Stellenangebot / Job offer
Scientist/PostDoc in Climate Change and Earth System Modeling
The Institute of Coastal Systems – Analysis and Modeling at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon in Geesthacht, near Hamburg, Germany, invites applications for a position in the field of climate change and Earth System Modeling. The position is initially for one year, with the prospect of extension subject to Phase II funding for a further 3 years. In principle, the full time position (39 h/week) is also sharable.
The position is part of the project CoastalFutures (Scenarios to Promote Sustainable Futures of Contested Marine Areas) that forms part of the German DAM Research mission „Protection and Sustainable Use of Marine Spaces„. The project develops, simulates and explores future human use scenarios and triggered impacts in the North and Baltic Sea and their estuaries, and explores existing protection measures and new management options together with stakeholders from maritime management and industry. CoastalFutures concentrates on climate impacts and anticipated manmade pressures at basin scales from four management sectors:
- offshore renewable energy production,
- fisheries,
- nature-based coastal protection measures and
- eutrophication originating from terrestrial sources.
Your tasks:
- further implementation and validation of a flexible coupled (ocean, atmosphere, biogeochemistry, waves) modeling framework for the North Sea and the Baltic Sea
- perform and analyses coupled climate change and human used scenario simulations, and assess uncertainties
- assess the potential predictability of key variables relevant for selected management sectors
- working as an integrative part of a motivated multidisciplinary team within the institute and external partners
- writing scientific publications in peer reviewed journals
- presentation of results at meetings and international conferences
Your profile:
- University degree in meteorology/oceanography, applied mathematics, physics or a related scientific field (e.g., geophysics or earth system science)
- interest or previous knowledge in climate research, earth system modelling, marine science, of data analysis and/or statistics
- experience in modeling and programming languages (e.g. MATLAB, R, Python or Fortran) would be an advantage
- good knowledge of English (written and oral)
- good communication skills and ability to work in an interdisciplinary team of various fields of geosciences
