<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2017 16:41:22 -0400</span><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">From: =?windows-1252?Q?Claus_</span><wbr style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">Holzapfel?= <</span><a href="mailto:holzapfe@ANDROMEDA.RUTGERS.EDU" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">holzapfe@ANDROMEDA.RUTGERS.<wbr>EDU</a><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">></span><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">Subject: Postdoc in Germany: ecological/ecohydrology modeling</span><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">The Plant Ecology Group at the University of T=FCbingen is searching for =</span><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">a</span><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">Post-Doctoral Researcher in Ecology/Ecohydrology</span><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">The position is part of the interdisciplinary research consortium DRIeR,=20=</span><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">coordinated by the University of Freiburg, which addresses the=20</span><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">ecological and societal impacts of extreme droughts in South-West=20</span><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">Germany. The role of the Post Doc in this project will be to utilize=20</span><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">existing data and data from a recently established field drought=20</span><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">experiment to develop and parameterize an ecohydrological simulation=20</span><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">model. The model will address plant community structure and plant trait=20=</span><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">composition, incl. ecosystem service values, as a function of=20</span><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">management, drought intensity, duration, and frequency. It shall be=20</span><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">further expanded to connect to hydrological models within DRIeR with the=20=</span><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">goal of developing scenarios for vulnerability of biodiversity and=20</span><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">ecosystem services to extreme drought. In addition to the modeling, the=20=</span><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">candidate is should continue an extensive ecological field experiment=20</span><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">designed to investigate the impact of extreme droughts on European=20</span><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">grasslands and forests.</span><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">We are seeking for an independent researcher with excellent knowledge in=20=</span><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">modeling ecological and/or hydrological systems on local to regional=20</span><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">scales. In addition, the candidate should be familiar with conducting=20</span><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">and analysing ecological field experiments and s/he should be willing to=20=</span><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">work in an interdisciplinary setting. The candidate should hold a Ph.D.=20=</span><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">in ecology, geoecology, hydroecology or in a related field. Furthermore,=20=</span><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">the candidate should have excellent writing and presentation skills.=20</span><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">Knowledge of German is welcome but not essential.</span><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">The position will be paid according to the German pay scale E13 TV-L. It=20=</span><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">is scheduled for a period of three years, starting </span><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span class="gmail-aQJ">January 1st, 2018</span></span><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">.</span><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">The University seeks to raise the number of women in research and=20</span><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">teaching and therefore urges qualified female academics to apply for=20</span><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">these positions.</span><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">Disabled candidates will be given preference over other equally=20</span><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">qualified applicants.</span><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">Please send your application including a letter of interest, CV and a=20</span><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">list of publications as a single pdf-file to Prof. Dr. Katja Tielb=F6rger=</span><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">=20</span><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">(</span><a href="mailto:vegetation@bot.uni-tuebingen.de" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">vegetation@bot.uni-tuebingen.<wbr>de</a><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">) to whom also inquiries should be=20</span><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">addressed. Please also make sure that two letters of reference will be=20=</span><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">sent to the above address independently.</span><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">The deadline for applications is </span><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span class="gmail-aQJ">October 1st, 2017</span></span><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">, or until the=20</span><br style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">position is filled</span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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