Do you have a Master’s degree and are looking for fully funded PhD opportunities? Aarhus University, Denmark is now accepting applications for several funded PhD programs across a range of research areas.
1. Fully Funded PhD in Investigating how oxygen-limitation affects the secondary metabolism of bacteria
Summary of Funded PhD Program
Natural products produced by bacteria is a valuable source for medicinally relevant compounds, but the genetic potential for new compounds is often much higher than what is observed when cultivating the bacteria in laboratory settings. This project’s aim is to investigate how the secondary metabolism of bacteria is affected by stress caused by oxygen limitations. The student candidate will use bioreactors to control cultivation conditions and investigate the transcriptional response through transcriptomics and potentially DAP-seq.
Application Deadline: 1 February 2025
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2. Fully Funded PhD in Discovery and physiology of soil viruses
Summary of Funded PhD Program
I am looking for a PhD student to characterize the life cycle of phages that infect Actinobacteria in soil. The work entails culturing of Actinobacteria from different types of soil, culturing phages that infect Actinobacteria and performing experiments in a microbiology wet lab to study viral characteristics such as burst size, host range and genome content. During this project we will build new phage-host model systems and generate data necessary to model the contribution of viruses to carbon cycling and sequestration in soil.
Application Deadline: 01 February 2025
3. Fully Funded PhD in Novel pre-and post-treatment technologies to optimize anaerobic digestion
Summary of Funded PhD Program
The objectives are: (i) to identify and optimize cost-effective pre-treatment methods, evaluating their impact on gas yield and the removal of micropollutants, (ii) to develop an innovative digester design by implementing serial connections of digesters with optimized retention times and temperatures, (iii) to investigate the influence of applied pre-treatment on the formation of degradation products of micropollutants and their subsequent effects on the anaerobic digestion process.
Application Deadline: 1 February 2025
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4. Fully Funded PhD in Clover Fatigue: Underlying causes, mechanisms and mitigation strategies
Summary of Funded PhD Program
Clover soil fatigue (CSF) is a phenomenon associated with poor clover growth in repeated monoculture, resulting in significant yield losses. Although we do not fully understand how CSF occurs, we hypothesize that a combination of soil-borne pathogens and cyst nematodes, affected by root exudation complexes are key drivers of CSF. To test these hypotheses, we will examine clover host exudation, soil/plant microbiome and soil biochemistry to identify factors responsible for the progressive decline of soils under intensive clover cultivation. We will employ current omics techniques such as next-generation sequencing and metabolomics and integrate these datasets using advanced computation and statistics to dissect the mechanisms behind CSF.
Application Deadline: 31 January 2025
5. Fully Funded PhD in microbial electrosynthesis by the acetogenic bacterium Sporomusa ovata
Summary of Funded PhD Program
We are now looking for a doctoral candidate to perform research on microbial electrosynthesis by the acetogenic bacterium Sporomusa ovata. The main goal of this project is to enhance H2 utilization rates by S. ovata and thereby increase its microbial electrosynthesis rates. The doctoral candidate will first characterize the hydrogenase enzymes of S. ovata through omics techniques and enzymes assays. In addition, genetic engineering tools will be applied to overexpress relevant hydrogenases or delete certain genes to enhance H2 consumption. Moreover, the microbial electrosynthesis performance of different S. ovata strains will be compared in bioelectrochemical reactor systems.
Application Deadline: 31 January 2025
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6. Fully Funded PhD in Quantitative Genetics: Improving the efficiency of genomic research in genetically admixed populations
Summary of Funded PhD Program
Genetic admixture is a result of the exchange of genetic materials between two or more historically differentiated populations, and individuals with admixed genetic background are becoming highly prevalent in both livestock and human populations. In livestock, admixture is artificially created to improve, for example, productivity traits, while in human it arises due to large-scale migration events among different ethnic groups. Admixture provides a unique genetic background for each gene, as ancestry patterns may not only vary between individuals within the same admixed population, but also along the genome of an admixed individual. Genetic admixture challenges the assumptions of statistical methods used in genomic research.
