhD researcher (Postdoc) in microbial bioprocess engineering

Builds

Automated microbial cultivation platforms, peptide production processes, and scientific publications

Domain

Industrial biotechnology / Microbiology / Process engineering

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Molecular biology, microbial strain construction, bioprocess development, laboratory automation programming (Python), machine learning, data analysis, scientific writing

Preferred skills

Research software engineering, DoE, scale-up to pilot scale

Technologies

Opentrons OT-2, TECAN Freedom Evo, BioLector XT, Eppendorf bioreactors, GitLab

Responsibilities

Develop and program automated workflows for molecular biology and bioprocess development; Construct microbial strains for intracellular and secretory peptide production; Cultivate and screen microbial strain libraries in batch and fed-batch modes; Utilize AI/ML for data evaluation and experimental planning; Scale up processes from lab to 50-L pilot scale; Write scientific publications and project reports; Supervise students in research internships and theses

Seniority

PhD researcher (Postdoc)