Selection Procedures
Global Change Research Institute of the CAS announces an open competition in accordance with the Act No. 283/1992 Coll. on the Czech Academy of Sciences, and the Statutes of the Czech Academy of Sciences for a position POSTDOC/SCIENTIST FOR THE TOPIC OF GREENHOUSE GAS FLUXES ANALYSE.
We are looking for a team member to join long-term research at the Department of Matters and Energy Fluxes, Global Change Research Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences (CzechGlobe), Brno, Czech Republic.
Application deadline: 26th April 2024. The position is free from spring 2024.
Job description
- analysis and interpretation of data from Eddy Covariance (EC) towers, e.g. with regard to environmental extremes; further focus can be developed based on the applicant’s background
- unique research opportunities could be focused on the clear-cut evergreen forest and following regrowth, comparison of fluxes above and below forest canopies and the impact of extreme events
- EC data come from the network of Czech Ecosystem Stations (history of measurements: up to 20 years), covering all representative ecosystem types in the country
- evaluation of the data by answering site-specific questions or via inter-site comparisons
- it is possible to use also available chamber measurements, sap flow, sub-canopy eddy covariance, biomass inventory and remote sensing data
- result publications in impacted scientific journals and at scientific conferences
We require
- PhD degree in biological, environmental or atmospheric sciences
- good knowledge of atmospheric processes, ecology/ecophysiology and the exchange processes within the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum
- fluent in R software (preferred) or MATLAB and good knowledge of advanced statistical methods
- capability to work independently
- collaboration with an interdisciplinary team
- excellent written/spoken English
Beneficial skills
- experience with ecosystem process-based models
- GIS software knowledge
- other programming languages
- driving licence B
We offer
- creative scientific work, self-realization
- excellent state-of-the-art research infrastructure (http://www.czechglobe.cz/)
- personal career development and scientific growth (HRS4R/HR Award)
- work in an international, collaborative team
- appropriate salary
Please send a motivation letter, a structured CV with a review of your scientific publications and contact to three reference persons (subject: EDDY-COVARIANCE POSTDOC) to jobs@czechglobe.cz and pavelka.m@czechglobe.cz.
Application deadline: 04/26/2024