Postdoctoral position - Rock weathering experiments with microbial ecosystems under Archean conditions

id="offer-description" class="ecl-u-type-heading-2 ecl-u-mt-none ecl-u-mb-l">Offer Description The challenge : . Did life shape the surface of the early Earth? For most of its history, microorganisms were the only life forms populating the ocean and continents, in a world with a faint young Sun, an anoxic atmosphere and oceans, and possibly no plate tectonics. Rock weathering regulates the carbon–climate system and the habitability of a planet, and microorganisms can influence it directly (through their metabolisms) or indirectly (through the chemical reactions they are involved in). One of the PhD students of the Pandora project has designed and built an experimental set-up at CEREEP ECOTRON Île-de-France that reproduces rock weathering under Archean-like conditions, with and without a microbial ecosystem from the anoxic waters of Lac Pavin, a ferruginous maar lake in the Massif Central. Water–rock and water–air calibrations and sterilization tests are completed: the experiments are ready to go and we are looking for completing the team. Do you have experience in microbial ecology, geomicrobiology or astrobiology, and in anoxic microbial cultures and incubations? . We’re looking for our future postdoctoral researcher in geomicrobiology! . Join us at Université Côte d’Azur/CEREEP ECOTRON Île de France, recognized for their scientific and educational excellence, to create a responsible and innovative university to serve as a model for the 21st century. Your missions : . You wi