In the scope of the interdisciplinary research project “Blick in die Zukunft (BLIZ): Wechselwirkungen zwischen Gesellschaft, Landnutzung, Ökosystemleistungen und Biodiversität in Bayern bis 2100” funded by the Bavarian Climate Research Network (“bayklif”) of the Bavarian State Ministry, we invite applications for a PhD position in Conservation and Biodiversity Change (m/w/d) E13 TV-L, 65 %, limited for 3 years 



Your profile

• Full university degree (Diploma/M.Sc.) in in biology, ecology or a related discipline.
• Interest in community ecology and conservation – Sound knowledge in GIS and/or scientific programming (preferably R).
• Fluent in English, in reading and writing – We expect the candidate to have good communication skills and the ability to work in a team.
  
   
• Tasks You will become a team member of the Terrestrial Ecology Research Group at TUM. You will be a team member of the recently started interdisciplinary research project “BLIZ”. Together with partners from the JMU Würzburg, University of Regensburg, FAU Erlangen and partners within TUM, you will investigate the association of animals with particular habitats based on a big data approach. Bavaria features unique datasets in biotope mapping and species occurrences going back 40 years and more. Together with colleagues you will investigate how the distribution of biotopes and species has changed in the past, and how future climate change, and future land use change will impact species occurrences in the future. You will analyse the consequences of the predicted future for the provisioning of ecosystem services together with the ECOSERV project, which consists of PhD-students at TOEK and several members of the landscape ecology group of Prof. Jean Paul Metzger at the University of São Paulo, Brazil.