Postdoc (F/m/x) Ecological Data Scientist - Leipzig, Deutschland - Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung UFZ

Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung UFZ

Geprüftes Unternehmen

Leipzig, Deutschland

vor 3 Wochen

Geschrieben von:

Lena Wagner

beBee Recruiter

Beschreibung

The UFZ

The Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) with its 1,100 employees has gained an excellent reputation as an international competence centre for environmental sciences.

We are part of the largest scientific organisation in Germany, the Helmholtz association.

Our mission:
Our research seeks to find a balance between social development and the long-term protection of our natural resources.

The job

The UFZ Department Ecosystem Services is part of the German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig. iDiv is one of four research centers of the German Research Foundation (DFG).

The center is located in Leipzig and is operated as a consortium of the University of Leipzig together with the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, the Friedrich Schiller University Jena and the Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research - UFZ.

It also receives support from the Max Planck Society, the Leibniz Association and the Free State of Saxony.

Your tasks

Quantitative analyses, empirical work and conceptual synthesis in the fields of biodiversity trends and monitoring, citizen science and links to human health
Active collaboration with natural history societies, museums, state

agencies, citizen science projects and other stakeholders at local, national and international level

Attracting third party funding and development of national and international interdisciplinary consortia
Supervision of graduate and postgraduate students
Presentation of results in international peer reviewed journal publications and at conferences

We offer

Excellent technical facilities which are without parallel
Work in interdisciplinary, multinational teams and excellent links with national and international research networks
A vibrant region with a high quality of life and a wide cultural offering for a balance between family and professional life
Interesting career opportunities and an extensive range of training and further education courses

Profile:

Outstanding PhD in biology, ecology or related fields with experience in modelling/programming, quantitative analysis or spatial data management
Extensive experience in interdisciplinary research and a strong international publication record in the fields of biodiversity, citizen science and health
Particular strengths in quantitative, statistical biodiversity analyses, incl. time series analyses and hierarchical Bayesian models, as well as data integration of heterogeneous data from e.g. structured monitoring data, citizen science or epidemiological data
Longterm experience in database management, scientific programming (R and/or Python) and data visualization essential
Indepth experience in transdisciplinary collaboration with stakeholders from NGOs, natural history societies, museums and public agencies and track record in organizing workshops and conducting surveys
Experience in thirdparty project acquisition, project management and successful implementation
Experience in supervision
Excellent team player, friendly and professional demeanor
Fluency in spoken and written English and German
Attracted by the opportunity to develop a scientific research program and working group in the department