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The research group “Landscape Ecohydrology” led by Prof Doerthe Tetzlaff in the Department of Ecohydrology & Biogeochemistry of IGB in Berlin (Friedrichshagen), in collaboration with the Department of Geography at the University of Costa Rica led by Prof Christian Birkel, is inviting applications for a Student Assistant (39 hours/month) starting from 01.11.2024. The student assistant position is part of the DFG funded project “ECCO: ECohydrological feedbacks of tropical soil-plant-atmosphere COnnectivity” which aims to achieve a novel integrated, cross-scale understanding of the partitioning of incoming precipitation in tropical systems affected by land cover change.

You will be supporting an international team of scientists from the University of Costa Rica, the University of Tokyo and the University of Aberdeen with mostly hydrometeorological data analysis (programming skills are a plus), GIS mapping, and remotely sensed land cover data, among other more specific tasks related to climate and hydrology. This position is mainly desk based.

Your tasks

  • Obtaining of existing environmental data sets
  • GIS analysis
  • Processing of existing spatio-temporal data such as hydrometeorological time series, remotely sensed land cover data
  • Support with data, meta data and literature analysis

Your profile

  • We are looking for students in hydrology, environmental sciences or environmental engineering, geoecology, geochemistry, geography, or a related field
  • We appreciate independence, flexibility, motivation and a keen interest in ecohydrological questions
  • Programming skills e.g. in R, Python, C are an advantage
  • We expect good English knowledge

Our offer

We offer an interesting position in an international and dynamic scientific environment. We foster flat hierarchies and active participation. We allow maximum individual freedom, enabling everyone to develop and use their creativity to the best of their abilities.

Salary is paid according to the German salary scheme for student assistantships (39 hours/month). The assistantship is initially limited to 24 months, but extensions are possible. Upon interest, this assistantship can be linked to a dissertation project. We foster your career development by providing qualification and training opportunities. We actively support the reconciliation of work and family life. The IGB is committed to diversity. We welcome every qualified application, regardless of sex and gender, origin, nationality, religion, belief, health and disabilities, age or sexual orientation. Disabled applicants with equal qualification and aptitude will be given preferential consideration.

Interested?

We look forward to receiving your application by 23.08.2024 with the usual documents (cover letter, CV, certificates/ references). Please state the job reference number 30/2024 and apply exclusively via our recruitment platform at www.igb-berlin.de/en/jobs.

Questions can be directed to Prof. Dr. Dörthe Tetzlaff by e-mail (doerthe.tetzlaff@igb-berlin.de).

"Research for the future of our freshwaters" is the mission of IGB – Germany’s largest and one of the leading international centres for freshwater research. In order to investigate different aspects of freshwater ecosystems, their biota and societal relevance, we unit a wide range of disciplines and understand research as a joint effort. With more than 350 employees and guests from all over the world, we conduct research at five locations in Berlin and at Lake Stechlin (Brandenburg). IGB is a member of the German Leibniz Association and the Forschungsverbund Berlin e. V. www.igb-berlin.de