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Apply before: 22 November 2021
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Position: PostDoc position
Apply before: 22 November 2021
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PostDoc position “Plant and Water Modeller” (m/f/d)
(Position number: 60-2021-PostDoc position)
as part of the PIK working group “Hydroclimatic Risks”, starting on 01.02.2022.
The position is funded until June 2024. Remuneration is in accordance with the German public tariff scheme (TV-L Brandenburg), salary group E 13. This is a full-time position with a weekly working time of 40 hours per week.
Key responsibilities:
- Model studies combining plant and water processes for natural vegetation and agriculture
- Independent research and academic publishing activity in plant and water sciences or related fields
- Representation of the project at international and national academic conferences
- Development of the project: academic output, knowledge transfer and capacity building in workshops and seminars
- Supervision of Master and PhD students
- Support of the project coordination
Requirements:
- PhD in agriculture, plant biology, hydrology, geosciences, environmental sciences or similar
- At least 3-year experience in process-based vegetation or agricultural modeling, ideally combined with hydrological modeling
- Profound programming skills in Fortran or C and in Python or R
- Excellent expertise in plant biology, agriculture, geosciences, environmental
sciences, hydrology, sustainable development, climate impact analysis
- Profound understanding of physical processes and mathematical methods
- Knowledge of the Russian language would be an advantage
We expect:
- the ability to work independently and on your own initiative
- a methodical and systematic approach
- structured and goal-oriented thinking
- capacity to familiarise yourself quickly with new topics
- creativity and openness to new approaches
- a high level of competence in oral and written German and English
- reliability, the ability to cope with stress, and a high level of motivation
- willingness to travel for work (project meetings, workshops etc.) and take part in further training
- capacity for teamwork
- organisational talent
We offer:
- the chance to be part of a creative, interdisciplinary team,
- a stimulating working environment in an internationally recognised research institute on Potsdam's beautiful, historic Telegrafenberg campus, a short commuting distance from Berlin,
- flexi-time and mobile working (up to 40% of your hours),
- a collective pay scheme and associated benefits as well as a subsidized travel card.
PIK seeks to increase the share of women in scientific positions and therefore explicitly encourages women to apply. In cases of equal qualification and within the given legal scope, women will be given preference. Applications by persons with a migration background are expressly encouraged. Applications of disabled persons with equal qualifications will be regarded favourably. PIK also encourages applications by parents returning from parental leave.
Please apply by 22.11.2021 directly using our application form (https://www.pik-potsdam.de/aktuelles/stellen/application). Application documents should comprise a letter of motivation, CV, relevant certificates, indication of references and a short sample of your work (e.g. journal publication, approx. 2-10 pages).
If you hold an international higher education qualification, please also submit the Statement of Comparability from the Central Office for Foreign Education (ZAB) with your application. In the case that you do not yet have a ZAB Statement of Comparability for your qualification, please be aware that you will need to request this if your application is successful. You can find further information on this website:
https://www.kmk.org/zab/central-office-for-foreign-education.html
For further information or to discuss the position please contact Dr. Iulii Didovets via email: didovets@pik-potsdam.de.
