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A post-doctoral position in modeling global methane emissions from
wetlands and wildfires is available immediately (December 2013).<br>
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Host Institution<br>
The Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
WSL is part of the ETH Domain. It employs approximately 500 people
working on the sustainable use and protection of the landscapes and
habitats and a respon­sible approach to handling natural hazards.
The Research Unit Landscape Dynamics studies patterns, causes and
processes of landscape change. For the project “Modeling and
experiments on land-surface interactions with atmospheric chemistry
and climate“, WSL is looking for a Post-doc in Biogeochemistry
Modeling<b><br>
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Description of responsibilities<br>
You will use biogeochemistry models to simulate natural and
semi-natural methane emissions, mainly originating from tropical
wetlands and eco-systems with fire dynamics. You will contribute to
improving the existing process-basis to understand and model the
tropical methane production over a time frame of several decades.
Furthermore, you will work with a specifically designed
biogeochemistry model derived from the LPJ model core, which
recently has been tested in the inter-comparison project. In
addition, you will compare your model results with global inversion
approaches. You will work in a small international team and spend a
significant part of your employment in the US at the lab of Ben
Poulter based at Montana State University.<br>
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Qualifications and application process<br>
A PhD in environmental science, biology or environmental physics is
required. You are interested in questions regarding global change
and have experience in ecology, biogeochemistry, modeling (GIS,
remote sensing, and statistics are beneficial). You are flexible,
highly motivated to work in an international team and your English
skills are excellent.<br>
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Please send your complete application using reference number 803 to
Mrs. Sabine Hirt, Human Resources WSL. Niklaus E. Zimmermann, phone
+41 (0)44 739 23 37, will be happy to answer questions or offer
further information.<br>
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We look forward to receiving your application by the end of December
2013, and the review of applications begins immediately.<br>
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The quickest way is to apply online. Please click on the link below
and navigate to the postdoctoral position on biogeochemistry. This
will take you directly to the application form:<a
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