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Open positions in the ICOS field

 

Postdoctoral researcher, Effects of Wetland Restoration on GHG-Balance and Ecosystem Function (ReWet), Agricultural University of Iceland

The Agricultural University of Iceland (AUI) is seeking a postdoctoral researcher for 2.5 years to join the project Effects of Wetland Restoration on GHG-Balance and Ecosystem Function (ReWet) funded by the Icelandic Research Fund.

Fluxes from drained peatlands are the single largest component of Iceland‘s GHG budget, but national emission numbers are mostly based on IPCC’s default values due to lack of local studies. The ReWet project addresses in detail the GHG fluxes and carbon-, water- and energy cycles of a drained peatland in W-Iceland, and how those change when the area is rewetted. The project is led by the Agricultural University of Iceland and other collaborators come from University of Akureyri, the Institute of Land and Forest Iceland, Svarmi ehf. and University of Helsinki.

Deadline for applications is 31st March 2024. Read more about the role here and apply here: https://radningarkerfi.orri.is/?s=37088 

 

Doctoral student in Remote sensing of Ecosystem resilience, Department of Physical Geograhy and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, Sweden

Lund University is seeking a PhD candidate to work on a funded project “Resilient Ecosystems of Sweden: Promoting Sustainability through Continuous Cover Forestry and Wetland Rewetting”. The main aim with this project is to improve our understanding of the impact of forest management and wetland restoration on the ecosystem resilience against extreme weather events in Sweden. 

In recent decades, our planet has witnessed an increase in extreme weather events, and as these become more frequent and severe, understanding the resilience of ecosystems to withstand and recover from them becomes crucial for effective disaster management and sustainable development. 

The project has three objectives: 

1) to map the ecosystem resilience to extreme weather events across Sweden using remote sensing techniques. 
2) to study the impact of forest management strategies and wetland restoration projects on the ecosystem resilience, and 
3) to disseminate project results to stakeholders across Sweden. 

Deadline for applications is 10th March 2024. Read more and apply here: https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:697991/ 

 

 

Postdoctoral fellow, Physical geography and ecosystem science, Lund University, Sweden

Lund University are looking for a postdoctoral fellow to work as part of a research project funded by the Swedish national research council Formas. The aim of the project is to quantify the net carbon balance from re-establishment to maturity in south Swedish spruce forests subject to rotation management. This knowledge is essential to estimate the age at which the accumulated net carbon uptake reaches its maximum. In addition, it is needed to determine the optimal time for harvesting to maximize the climate benefit. The net carbon balance will be determined in ten different stands aged 0 to +100 years by measurements of carbon dioxide fluxes from soil, fine root and mycorrhiza production as well as tree growth.

Deadline for applications is 1st March 2024, with a view to starting the position on 1st June 2024. Read more and apply here: https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:698458/ 

 

Doctoral researcher assessing scale questions in land-atmosphere modeling (m/f/x), Faculty of Geosciences - Department of Geography at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LUM), Munich, Germany

LMU’s Physical Geography and Land Use Systems group within the Department of Geography is seeking a doctoral researcher to join the Land-Atmosphere Feedback Initiative.

The Land-Atmosphere Feedback Initiative (LAFI) is an interdisciplinary consortium, led by the University of Hohenheim, of researchers from atmospheric, agricultural, and soil sciences as well as from bio-geo-physics, hydrology, and neuroinformatics proposing a novel combination of advanced research methods. The overarching goal of LAFI is to understand and quantify L-A feedbacks via unique synergistic observations and model simulations from the micro-gamma (» 2 m) to the meso-gamma (» 2 km) scales across diurnal to seasonal time scales.

The doctoral researcher will

  • evaluate and improve an advanved land surface model in atmospheric simulations at hectometer scale,
  • run and evaluate this model for Central European sites, in collaboration with observational partners and complementary land modeling approaches in LAFI, and test various ways of representing land heterogeneity,
  • take a leading role in the development of scientific publications on water, energy and carbon fluxes comparing large-eddy and Earth system model output.

This is a 75% position.

Deadline for applications is 28th February 2024. Read more and apply here: https://job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/bfeddb35fb1650c55baf85efd13147d7b2e5a8dd 
 

Scientific researcher, ecosystem-climate interactions (m/f/x), Faculty of Geosciences - Department of Geography at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LUM), Munich, Germany

LMU’s Physical Geography and Land Use Systems group within the Department of Geography is looking for a postdoctoral scientific researcher to conduct innovative research. Possible research topics include own model simulations and integration with Earth observations to understand the ecosystem response to future land-use change and assess feedbacks with the changing climate; further developments in our land-use emission model BLUE towards a terrestrial carbon cycle model; and contribution to an interdisciplinary assessment of carbon dioxide removal methods.

Deadline for applications is 18th March 2024. Read more and apply here: https://job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/d81ba3e3509c37cd93e7510ae4da2f2ee393a388 
 

Scientific programmer, model-data integration (m/f/x), Faculty of Geosciences - Department of Geography at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LUM), Munich, Germany

LMU’s Physical Geography and Land Use Systems group within the Department of Geography is looking for a model-data integration programmer. 

Models are our main tool to project how ecosystems and climate evolve. But a key driver – the vast usage of land through agriculture, forestry and urbanization – is still lacking substantial detail in these models. This impairs our fundamental understanding of the interactions of humans, land, and climate, and is also critical as models are increasingly guiding political decision-making on land-use and climate to limit global warming. You can contribute to building the next generation of climate models, working at the intersection of numerical modeling, high-performance computing, and large-scale data analysis. You will contribute to strategic decision-making as well as to concrete design and implementation of land-use processes in our models. You will work closely with the other researchers in our group, and with external partners, e.g., in natESM, to align the group’s developments with the national and international modeling landscape.

