Relevant doctoral degree (required)
Completed PhD in plant pathology, plant sciences, fungal biology, genetics or a closely related field.

Experience with laboratory and controlled environment experimentation on fungal plant pathogens (required)
Demonstrated experience conducting experimental research on plant pathogens, including hands-on laboratory and controlled-environment research.

Proficiency in English (required)
Excellent command of written and spoken English, sufficient to publish, present and collaborate in an international research environment. Knowledge of German is a plus, but not required.

Experience with cereal/wheat fungal pathogens (desirable)
Experience conducting research with foliar fungal diseases of cereals such as wheat diseases septoria tritici blotch, yellow (stripe) rust, brown (leaf) rust, or other cereal spot, blotches or rust diseases.

Disease phenotyping and optical sensing (desirable)
Experience with controlled-environment inoculation experiments and/or quantitative disease phenotyping and/or optical sensing and/or digital image analysis of plant disease.

Reproducible data analysis (desirable)
Proficiency in reproducible data analysis, preferably in Python, including preprocessing, quality control, statistical analysis and visualization.

Genomic analysis of plant–pathogen interactions (desirable)
Experience with genomic analyses of plant–pathogen interactions, for example GWAS, QTL mapping or genomic selection (desirable, not required).

Publication track record (desirable)
Track record of publishing high-quality research in international peer-reviewed journals, preferably in a relevant field.