Our group for Geocomputation and Earth Observation develops new models and model-data integration methods to gain a mechanistic understanding of biogeochemical cycling of terrestrial ecosystems, water-carbon coupling, and forest responses to climate change. We are hosted at the Institute of Geography, University of Bern, and work at the intersection of terrestrial ecology, earth system science, earth observation, and data science. Within the bi-national multi-PI project UP-SCALE - Understanding VPD impacts on forests across scales to advance the next generation of Earth-system models, we are recruiting a Postdoc (3.5 years).
The candidate must hold a PhD degree in a relevant discipline and should demonstrate proficient English written and oral skills and excellent analytical and numerical skills. Demonstrated experience with programming (ideally R and Fortran), collaborative code management, and other data science methods are a prerequisite and an open and collaborative mentality for the development of our computational infrastructure is expected.
We offer the candidate to be part of a small group with a strong collaborative philosophy and to benefit from a leading academic environment, from an international collaboration within the UP-SCALE project and from the excellent quality of life in Switzerland. You will be hosted at the Institute of Geography and will be part of the Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research (OCCR). For further information about our group please visit https://geco-group.org/.