Application Deadline: 26 January 2025
7. Fully Funded PhD in Biocement by enzyme mediated CO2 mineralization
Summary of Funded PhD Program
The project has received financial support from the Danish Independent Research Fund (DFF). You will be joining an innovative and cross-disciplinary research team including experts on enzyme technology, fundamental and applied material science, in Denmark and Germany. The team has access to excellent infrastructure and state-of-the-art facilities for the project. You are expected to autonomously carry out research work under the supervision team. You may co-supervise students (MSc and BSc) in their projects. You expand your research portfolio, and you share your research findings through high-impact publications and presentations at international conferences, contributing to the advancement of enzyme technology and low-carbon building materials.
Application Deadline: 15 January 2025
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8. Fully Funded PhD in effective pesticides mitigation in constructed wetlands
Summary of Funded PhD Program
Agricultural drainage water often contains various concentrations of pesticides, which pose a significant threat to aquatic ecosystems and human health. Conventional treatment methods are either energy-intensive or inefficient at fully removing these persistent contaminants. Constructed wetlands, a nature-based solution, offer potential for pesticide removal, but they often require optimization to achieve high efficiency without additional energy inputs. Addressing this challenge, the development of a new self-sustained constructed wetlands may provide a promising solution, utilizing electricity recovered from running drainage to drive in-situ reactions that enhance pesticide degradation and improve overall water quality.
Application Deadline: 10 January 2025
9. Fully Funded PhD in Fabrication of Novel Materials and Devices for CO2 Reduction
Summary of Funded PhD Program
This project aims to investigate new approaches to the preparing novel thin-film materials and structures for their application in catalysis for energy applications (e.g. CO2 reduction) as well as to characterize and test the new films and structures. Two promising classes of materials will be initially explored – fuctional oxides and nitrides – and their opportunities explored for their CO2 reduction potential using various deposition and excitation methods.
Application Deadline: 10 January 2025
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10. Fully Funded PhD in Multi-sensor mapping of soil properties and tile drains using proximal and remote sensors
Summary of Funded PhD Program
Thanks to the technological advances in the 21st century, soil sensors are increasingly becoming affordable, accessible and easy to use enabling the collection of near-continuous soil information in space and time. Novel proximal and remote sensing technologies are increasingly being adopted as the go-to approach to augment cost, labor-intensive soil sampling and laboratory analysis procedures for rapid estimation and high-resolution mapping of soil properties. They are also seen as viable alternative methods for mapping agricultural infrastructure such as subsurface drainage systems. Globally, companies and farming communities are seeing an increased adoption of soil sensors to manage various soil conditions, and their value will only continue to grow.
Application Deadline: 6 January 2025
11. Fully Funded PhD in green transition: Advancing Potato Resistance to Late Blight through Innovative Breeding Techniques
Summary of Funded PhD Program
The Department of Agroecology at Aarhus University is inviting applications for a Ph.D. student position focused on innovative research in the development and application of cis-genesis techniques to Danish potato varieties. This project aims to significantly enhance resistance to late blight, a major threat to potato crops. The successful candidate will leverage new breeding technologies, including genome editing and advanced molecular techniques, to create potato varieties that are both sustainable and resilient.
Application Deadline: 5 January 2025
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12. Fully Funded PhD in Herd-specific sustainable culling and reproduction strategies in dairy cattle herds
Summary of Funded PhD Program
Are you passionate about contributing to a sustainable future for dairy farms and mitigating greenhouse gas emissions? Join our engaged team working on innovative management solutions and economic analyses for the green transition of dairy production. The Ph.D. position is available from 1st March 2025 or later. The primary objective of this Ph.D. project is to create new knowledge and develop tools for decision support, which can be an aid to the farmer and relevant industry players in creating an industry for the future which is profitable, climate efficient and with increased animal welfare awareness. The main focus of the tools is culling and reproduction strategies.
