Postdoctoral Researcher in Ancient Genomics

14 hours ago


Århus, Århus Kommune, Denmark Aarhus Universitet Full time

Aarhus University invites applications for a 2.5-year postdoctoral position in population genetics related to Palaeolithic gene-culture coevolution. The appointment begins on 1 March, 2025, or as soon as possible thereafter.

Research Context

The position is funded by a Villum Foundation Synergy grant COEVOLVE that aims to combine population genomics and material culture analysis on human paleolithic material to study gene-culture coevolution in the European Late Upper Palaeolithic (~20,000-11,000 years BP).

This data-driven project is led by two PIs – population geneticist Mikkel Schierup and archaeologist Felix Riede – and establishes interdisciplinary collaboration between archaeologists and bioinformaticians to create the first integrated workflow for reconstructing gene-culture coevolution using co-phylogenetic methods applied in parallel to material culture data and ancient DNA.

The successful applicant will participate in project activities related to gene-culture co-evolutionary theory, data collection and analysis, and collaborate closely with the project's other postdoc, the two PIs, and our colleagues and collaborators.

Job Description

The position will include the following tasks:

  • Curation and imputation of publicly available samples with genomewide sequence or genotype data from the upper paleolithic (25,000-10,000 years before present)
  • Methods development for inference on population history, inbreeding, and relatedness from single genomes
  • Methods development for joint quantitative analyses of material culture and population history using phylogenetic principles in close collaboration with the archaeological domain postdoc
  • Development of cophylogenetic methods that link archaeological and palaeogenomic data in a single workflow
  • Closely collaborate with COEVOLVE project members at AU
  • Attend and actively participate in in-person project meetings, including project travel

Our research group currently employs six postdocs and six PhD students in a variety of projects in evolutionary genomics. The working environment is very collaborative, and PhD students and postdocs are encouraged to develop their own independent projects.

Place of Work and Area of Employment

The place of work is Bioinformatics Research Centre, and the area of employment is Aarhus University with related departments.

Contact Information

For further information, please contact: Mikkel H. Schierup



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