Postdoctoral fellow in microbial ecology M/F

Organisation/Company

CNRS

Department

UMR-Institut de physique du globe de Paris

Research Field

Geosciences
Astronomy
Environmental science

Researcher Profile

Recognised Researcher (R2)

Application Deadline

14 Apr 2026 - 23:59 (UTC)

Country

France

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Full-time

Hours Per Week

35

Offer Starting Date

4 May 2026

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by a EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Implementation of the microbial ecology components of the project MESSENGER: « Can rock-powered Microbial EcoSyStEms provide valuable iNsiGhts into early life and its emERgence? » funded by the PEPR ORIGINS (https://pepr-origins.fr/en/ ) and integration of the microbial ecology results in mineralized environment in the petrology and thermodynamic modeling components of the project.
This project involves 6 (teachers)-researchers and research engineers from the Geomicrobiology and Physics of Natural Sites teams of the IPGP and is conducted in collaboration with the "Evolutionary Biology of the Microbial Cell" team of the Institut Pasteur.
Position of responsibility: The postdoctoral researcher may be required to supervise the work of interns or PhD students

- Sampling and measurements in the field,
- Acquisition and processing of microbial ecology data (genomics and metagenomics),
- Acquisition and processing of microimaging data
- Integration of microbial ecology data with environmental metadata, and petrological and thermodynamic data
- Writing of scientific publications,
- Writing of progress and end of project reports and project follow-up presentations.

L'IPGP is a world-renowned geosciences organisation, the IPGP is associated with the CNRS and an integrated institute of the Université Paris Cité. Bringing together more than 500 people, the IPGP studies the Earth and the planets from the core to the most superficial fluid envelopes, through observation, experimentation and modelling.
The research aeras are structured through 4 main unifying themes: Interiors of the Earth and Planets, Natural Hazards, Earth System and Origins.
The IPGP is in charge of labelled observation services in volcanology, seismology, magnetism, gravimetry and erosion. And the IPGP's permanent observatories monitor the four active French overseas volcanoes in Guadeloupe, Martinique, Réunion Island and Mayotte.
The IPGP hosts powerful computing resources and state-of-the-art experimental and analytical facilities and benefits from first-class technical support. The IPGP provides its students with geosciences training that combine observation, quantitative analysis and modelling, and that reflects the quality, richness and thematic diversity of the research conducted by the IPGP teams.

The interdisciplinary “Lithosphère-Organosphère-Microbiosphère” team of IPGP has been involved for more than 15 years in the study of the deep biosphere and has developed innovative methods (and acquired all the corresponding equipments) for microscale imaging of life in rocks (e.g., FISH-guided laser microdissection) or of microorganism-mineral interactions (e.g., SEM, CLSM-Raman spectroscopy, FTIR microscopy, SNOM).

Website

https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/UMR7154-SABGAL-054/Default.aspx

Research Field

Geosciences

Education Level

PhD or equivalent

Research Field

Astronomy

Education Level

PhD or equivalent

Research Field

Environmental science

Education Level

PhD or equivalent

Languages

FRENCH

Level

Basic

Research Field

Geosciences

Years of Research Experience

1 - 4

Research Field

Astronomy

Years of Research Experience

1 - 4

Research Field

Environmental science

Years of Research Experience

1 - 4

Microbial ecology of subsurface mineralized environments (genomics and metagenomics), environmental geochemistry and mineralogy, bioinformatics for DNA sequence analysis.
The candidate should have a taste for team and interdisciplinary work and be familiar with the latest conceptual and technological developments in subsurface microbial ecology.

Website for additional job details

https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/UMR7154-SABGAL-054/Default.aspx

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

UMR-Institut de physique du globe de Paris

Country

France

City

PARIS 05

Geofield

City

PARIS 05

Website

http://www.ipgp.fr

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