Application Deadline: 01 January 2025
13. Fully Funded PhD in Reducing methane from dairy cows using dietary fat without increasing milk free fatty acid concentration
Summary of Funded PhD Program
We are seeking a dedicated PhD student for a 3-year position within the topic of dietary fatty acid supplementation, milk quality, milk production, and methane production. Supplementation with dietary fatty acids is a well-known strategy to increase both milk production and reduce methane production. However, feeding fat also impact milk composition and quality. Both supplementation with saturated fatty acids and increased milking frequency increase fat globule size, and increased fat globule size destabilise the fat globules, increasing the risk for increased free fatty acid (FFA) content which can make the milk rancid.
Application Deadline: 31 December 2024
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14. Fully Funded PhD in Reduction of nitrogen losses from dairy cattle production
Summary of Funded PhD Program
We are seeking a dedicated PhD student for a 3-year position within the topic of nitrogen losses from dairy cows. The impact of dairy production on environment and climate is of continued importance and interest. Studies suggest that phase feeding protein with high allowance in the early postpartum period followed by lower allowance can substantially enhance the nitrogen utilization by the cow. The importance of balancing for individual amino acids may be of great importance when reducing the protein supply to below normal accepted requirement levels.
Application Deadline: 31 December 2024
15. Fully Funded PhD in The timing and paleoenvironment of early human migrations into the southern Caucasus
Summary of Funded PhD Program
The southern Caucasus, located north of the Levantine corridor, hosts a suite of extraordinary Paleolithic sites with numerous stone tools and skeletal remains. This has fueled the hypothesis that early humans used the southern Caucasus as a refuge and launching pad for expansions into Europe and Asia over the last two million years. However, this hypothesis remains untested due to lack of data, and it is therefore unknown i) who occupied the southern Caucasus (which species), ii) when the area was occupied, and iii) if/how dispersals were driven by environmental change. This PhD project will use the latest developments in Quaternary geochronometry and biomarker paleoclimatology to address some of these questions, and hereby help constrain the history of human occupation and environmental change in the southern Caucasus.
Application Deadline: 1 February 2025
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16. Fully Funded PhD in The cradles of agrodiversity in Northern Europe
Summary of Funded PhD Program
The project investigate where, when and how gardening began in Northern Europe by focusing on the soil in the most common, but least understood and most varied traces of prehistory: pits. By combining environmental and human science we will chart the development and resilience of small-scale agro-diversity from the very start of the Holocene until the medieval gardens, and use the resulting long-term record to inform global debates on food security.
Application Deadline: 1 February 2025
17. Fully Funded PhD in Stochastic partial differential equations on fractals and metric measure spaces
Summary of Funded PhD Program
This project is concerned with the study of stochastic partial differential equations in rough structures including fractals, the aim being to quantify the interaction between geometric and random environment for a rich class of models. We seek applicants with a strong background in analysis and probability. For technical reasons, you must upload a project description. When – as here – you apply for a specific project, please simply copy the project description above, and upload it as a PDF in the application.
Application Deadline: 1 February 2025
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18. Fully Funded PhD in Statistical foundations of topological data analysis
Summary of Funded PhD Program
The research area for this position is the development of asymptotic results for spatial random networks and for topological data analysis on large random structures. This includes for instance the investigation of novel forms of continuum percolation that can capture higher-order interaction. Moreover, limit results such as the law of large numbers, the central limit theorem, and large deviations theory provide the foundation for basic statistical properties such as consistency and asymptotic normality. This is of high relevance since the statistical foundations of topological data analysis are still in infancy although this methodology is now applied in a variety of domains such as astronomy, biology, chemistry, and materials science. Hence, there is also potential for work in interdisciplinary projects.
Application Deadline: 1 February 2025
