Helmholtz Centre Potsdam: 02 Postdoctoral fellowships 1146 views

The Helmholtz Centre Potsdam – GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences is offering 2 positions for Postdoctoral Researchers (m/f/x) in the Earth-Atmosphere Interactions (TEAM) Group of the Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics Section.  The position is within the recently funded Helmholtz-Initiative Climate Adaptation and Mitigation (HI-CAM).

Responsibilities:

• assess temporal and spatial controls of GHG dynamics on local and regional scales
• apply quantitative analytical methods to large datasets
• integrate local (Eddy Covariance flux tower based) and airborne eddy covariance datasets
• generate data-driven emission & mitigation potential maps; identify low intervention/high impact regions
• generate and test hypotheses
• work as part of a multi-institutional team
• present results at scientific meetings and publish results in scientific journals

Qualifications:

• Applicants must hold Doctoral degree in Atmospheric/Environmental Science, Meteorology, Physics, Geoecology, or related field with in-depth knowledge of land-atmosphere interactions, EC flux and other micro-met measurements
• Applicant must have excellent coding and quantitative analytical skills (incl. large data sets), preferably in Matlab, R, or Python
• Applicant must demonstrate creative & critical thinking and ability to publish shown by a track record of original and innovative research
• Applicant must possess strong motivation and excellent oral and written communication skills
• Applicant must possess fluency in English (written and spoken), German is beneficial but not required

Starting date: as soon as possible

Duration: Fixed term; 2 years

Applications: Apply online