PhD Intertidal Nutrient and Carbon shifts under Climate Change

The Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) is a member of the Helmholtz Association (HGF) and funded by federal and state government. AWI focuses on polar and marine research in a variety of disciplines such as biology, oceanography, geology, geochemistry and geophysics thus allowing multidisciplinary approaches to scientific goals.

PhD position "Intertidal Nutrient and Carbon shifts under Climate Change" (m/f/d)

Background

The influence of sea level rise, erosional rates and increased intertidal warming in the Wadden Sea on biogeochemical processes is not known. We need to understand how these changes will affect the nutrient availability, dynamics and especially biogenic carbon sequestration in the highly productive shallow Wadden Sea zone. This Ph.D. position will analyze all available information for N,P and C from past and present data and calculate budgets for nutrient and carbon turnover based on climate change scenarios. Experiments will be carried out to evaluate nutrient dynamics in scenarios of inundation, erosion and warming. This information will be used to inform policy makers of potential changes in productivity and in CO2 sequestration discussions.

The position is part of our recruiting initiative AWI INSPIRES - INternational Science Program for Integrative Research in Earth Systems. AWI INSPIRES aims at strengthening our new research program “Changing Earth, Sustaining our Future”. Details about all open positions and the general application requirements can be found at

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Tasks

You will

• analyze long term and available data on N,P and C fluxes in the German Wadden Sea,
• develop future scenarios based on climate change for N,P and C fluxes/ sequestration in the Wadden Sea,
• carry out experiments with scenarios of inundation, erosion and warming,
• feed this information in to ENA models and relate it to the Sea Level rise models (FESOM-C) in collaboration with colleagues, with the aim to evaluate productivity shifts in the system, and
• inform and interact with policy makers and governing bodies.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Biology Biogeochemistry, Ecology, Environmental Sciences or related fields,
• experience with large data sets and uni/multivariate statistics,
• experience in experimental approaches,
• excellent team skills, and
• excellent English language skills.

Further Information

For further information please contact
Dr. Johannes Rick
(johannes.rick@awi.de, +49(4651)956-4226) or
Prof.
Dr. Karen Wiltshire
(Karen.Wiltshire@awi.de, +49(4651)956-4112)
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The position is limited to 3 years. The salary will be paid in accordance with the Collective Agreement for the Public Service of the Federation (Tarifvertrag des öffentlichen Dienstes, TVöD Bund), up to salary level

13 (66%)
. The place of employment will be
Sylt.
All doctoral candidates will be members of AWI’s postgraduate program
and thus benefit from a comprehensive training program and extensive support measures.

This characterizes us

• our scientific success - excellent research.
• collaboration and cooperation - intra-institute, national and international, interdisciplinary.
• opportunities to develop – on the job, aiming at other positions and beyond AWI.
• a culture of reconciling work and family – audited, and even more than that.
• our outstanding research infrastructure – ships, stations, aircraft, laboratories and more.
• an international environment – everyday contacts with people from all over the world.
• having an influence – fundamental research with social and political relevance
• flat hierarchies – freedom and responsibility.
• exciting topics – also in technology, administration and infrastructure.

Equal opportunities are an integral part of our personnel policy and we encourage women to apply.
Disabled applicants will be given preference when equal qualifications are present. The AWI fosters the compatibility of work and family through various means. Because of our engagement in the area of work-life compatibility we have been awarded the certificate “Career and Family”.

We look forward to your application!

Please forward your application with letter of motivation explaining why you want to join one of our research areas, two letters of recommendation and a list of publications by

February 16
th
, 2020
exclusively online.
Selected candidates will be invited to present their research ideas and motivation during the “Annual recruitment days”, planned from 16 to 24 March 2020 in Bremerhaven, Germany.

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