The Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) invites applications for a postdoctoral position in computational stream ecosystem science. The project aims at developing and applying a spatially explicit model on litter dynamics considering the processes of litter supply, retention and decomposition in tandem with information on environmental conditions, riparian vegetation, and the spatial distribution of litter decomposers in stream networks.
The position is based in the Gessner lab at IGB’s Department of Plankton and Microbial Ecology located one hour north of Berlin, Germany. The lab holds data and long-standing expertise related to litter dynamics in streams, which is complemented by expertise on ecological modelling, spatial catchment analyses, and species distribution modelling in the Wollrab, Venohr and Domisch labs of IGB.