Student assistants

Job description: Student assistant (m/f/d) in paleoecology and paleogenetics for field & lab work and data analysis

Background
The research area of our research group at the AWI in Potsdam (Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems) includes analyzes of ecosystem changes using sediment cores mostly from the Arctic, but also from temperate regions. We use sedimentological, paleoeclogical and paleogenetic analysis to produce time series data from the sediment archives.

Your Tasks
In the announced student worker positions we are looking for support in one or all fields:

• Paleoecological/time-series data analysis in R (multivariate statistics)
• Field work in Brandenburg for collection of lake sediment samples
• Sample processing in the laboratories (subsampling, sample preparation for subsequent analysis)

Your Profile

• Enrolled at an University
• Interested in the topic
• Basic knowledge in environmental research, methods and/or data analysis

Students with general interest to write the master or bachelor thesis on related topics at AWI are particularly welcome.

Further Information

You are interested?
Please apply with a cover letter and CV (summarized in one PDF) to Prof Dr Herzschuh (Ulrike.Herzschuh@awi.de; 0331-58174-5635-5601) and Dr Simeon Lisovski (simeon.lisovski@awi.de; 0331-58174-5635)

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.