The division of “Regional Climate and Hydrology” at KIT (IMK-IFU) in Garmisch-Partenkirchen is looking for a qualified, creative and motivated PhD researcher with experience in atmospheric climate modeling, machine learning and high-performance computing and data analysis. The successful candidate will work within a newly funded research program within the Helmholtz Research Field Earth and Environment (https://www.helmholtz.de/en/research/earth-and-environment/), where seven different Helmholtz Centres are collaborating to improve the knowledge how climate change will affect the occurrence of extreme weather events and how those may impact atmospheric, hydrological and biological processes. As part of this research programme the PhD candidate will focus on the event-based dynamic downscaling of global climate simulations for further analyses of future extremes under projected climate conditions and develop an AI (Artificial Intelligence) based downscaling approach. The position is available from January, 1, 2022, for 3 years. The candidate will be located at KIT’s Campus Alpin in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Salary will be equivalent to the public service TVL EG13 (75%).
Qualifications
The candidate should have an outstanding university degree (MSc) in environmental geosciences, hydrology, meteorology, physics, computer science, maths or related fields and experience in computer modeling and data analysis and programming. Experience with working on HPC systems, GPU based machine learning and programming in Fortran, Python or R and will be beneficial. Further requirements are proficiency in the English language and proven ability to write scientific publications and the willingness to travel to national international project meetings and conferences.
Further information can be obtained from Dr. Benjamin Fersch (benjamin.fersch@kit.edu).
Applications
Applications should be sent by Friday 8 October 2021, by email to Prof. Dr. Harald Kunstmann
(harald.kunstmann@kit.edu) and Dr. Benjamin Fersch (benjamin.fersch@kit.edu) and should contain
the following information in a single PDF document:
- A short (1-2 page) research statement addressing your specific interest, motivation and
qualifications for the position. Specifically, the following points should be addressed a) What skill
and abilities would you bring to the team? b) What skills and abilities would you hope to gain
from working on this position? What is your specific research interest regarding the research
topic? - Detailed CV, qualification proofs, and personal contact information of two references
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