Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)
Leipzig, Germany
Description
The Department of Hydrogeology is offering the following vacancy within the EU funded Initial Training Network project “Ecohydrological interfaces as critical hotspots for transformations of ecosystem exchange fluxes and biogeochemical cycling” (INTERFACES) as of 1st February 2014: PhD student - Early Stage Researcher (m/f), limited to 3 years. Subject: Development of optical sensors for measuring dissolved oxygen and carbon dioxide at sediment-water interfaces.
Your duties will be: development, test and application of optical sensors for measuring dissolved oxygen as time-variant key parameter that controls the spatial fluctuations of aerobic/anaerobic zones at interfaces such as hyporheic and riparian zones, application of these sensors in different field conditions in collaboration with the fellows at the partner institutes.
Requirements
- Master´s degree in environmental sciences, environmental engineering, chemistry or related subjects with a strong background in optical sensor techniques and basic knowledge in electrical engineering.
- Knowledge in flow and solute transport in porous media.
- Excellent communication skills, capacity for teamwork, flexibility and an interest in interdisciplinary research.
The applicants should have less than 4 years full-time equivalent research experience from the award of the degree which entitles them to undertake a doctorate.
Applicants can be of any nationality but at the time of selection must not have resided or carried out their main activity (e.g. work or studies) in Germany for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the starting date of the fellowship.
More information and applications
-Excellent technical facilities which are without parallel.
-The freedom you need to bridge the difficult gap between basic research and close to being ready for application.
-Work in interdisciplinary, multinational teams.
-Excellent links with national and international research networks.
-Excellent support and optimal subject-specific and general training with our HIGRADE graduate school.
-Salary, working hours and terms of employment will be in accordance with the Marie Curie rules of the European Commission (ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/).
We look forward to receiving your full e-mail-application quoting the reference 98/2013 at bewerbung@ufz.de.
Helmholtz-Zentrum für
Umweltforschung GmbH - UFZ
Personalabteilung
Permoserstraße 15
04318 Leipzig, Germany
Closing date for applications: 31.12.2013
Your contact for any questions you may have about the job: Christian Schmidt e-mail: christian.schmidt@ufz.de Tel.: +49 341/235-1986
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