CareerPlan

Wissenschaftliche/n Mitarbeiter/in / PostDoc (m/w/d)

Jena, THUERINGENFull-time2026-10-19 → 2026-11-10

Core

Quantifying permafrost greenhouse gas emissions using atmospheric inverse modeling to support the Global Carbon Project.

Role type

PostDoc researcher (atmospheric modeling)

Builds

CH4 and N2O budgets for the Global Carbon Project; regional inversion models for boreal/Arctic regions.

Domain

Climate science, Earth system science, atmospheric chemistry

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Atmospheric inverse modeling, atmospheric transport modeling, data assimilation, scientific programming, interpretation of atmospheric trace gas data

Preferred skills

Arctic/boreal ecology, carbon cycle research

Technologies

CarboScope, satellite data, in-situ measurements, isotopic datasets

Responsibilities

Apply and extend the CarboScope model for global CH4 and N2O budgets; assimilate multi-disciplinary data sources into regional inversions; interpret dynamics in greenhouse gas mixing ratios; conduct atmospheric inversions to evaluate land surface models.

Seniority

PostDoc, independent research within a team