Research Assistant

Opportunity summary

Employment type: FULLTIME. The Applied Arthropod Ecology group at the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences (PLEN), is seeking to employ a research assistant for 16 months. The research will be financed by a grant from the Danish Environmental Protection Agency within the research project WheatSustain – Sustainable wheat futures: Natural enemies in gout fly management. The position will be based at UCPH Frederiksberg campus. Further information on the Department can be found at Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences – Institut for Plante- og Miljøvidenskab - Københavns Universitet. Inquiries about the position can be made to Morten Petersen, head of department. The position is open from 15 September 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter. The University wishes our staff to reflect the diversity of society and thus welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of personal background. Job description The project seeks to address a critical knowledge gap by investigating the natural enemies of the gout fly in Danish wheat fields, with focus on three groups of natural enemies: parasitoids, predators, and entomopathogenic fungi (EPF), combined targeting all stages of the gout fly from egg to adult1 …

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