PhD Position (f/m/x) – Remote Sensing of Biodiversity Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren

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PhD Position (f/m/x) – Remote Sensing of Biodiversity Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren


The Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) with its 1,100 employees has gained an excellent reputation as an international competence centre for environmental sciences. We are part of the largest scientific organisation in Germany, the Helmholtz association. Our mission: Our research seeks to find a balance between social development and the long-term protection of our natural resources.
The newly established Remote Sensing Centre for Earth System Research (RSC4Earth) - a joint initiative of UFZ and the Faculty of Physics and Earth Sciences at Leipzig University - conducts innovative research to advance the understanding of the Earth system via the integration of various remote sensing, data science, and process-oriented modelling techniques. It has extensive research experience in quantifying land surface dynamics from multi-source Earth observations across scales.
Within the PhD framework "MoDEV - Towards novel model-data fusion for understanding environmental variability in space and time from high-resolution remote sensing" we are seeking to appoint a highly motivated candidate (m/f/x) for the PhD project "Remote Sensing of Biodiversity".
PhD Position (f/m/x) – Remote Sensing of Biodiversity
Working time: 65% (25.35 hours per week), limited to 3 years
Your tasks:
The ability of remote sensing technologies to estimate the biodiversity of ecosystems is frequently discussed. One approach is the exploitation of the spectral variation in remotely sensed images towards an assessment of species and trait diversity. These attempts are, however, correlative and the actual drivers of the spectral variation are still unexplored.

This PhD project aims to combine in-situ trait measurements in temperate ecosystems, radiative transfer modelling as well as multi- and hyperspectral image analysis to address the following questions:
Which leaf and canopy biophysical properties are the drivers of spectral variation in a remotely-sensed image data set?
How stable and reliable are remotely sensed biodiversity indicators in space, time and across sensor systems?
Can we use Earth observation data to assess the diversity of grass- and farmlands across Germany?
Your profile:
MSc degree in ecology, biology, (bio)geography, environmental science, remote sensing, statistics, computer sciences, or a related field
Interest in biodiversity research and EO data analysis
Good programming skills (preferably R, but likewise Python or Matlab
Experience in field vegetation sampling, trait measurements, statistical analysis, spectroscopy and EO data processing are advantageous
Good communication skills in English, and strong interest to work in an interdisciplinary research team
Willingness to publish results in peer-reviewed journals and present at conference
We offer:
Excellent technical facilities which are without parallel
The freedom you need to bridge the difficult gap between basic research and close to being ready for application
Work in interdisciplinary, multinational teams
Excellent links with national and international research networks
Excellent support and optimal subject-specific and general training with our HIGRADE graduate school
Remuneration in accordance with the TVöD public-sector pay grade 13 (65%)





Vineesh V
Assistant Professor of Geography,
Directorate of Education,
Government of Kerala.
https://www.facebook.com/Applied.Geography
http://geogisgeo.blogspot.com

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