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Location

Halle (Saale) | Germany

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Job description

Place of work

Halle (Saale)

Working time

65%

Contract limitations

limited contract/ 36 months

Salary

Remuneration according to the TVöD public-sector up to pay grade 13 including attractive public-sector social security benefits.

Contact

Your contact for any questions you may have about the job:
Dr. Lotte Korell
[email protected]

The UFZ

The Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) with its 1,100 employees has gained anexcellent reputation as an international competence centre for environmental sciences. We are part ofthe largest scientific organisation in Germany, the Helmholtz association. Our mission: Our researchseeks to find a balance between social development and the long-term protection of our naturalresources.

The job

The Department of Species Interaction Ecology offers a PhD position within the DFG project “Climate niches and species immigration in grasslands under global change”. The aims of this DFG project are to investigate i) the role of climate niches for species response to experimental future climate and ii) how demography and functional traits may explain the establishment success of immigrating plant species into grasslands of different land-use intensity exposed to climate change.

The PhD researcher will have the opportunity to work in the large experimental platform Global Change Experimental Facility (GCEF) , where future climate is simulated in grasslands managed with different land-use intensity. The candidate will have the opportunity to use already existing data from the grasslands of the GCEF to ask whether the climate niche of species predicts performance in future climate. Further, the candidate will establish a novel seed-addition experiment and quantify if functional traits explain establishment success in experimental treatments. The project is in close cooperation with PD Dr. Christiane Roscher and Prof. Isabell Hensen .

• Independent planning and implementation of fieldwork in the GCEF
• Data sampling of functional traits, plant demography and plant community variables
• Determining species´ climate niches and linking them to plant responses
• Statistical analyses of the effects of experimental treatments on plant responses based on your own measurements and existing data
• Writing and publishing papers in peer-reviewed international journals
• Presenting results at national and international conferences

We offer

• Excellent technical facilities which are without parallel
• The freedom you need to bridge the difficult gap between basic research and close to being ready for application
• Work in inter-disciplinary, multinational teams
• Excellent links with national and international research networks
• Excellent support and optimal subject-specific and general training with our HIGRADE graduate school

Your profile

• Master of Science in ecology, botany or related field
• Interest and, preferably, practical experience in ecological field research
• Solid knowledge of vascular plant species and plant morphology
• Experience in the field of plant demography and population dynamics is an asset
• Expertise in statistical data analyses (preferentially using R) is expected
• Strong organizational skills
• Very good skills in communication/ English language skills
• Ability and motivation to work in an international environment

The UFZ has a strong commitment to diversity and actively supports equal opportunities for all employees regardless of their origin, religion, ideology, disability, age or sexual identity.
We look forward to applications from people who are open-minded and enjoy working in diverse teams.

Important

Please submit your application via our online portal with your cover letter, CV (please omit your photo , age, or marital status) and relevant attachments.

Contact

Your contact for any questions you may have about the job:
Dr. Lotte Korell
[email protected]

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