The successful candidate will join the Conservation Palaeogenetics & Palaeoecology Group at the Section for GeoGenetics, led by Assistant Professor Ana Prohaska. We work at the interface of palaeoecology, ancient genetics, evolutionary biology, and conservation science to understand how species and ecosystems responded to past environmental change and how this understanding can inform conservation decision-making today. Our focus is on identifying and, where possible, recovering genetic diversity relevant to preserving Earth’s contemporary biodiversity into the future. Your work will be embedded within the newly awarded Ancient Environmental Genomics Initiative for Sustainability (AEGIS) funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation. This interdisciplinary research initiative aims to build a more sustainable and secure food production system while also preserving biodiversity in cropping systems under climate change. Its approach is to produce new knowledge and develop innovative methodologies in ancient environmental DNA to identify important organismal associations and genetic adaptations relevant to future food security. The initiative brings together a large international network of researchers with expertise in genetics, ecology, evolutionary biology, plant sciences, computer science, statistics, geology, archaeology, and more.

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