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1. PhD position in carbon-nitrogen cycle modelling at MPI
Biogeochemistry, Jena (Germany) (Soenke Zaehle)
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Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:09:42 +0100
From: Soenke Zaehle <soenke.zaehle@bgc-jena.mpg.de>
Subject: [Met-jobs] PhD position in carbon-nitrogen cycle modelling at
MPI Biogeochemistry, Jena (Germany)
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3-yr PhD studentship: Systematic assessment of uncertainty in coupled
carbon-nitrogen cycle models and their climate feedbacks
The new generation of land carbon-nitrogen-cycle models show that
nitrogen feedbacks attenuate the responses of the carbon cycle to
perturbations, thereby affecting long-term projections of climate
change. However, the magnitude of this effect is very different between
the models leading to considerable uncertainty in projected rates of
climate change. This PhD project seeks to better understand and quantify
this uncertainty by developing and systematically assessing alternative
model components in a common, already existing framework. Key
observations of global carbon-nitrogen cycling will be used to evaluate
competing process formulations. The thoroughly examined set of model
components, linked in a common global modelling framework, will be used
to make ensemble projections of the effects of future global change on
terrestrial feedbacks to the climate system, systematically assessing
uncertainty in these projections stemming from uncertainty in both
parametric and process-formulation of global carbon-nitrogen cycle
modelling.
We are seeking a highly-motivated and collaborative PhD student with a
background in a quantitative science (e.g. geo-ecology, environmental
science, biology, applied mathematics, physics, or computer science),
experience in scientific programming, and an interest in applying their
expertise to terrestrial ecology and global change research, and
numerical modelling.
The position will be in the Biogeochemical Systems Department
(http://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/bgc-systems/index.shtml), and jointly
supervised by the Computational Ecology and Environmental Science Group
(http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/groups/ecology) at Microsoft
Research in Cambridge, UK (MSRC). The successful applicant will join a
young and international team in a vibrant research environment, and will
profit from exchange visits to the MSRC lab. The successful applicant is
also encouraged to apply for admission to the International Max Planck
Research School for Global Biogeochemical Cycles. This is a structured
PhD program that offers thematically complementary courses as well as
seminars on soft and hard skills. For detailed information, see
www.imprs-gbgc.de.
For any questions contact:
Dr. S?nke Zaehle (szaehle@bgc-jena.mpg.de), Max Planck Institute for
Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
Dr. Matthew Smith (Matthew.Smith@microsoft.com) , Computational Ecology
and Environmental Science Group, Microsoft Research, Cambridge, UK
Application deadline is April 15, 2012.
The conditions of employment, including upgrades and duration follow the
rules of the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Sciences and
those of the German civil service. The Max Planck Society seeks to
increase the number of women in those areas where they are
underrepresented and therefore explicitly encourages women to apply. The
Max Planck Society is committed to employing more handicapped
individuals and especially encourages them to apply.
Please send your applications including a letter of interest, CV, and
the names and contact information of one or two references to Dr. S?nke
Zaehle either via email to szaehle@bgc-jena.mpg.de, or directly to the
institute's address Max-Planck-Institut f?r Biogeochemie, Postfach 10 01
64, 07701 Jena, Germany, by the 15^th April 2012.
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/global/apply-europe.aspx
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Dr. S?nke Zaehle
Scientist
Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry
- Biogeochemical Systems Department
mail: P.O. Box 10 01 64, D-07701 Jena, Germany
email: soenke.zaehle@bgc-jena.mpg.de
phone: +49.36.41.57.63.25
fax: +49.36.41.57.73.00
http://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/~szaehle/
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