Institution | Faculty of Geosciences - Department of Geography, Chair for Physical Geography and Land Use Systems (Prof. Julia Pongratz) |
Remuneration group | TV-L E13 |
Full-time / Part-time | Full-time (100%) |
Start date | As soon as possible, for three years |
Application deadline | 2025-06-23 |
The Chair for Physical Geography and Land Use Systems (Prof. Julia Pongratz) at LMU’s Department of Geography investigates the interactions between humans, ecosystems and climate. Our group develops and applies the latest generation of carbon cycle, land surface and climate models and integrates them with Earth observations. We investigate the fate of ecosystems under the pressures of land-use and climate change; Earth system feedbacks that emerge through energy, water and biogeochemical cycles; and the role that vegetation and soils can play for greenhouse gas emissions reduction and CO2 removals in support of the Paris Agreement. The team is strongly involved in large national and international collaborations such as the Global Carbon Project, IPCC, CDRterra and several Horizon Europe projects like RESCUE, ForestNavigator and ClimTip.
We are looking for you:
in Munich
The postdoc is expected to contribute to our efforts of vastly improving our understanding and quantification of terrestrial carbon fluxes and is invited to join our ongoing collaborations. While there is some freedom in defining their own research question, studies could include improving the land-use representation in bookkeeping and Earth system models; disentangling natural and human-driven impacts in the terrestrial carbon budget (e.g., fires and other disturbances); and interact with other relevant communities (national greenhouse gas inventories, integrated assessment modeling, carbon accounting) to harmonize approaches.
Other responsibilities will be to
Also possible in a part-time capacity.
People with disabilities who are equally as qualified as other applicants will receive preferential treatment.
Please send an application outlining your fit for the position (including a cover letter sketching out your ideas in at least one of the topics mentioned above, a CV, copies of scientific degrees, and the names and contact information of two references) by e-mail (one PDF-attachment with max. 5 MB including all documents) with subject "postdoc-2025LMU" to climate.jobs@geographie.uni-muenchen.de. Applications received prior to June 23, 2025, will receive full consideration, but the position will remain open until filled. For further information please contact Prof. Dr. Julia Pongratz (julia.pongratz@lmu.de).
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