Deadline for applications is 27th March 2024. Read more and apply here: https://job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/baa74d2c0220de9b732c5c7b3d4f8a2ffff1ef600 

 

 

 

PostDoc, GHG modelling, project coordination as well as scientific supervision of two eddy covariance stations, MODELPEAT, Peatland Science Centre, Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences, Germany

The Peatland Science Centre is looking for a postdoctoral Research Associate (m/f/d) in the ITMS-MODELPEAT project for the statistical GHG modelling and project coordination as well as for the scientific supervision of two eddy covariance stations.

This position contributes to the BMBF-funded joint project "Integrated Greenhouse Gas Monitoring System for Germany (ITMS)" which is designed to enable Germany to operationally monitor the sources and sinks of the three most important greenhouse gases (GHG), CO2, CH4 & N2O via an independent integrative measurement and modeling approach. ITMS will support data-driven GHG monitoring and increase the transparency of climate mitigation measures.

This is a 75% position until 31.01.2027.

Deadline for applications is 29th February 2024. Read more and apply here: https://www.itms-germany.de/32334/jobad_HSWT_MODELPEAT?c=20338 

 

PostDoc, Modeling of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agricultural and Forest Systems of Germany – Agri-For-Live, Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research / Atmospheric Environmental Research (KIT/IMK-IFU) at Campus Alpin in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

The division “Bio-Geo-Chemical Processes” of the Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research / Atmospheric Environmental Research (KIT/IMK-IFU) at Campus Alpin in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, invites applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/d) in the field of "Modeling of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agricultural and Forest Systems of Germany – Agri-For-Live."

This position contributes to the BMBF-funded joint project "Integrated Greenhouse Gas Monitoring System for Germany (ITMS)" which is designed to enable Germany to operationally monitor the sources and sinks of the three most important greenhouse gases (GHG), CO2, CH4 & N2O via an independent integrative measurement and modeling approach. ITMS will support data-driven GHG monitoring and increase the transparency of climate mitigation measures.

The position is expected to be filled by the beginning of March 2024, but the application will remain open until a suitable candidate has been found.

Read more and apply here: https://www.itms-germany.de/20410/jobad_KIT_Agri-For-Live?c=20338 

 

Postdoctoral Researcher, Simulation of greenhouse gas emissions from peatlands in Germany using a GIS-based modeling framework, Agri-For-Live, Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research / Atmospheric Environmental Research (KIT/IMK-IFU) at Campus Alpin in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

The division “Bio-Geo-Chemical Processes” of the Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research / Atmospheric Environmental Research (KIT/IMK-IFU) at Campus Alpin in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, invites applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/d) in the field of "Simulation of greenhouse gas emissions from peatlands in Germany using a GIS-based modeling framework."

This position contributes to the BMBF-funded joint project "Integrated Greenhouse Gas Monitoring System for Germany (ITMS)" which is designed to enable Germany to operationally monitor the sources and sinks of the three most important greenhouse gases (GHG), CO2, CH4 & N2O via an independent integrative measurement and modeling approach. ITMS will support data-driven GHG monitoring and increase the transparency of climate mitigation measures.

The position is expected to be filled by the beginning of March 2024, but the application will remain open until a suitable candidate has been found.

Read more and apply here: https://www.itms-germany.de/20348/jobad_KIT_MODELPEAT?c=20338 

 

PhD Position at Laboratoire de l’Atmosphère et des Cyclones (LACy), University of La Reunion, Saint-Denis, France

A 3-year PhD position has opened at La Réunion University, in La Réunion, one of France's ultramarine regions, in the frame of the REALISTIC European project, on exploring the climate-altering potential of biomass burning aerosols from wildfire origin on the regional climate in the South West Indian Ocean.

The smoke belt (South America, Africa and Australia) is the targeted emission source in this project. The thesis should bring light to the following scientific questions:

  • Is the aerosol impact on regional climate in the SWIO driven by biomass burning aerosols?
  • How comparable is this impact w.r.t. GHG climate impact?
  • What is the impact at the regional scale?

Read more about the position and how to apply here: https://www.icos-cp.eu/media/357 

 

Academic employee within ICOS ecosystem monitoring at Zackenberg (Greenland), Aarhus Universitet

The Department of Ecoscience seeks candidates for a permanent position as academic employee to safeguard our eddy covariance stations within the ICOS project at Zackenberg in Northeast Greenland.

The Department is hiring a skilled professional as the Station Manager for Integrated Carbon Observation System (ICOS) activities at the Zackenberg Research Station. The successful candidate must be able to oversee all aspects of ICOS operations. Amongst these we can highlight the following:

  • Maintenance and supervision of eddy covariance stations in the field.
  • Processing and analysis of eddy covariance, meteorological, and vegetation sampling data.
  • Efficient communication and collaboration with the ICOS Ecosystem Thematic Center.

You will go for field trips for extensive periods in harsh and remote locations in beautiful Northeast Greenland.
 

Deadline for applications is 23rd February 2024. Read more and apply here: https://www.au.dk/om/stillinger/job/academic-employee-within-icos-ecosystem-monitoring-at-zackenberg 
 

 

Permanent researcher position of an experimental physicist at INRAE, University Paris-Saclay, France

INRAE is seeking an experimentalist of atmospheric measurements, with the ability to develop innovative methods based on surface-atmosphere fluxes. This will require strong skills in complex data processing (Python, Labview, or other programming), and ability to combine spatially explicit measurements with geo-referenced data and models.

You will carry out observation campaigns in field conditions, in France and abroad, sometimes requiring several weeks' travel. You will work in close collaboration with engineers, researchers and technicians from the lab and partner labs in France and abroad. 

Read the full description in English here and apply here