Scientific / postdoctoral posts

Job description: Postdoc in attribution and time-scales of ocean carbon sequestration (f/x/d/m)BackgroundThis position will be part of the ERC starting grant project OceanPeak: The global ocean carbon cycle after peak emissions, Dynamics and process attribution in a seamless model from coastal shelves to the open ocean. The ERC group, led by Prof. Dr. Judith Hauck, is located in the Marine Biogeosciences section at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research.
The ocean takes up about a quarter of human carbon dioxide emissions each year as quantified by the global ocean biogeochemistry models in the Global Carbon Budget. In OceanPeak, we use the multi-resolution ocean carbon cycle model FESOM-REcoM to investigate the transfer of carbon from the surface and coasts into the ocean interior and the associated sequestration timescale. This will lead to a better understanding of the ocean carbon cycle's response to different emission scenarios and climate change.
Your Tasks

• Assess carbon pathways into the interior ocean and timescale of carbon sequestration with Lagrangian tools using the ocean biogeochemistry model FESOM-REcoM and/or the AWI-ESM
• Assess the role of different processes for carbon transport from the surface or the coast into the interior ocean
• Test Lagrangian tools and contribute to their development
• Conduct model simulations covering the recent decades and the future
• Present project results in peer-reviewed publications and at international conferences

Your Profile

• PhD in oceanography, marine sciences, physics, geosciences, climate sciences or related field
• Experience in ocean modelling
• Proven skills in Fortran, Python or a similar programming language
• Skills in the processing, statistical analysis and visualization of data
• Very good English knowledge (approximately equivalent to CEFR level C1)
• Ability to work in a focused, independent, and cooperative manner in a dedicated team

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

• Expertise in ocean biogeochemistry/carbon cycle research

Further InformationThe AWI is characterized byThe AWI is characterized by

• Our scientific success - excellent research
• Collaboration and cooperation - intra-institute, national and international, interdisciplinary
• Opportunities to develop – on the job and towards other positions
• An international environment – everyday contact with people from all over the world
• Flexible working hours and the possibility of mobile working up to 50% of regular working hours
• 30 days of vacation (for full-time employees) plus additional days off on December 24th and December 31st
• Health promotion and company fitness with Hansefit and Wellhub
• Support services and a culture of reconciling work and family
• Occupational pension provision (VBL)

AWI values diversity and actively promotes gender parity, as well as an open, inclusive environment that provides equal opportunities. We are convinced that diverse teams and a variety of perspectives enrich our work and our daily collaboration. In a continuous process of learning and reflection, we aim to ensure that all our employees can be themselves and feel a sense of belonging. We welcome applications from qualified people regardless of binary and non-binary genders, race and nationality, ethnic and social background, religion, age, disabilities, neurodivergence, sexual orientation, and other identities.

Applicants with disabilities will be given preference when equal qualifications are present.
AWI fosters work-family compatibility in various ways. And as a new international member of our team, you can be sure that we will help you settle in. Our Family Office and International Office will be glad to support you, even before you start at AWI.

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.