At the Faculty of Chemistry, Physics and Life Sciences at TU Freiberg, to start as soon as possible. The post will primarily be filled at W2 level on a permanent basis or at W1 level (junior professorship) with a tenure track to W2. Research into the causal analysis of plant-environment interactions. Teaching covers the entire field of biology and ecology as a fundamental component of the Bachelor’s, Master’s and Diploma  programs in Applied Natural Sciences, Chemistry and Environmental Systems Sciences – Geoecology. Contact: Prof. Dr Gero Frisch. Application deadline: 30.06.2026

In the field “Plant Microbiome of Cereals” at Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF)  in the research group Microbial Biogeochemistry at RA Landscape Functioning (ZALF) together with the Fachgebiet Biotechnologie at the University of Applied Sciences Coburg (Prof. Dr. M. Noll, Prof. S. Simm). Contact: Prof. Dr. Steffen Kolb
Application deadline: 31.05.2026

At the Diagnostic and Research Center for Molecular BioMedicine, for research in the field of Functional Culturomics with a focus on the cultivation, isolation, and physiological characterization of human keystone microorganisms in pure cultures or natural/synthetic communities. Go to application portal. Application deadline: 14.05.2026

In the Aquatic Geomicrobiology working group at the Institute of Biodiversity, in the frame of the Cluster of Excellence Balance of the Microverse. Project: characterization of physiological, metabolic and molecular features of a recently cultivated vampiristic member of the CPR with its host, obtained from groundwater. Application date: 11.02.2025. Contact: Dr. Martina Herrmann. Application portal