Post-Doctoral Research Visit F/M Construction, enhancement and exploitation of a Knowledge graph for natural pests regulation in agronomy

Build an ontology-based knowledge graph connecting literature on plant pests and beneficial organisms with species traits and distribution data. The postdoctoral researcher will elicit competency questions, implement SPARQL queries, create visualization and exploration tools, and investigate graph-representation learning and link prediction. The position requires a doctorate, preferably in computer science, with Semantic Web, NLP or knowledge-modelling expertise; ecology or agronomy experience is valuable. Appointment: 1 year, 10 months; advertised start 2027-01-01.

PhD or equivalent. Applicants may require authorization for access to a restricted research area (ZRR).