[ES_JOBS_NET] PhD position in greenhouse gas exchange processes of Arctic water bodies

[Mathias Goeckede]

Dear colleagues,

we are seeking to fill a PhD position with the focus on investigation of 
functional responses of open water bodies to climate forcing in Siberia. 
This PhD project is part of an exciting ERC-synergy project focusing on 
Arctic climate change and permafrost disturbance processes. All details 
on the position, required qualifications and the application procedure 
can be found here:

https://www.imprs-gbgc.de/applications/imprs2022jan/projectdescriptions_outputone.php?PN=A1

The application deadline is *January 31, 2022*, and the position is 
planned to start on October 01, 2022.

Please share this information with your colleagues and potential 
candidates.

Best regards, Mathias Göckede


*Project description:*
This PhD thesis will investigate the carbon exchange processes between 
open water and the atmosphere for different types of water bodies within 
heterogeneous permafrost landscapes. The successful candidate will 
contribute to the design of mobile floating chamber platforms, and 
deploy these systems in our Northeast Siberian study region. To 
understand the functional responses of different kinds of lakes and 
streams to climate forcing, besides the sampling of greenhouse gas 
fluxes themselves also ancillary parameters such as bathymetry, sediment 
characteristics, or the influence of specific weather events will be 
studied. The overarching objective will be to constrain typical emission 
rates for different types of water bodies, and also different zones 
within lakes and streams, and contribute towards a better mechanistic 
understanding of lake morphology impacts on net carbon budgets in Arctic 
permafrost regions.

*Tasks*:
The study will involve summer field campaigns in the Kolyma Lowlands 
region in Siberia to investigate aquatic biogeochemistry and carbon 
cycle processes. The work will be embedded within the ERC-synergy 
project Q-Arctic (https://q-arctic.net/), which aims at observing and 
modeling the impact of permafrost disturbance processes on future 
permafrost carbon climate feedbacks. Moreover, the work is also closely 
coordinated with other ongoing and planned research activities of 
partner institutions at national and international level. Within this 
framework, the PhD project is expected to closely interact with, and 
contribute to, research activities within the other project components 
of Q-Arctic, including multi-disciplinary in-situ observations, 
satellite remote sensing and land-surface modeling at regional to 
pan-Arctic scales.

*Qualifications:*

•*Degree:*MSc in Geo-ecology, biology/plant ecology, micro-meteorology, 
hydrology, soil science, or related environmental or geoscientific 
disciplines

•*Necessary Lab and Computational skills*: Data processing and basic 
programming (e.g. R, Matlab), good mathematical and statistical skills

•*Other skills/requirements:*very good communication skills in English 
(essential), Russian language skills (desired), experience in field work 
campaigns, interest in global climate change, high latitude ecology


*Terms of employment:*
This position is available from October 01, 2022, but starting not later 
than January 01, 2023.
The Max Planck Society (MPS) strives for gender equality and diversity. 
The MPS aims to increase the proportion of women in areas where they are 
underrepresented. Women are therefore explicitly encouraged to apply. We 
welcome applications from all fields. The Max Planck Society has set 
itself the goal of employing more severely disabled people. Applications 
from severely disabled persons are expressly encouraged.
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