The Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS), a scientific organizational entity of the
Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, located in Hamburg, invites applications for a Ph D candidate (m/f/d), starting as soon as possible, in the project “URBAN CLIMATE FUTURE LAB: Urban Areas and Climate Impact - a Future Lab for Multidisciplinary Knowledge and Sustainable Transformation [UCFL]”. The position is limited to three years and is intended to complete with a Ph D.

Your tasks

• perform a literature review about regional climate change information and its impacts in Lower Saxony with respect to extreme, compound and high-impact events
• develop research questions with respect to adaptation and mitigation of climate change in urban areas in the frame of the project UCFL
• analyse regional climate change simulations with respect to impacts on urban areas and their surroundings under past, present and potential future climate conditions with a special focus on Lower Saxony
• develop new analysis methods to identify high-impact events of climate change related to socio-economic factors together with the project partners of UCFL
• contribute to stakeholder engagement in the frame of UCFL as well as to the dissemination of research results
• collaborate with UCFL project partners, prepare project reports and participate in UCFL project meetings
• publication of research results in peer-reviewed journals
• representing GERICS externally at scientific conferences and meetings

Your profile

• Master degree in meteorology, physics, physical geography or related disciplines in natural sciences and Earth science
• experience in regional climate modeling and in analyzing climate model simulations on high performance computers
• extensive knowledge of programming in Python and working under Linux operating systems
• experience in conducting workshops for researchers and practitioners is desirable
• experience in working in national and international research projects and international environments or communities such as EURO-CORDEX is desirable
• motivation to work in a multi-disciplinary and international environment
• experience in publishing peer-reviewed articles
• additionally, we welcome knowledge on working in the urban context and supporting adaptation processes
• a very good command of German and English is required, since activities of the UCFL will be conducted in both

Content-related enquiries regarding this position can be directed to Dr. Claas Teichmann (claas.teichmann@hereon.de).

We offer you

• an exciting and varied job in a research centre with around 1,000 employees from more than 60 nations
• individual opportunities for further training
• social benefits according to the collective agreement of the public service and remuneration
• an excellent technical infrastructure and modern workplace equipment
• 6 weeks holiday per year; company holidays between Christmas and New Year's Day
• very good compatibility private and professional life; offers of mobile and flexible work
• Ph D Buddy Program
• free assistance program for employees (EAP)
• corporate Benefits
• office location in the heart of the city of Hamburg in the historic Chilehaus

Interested?

code no. 2024/KG 19 until 19 November 2024.