Student Internship (formerly FEMtech Internship)

Enhancing plant stress resilience

A 6-month paid internship is offered in the lab of Claudia Jonak focusing on plant adaptation to environmental stress.

Climate-change-associated environmental stress significantly affects plant growth and development and crop yield. This internship is embedded into a larger project investigating physiological and molecular mechanisms underlying plant stress resilience. These mechanisms are explored and applied using a range of approaches, including genetic and metabolic engineering as well as the use of beneficial organisms, with the aim of evaluating and improving plant stress tolerance.

Experimental work may include techniques in plant physiology, protein biochemistry, enzymatic analyses, molecular biology and microbiology. The position is funded by FFG (1.400.- gross/month). The start date is between spring and autumn 2026. The precise start date as well as the specific focus of the internships will be defined together with the successful candidate.

Motivated female students enrolled at an Austrian University or FH, holding a bachelor’s or master’s degree or higher and with practical experience in plant physiology, biochemistry and/or molecular biology are encouraged to apply. The successful candidate will apply different physiological and molecular techniques in the field of modern plant biology. She will join a research group working at the interface between basic and applied research at the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology in Tulln.

To apply, please send a letter of motivation briefly explaining why you are interested and your CV including a brief description of your research experience in a single pdf file to:

Claudia Jonak

claudia.jonak@ait.ac.at

+ 43 (0) 50550 – 4632

AIT Austria Institute of Technology | Tulln | Austria

https://www.ait.ac.at/themen/bioresources/improving-plant-vigor