PostDoc for Modelling and Data Analysis for Marine Protected Areas (m/f/d)

Job description: PostDoc for Modelling and Data Analysis for Marine Protected Areas (m/f/d)

Background
This position is part of the IMAPP research consortium, an interdisciplinary project with the aim of assessing prospective marine protected areas for their suitability. You will join the Biodiversity Theory Lab which is an active research group working in Network and Complexity Science. The position is based at the Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity, in Oldenburg Germany. The HIFMB is an interdisciplinary and very international Institute. The working language is English.

You will use a spectrum of mathematical and computational methods to explore the suitability of candidate areas that are considered for MPAs in the Atlantic Ocean. The theoretical analysis will thus profit from close collaboration with colleages with background in aquatic biology and international treaties.

Your Tasks

• Food web modelling using generalized models
• Biological data analysis with manifold learning methods
• Geospatial data analysis of cargo ship traffic

Your Profile

• PhD or equivalent in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science or another relevant discipline
• Good command of English language (approximately equivalent to CEFR level B1+B2)
• Relevant mathematical experience (for example in network science or dynamical systems theory)
• Good programming skills in a modern language (e.g. Python, Julia)

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

• Enthusiasm for ecology and the sea
• Interest in outreach and transfer activities
• Experience in scientific publishing

The 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
• health promotion and company fitness
• 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, physical abilities, 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 has received several awards as a result of this commitment. 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.