The GKSS Research Centre is located in Geesthacht near Hamburg with a further centre in Teltow near Berlin, and is a member of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres (HGF). With its approximately 700 employees it undertakes, in collaboration with universities and industry, research and development in the areas of coastal research, materials research, regenerative medicine, and structure research with neutrons and synchrotron radiation.
The Institute for Coastal Research (http://www.kuefo.de) at the GKSS Research Centre at Geesthacht near Hamburg, Germany, invites applications for two 3-year PhD-positions - Code-No. K 18 in modelling effects of temperature and carbon dioxide changes on plankton dynamics.
Objectives: The dissertations will focus on modelling carbon dioxide (CO2) and temperature sensitive processes within planktonic foodwebs. Understanding these processes is critical to predicting the effects of climate change on aquatic ecosystems and biogeochemistry, and possible feed-backs. Position (A) is embedded into the BMBF funded SOPRAN project (http://sopran.pangaea.de/) and aims at resolving carbon acquisition and nitrogen fixation by phytoplankton and the production of dissolved organic matter. The successful applicant will assimilate experimental data into an ecosystem model and will apply optimisation methods for parameter estimation. Position (B) will be funded by the AQUASHIFT programme of the DFG and will concern the implementation of novel modelling techniques to address adaptation processes, regulation of primary production, and trophic interaction. Both studies will be linked to the MARCOPOLI research programme of the HGF, and will be done in collaboration with the Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften an der Universität Kiel (IfM-GEOMAR), the Universität Potsdam and the Leibniz-Institut für Ostseeforschung Warnemünde (IOW).
Requirements: Essential qualifications comprise a diploma or master in marine sciences, physics, mathematics, or in a related field within the last five years. Experience in numerical modelling is desired. Knowledge of at least one programming language (e.g. FORTRAN or C) is strongly recommended. We expect creativity, independence and communication skills and offer a challenging work in an international team of scientists (http://w3k.gkss.de/ecomod).
For more information please contact:
Prof. Dr. Kai Wirtz
(kai.wirtz@gkss.de
Tel.: +49 (0)4152 871502) or
Dr. Markus Schartau
(markus.schartau@gkss.de
Tel.: +49 (0)4152 871540)
We offer an appropriate salary, related to TV-AVH, as well as the usual public sector social benefits. Physically handicapped persons will be favoured if they are equally qualified. In order to increase the number of female employees we ask interested and qualified women to apply for the job.
Applications including a CV, expression of research interests and names of two referees (email address) should be sent before January, 15, 2007 using the code “K 18” to (for postal deliveries).
GKSS Research Centre, Personalabteilung, Max-Planck-Str. 1,
21502 Geesthacht, Germany
Applications will be considered until positions are filled
GKSS
Forschungszentrum Geesthacht
Max-Planck-Strasse 1
21502 Geesthacht
The Institute for Coastal Research (http://www.kuefo.de) at the GKSS Research Centre at Geesthacht near Hamburg, Germany, invites applications for two 3-year PhD-positions - Code-No. K 18 in modelling effects of temperature and carbon dioxide changes on plankton dynamics.
Objectives: The dissertations will focus on modelling carbon dioxide (CO2) and temperature sensitive processes within planktonic foodwebs. Understanding these processes is critical to predicting the effects of climate change on aquatic ecosystems and biogeochemistry, and possible feed-backs. Position (A) is embedded into the BMBF funded SOPRAN project (http://sopran.pangaea.de/) and aims at resolving carbon acquisition and nitrogen fixation by phytoplankton and the production of dissolved organic matter. The successful applicant will assimilate experimental data into an ecosystem model and will apply optimisation methods for parameter estimation. Position (B) will be funded by the AQUASHIFT programme of the DFG and will concern the implementation of novel modelling techniques to address adaptation processes, regulation of primary production, and trophic interaction. Both studies will be linked to the MARCOPOLI research programme of the HGF, and will be done in collaboration with the Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften an der Universität Kiel (IfM-GEOMAR), the Universität Potsdam and the Leibniz-Institut für Ostseeforschung Warnemünde (IOW).
Requirements: Essential qualifications comprise a diploma or master in marine sciences, physics, mathematics, or in a related field within the last five years. Experience in numerical modelling is desired. Knowledge of at least one programming language (e.g. FORTRAN or C) is strongly recommended. We expect creativity, independence and communication skills and offer a challenging work in an international team of scientists (http://w3k.gkss.de/ecomod).
For more information please contact:
Prof. Dr. Kai Wirtz
(kai.wirtz@gkss.de
Tel.: +49 (0)4152 871502) or
Dr. Markus Schartau
(markus.schartau@gkss.de
Tel.: +49 (0)4152 871540)
We offer an appropriate salary, related to TV-AVH, as well as the usual public sector social benefits. Physically handicapped persons will be favoured if they are equally qualified. In order to increase the number of female employees we ask interested and qualified women to apply for the job.
Applications including a CV, expression of research interests and names of two referees (email address) should be sent before January, 15, 2007 using the code “K 18” to (for postal deliveries).
GKSS Research Centre, Personalabteilung, Max-Planck-Str. 1,
21502 Geesthacht, Germany
Applications will be considered until positions are filled
GKSS
Forschungszentrum Geesthacht
Max-Planck-Strasse 1
21502 Geesthacht
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