The UFZ

The Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) with its 1,100 employees has gained an excellent reputation as an international competence centre for environmental sciences. We are part of the largest scientific organisation in Germany, the Helmholtz association. Our mission: Our research seeks to find a balance between social development and the long-term protection of our natural resources.

The job

The working group Biophotovoltaics of the Department of Microbial Biotechnology is looking for a highly-motivated scientist (f/m/x) to join an international exploratory interdisciplinary synergy project funded by Novo Nordisk Foundation. The project aims to develop a novel photo-biohybrid concept for ammonia production by coupling a natural oxygenic photosystem to the enzyme nitrogenase. The core task of the scientist (f/m/x) is, by closely working with the other two project partners, to develop and optimize a redox hydrog...