Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research Atmospheric Environmental Research (IMKIFU)
The Global Land-Ecosystem Modelling Group (LEMG) of KIT’s Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research - Atmospheric Environmental Research (IMKIFU) is located at the ‘Campus Alpin’ in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.We seek an ecosystem modeler to support code development and applications that address interactions of climate change, biodiversity loss and land-use change. This position focuses on the LPJ-GUESS ecosystem model in particular context of LandSyMM (www.landsymm.earth) to enhance its capacity to model important processes relevant within these interactions.Your tasks include:Contribute to the development of a full, online coupling of LandSyMMDevelopment of ideas for model applications, simulation set-up and analysis and publicationsUpdates and further development of LPJ-GUESS to investigate the impact of land management on ecosystem propertiesConduct literature searches to obtain data for model testing and evaluationDocumentation of code development and performanceSupport other team members in questions of code development and applicationContribute to the group’ overall activities such as project reporting, supervision and teachingCollaborate with LEMG team members and partners at other institutions (especially University of Edinburgh and Lund University).
Salary
Salary category 13 TV-L, depending on the fulfillment of professional and personal requirements.
Contract duration
3 years.
Application up to
June 6, 2025
Contact person in line-management
For further information, please contact Prof. Dr. Almut Arneth, almut.arneth@kit.edu.
