PhD scholarship in traditional solid state fermentation starters - BRIGHT

DTU · Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark

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Company
DTU
Location
Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
Posted
July 3, 2026

About this job

Are you fascinated by traditional cultural practices? Do you enjoy making and eating fermented foods? Are you dreaming of contributing to more sustainable, healthy and democratic food systems? Then join us in the Fermentation Cultures group at DTU BRIGHT, where we study fermented foods as living biocultural systems at the intersection of microbial life and human culture. Combining microbiology, mycology, ecology, evolution and genomics, we investigate the origins and evolution of food microorganisms, their interactions within fermented food ecosystems, and the genetic and ecological drivers of flavour, texture, and functionality. By using fermented food communities as model systems, we address fundamental questions in ecology and evolution while developing novel starter cultures,

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