Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung Atmosphärische Umweltforschung (IMKIFU)
Do you have knowledge of land ecosystems, climate change and land use change? Do you have very good quantitative and coding skills? Are you keen to apply your knowledge and skills to address societal and ecological research challenges?If so, we can offer you a post-doctoral researcher position within a multidisciplinary, international research environment at KIT-Campus Alpin, Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research / Atmospheric Environmental Research (IMKIFU) in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.We welcome a creative, communicative and team-spirited colleague to join the land-ecosystem modelling group (LEMG https://lemg.imkifu.kit.edu/) at IMKIFU. You will be contributing to the further development and application of advanced coupled model systems, focusing (depending on your skills and research interests) either on the dynamic global vegetation model LPJ-GUESS and the full coupling of LandSyMM and/or ad-vancing new approaches towards links between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning through the coupling of LPJ-GUESS with the functional diversity model Madingley.Lines of research include:Familiarize yourself with code and the coupled modelling set-up Further develop relevant key processes Develop ideas for model applications, simulation set-up and analysis and publications Document code development and performance Coordinate and interact with others involved in these developments (within the LEMG team and international partners)
Salary
Salary category 13 TV-L, depending on the fulfillment of professional and personal requirements.
Contract duration
3 years.
Application up to
May 1st, 2026
Contact person in line-management
For further information, please contact Prof. Dr. Almut Arneth, almut.arneth@kit.edu.
