Freshwater Ecologist

**Your tasks**:

- Developing the processing workflows for integrating lakes onto the Hydrography90m stream network
- Develop the processing workflow to delineate lake catchments
- Aggregate environmental information across lake catchments
- Create initial species distribution modelling approaches using fish and phytoplankton as response variables
- Preparing the documentation and examples for users

**Your profile**:
**Essential qualifications and experience**:

- A completed academic degree in freshwater ecology, geoinformatics (or equivalent)
- Experience in freshwater species distribution modelling and a solid understanding of the primary environmental drivers of freshwater biodiversity across scales
- An advanced knowledge in open-source geospatial programming using R, GRASS-GIS and GDAL/OGR using language integration
- Experience in contributing to a R-package

**Desirable qualifications and experience**:

- Experience in the geospatial integration or rivers and lakes
- Experience working in the Linux environment
- Experience in High-Performance-Computing and Big Data
- Knowledge of lake ecosystems is an asset

**Our offer**:
We offer an interesting position in an international, interdisciplinary, and dynamic scientific environment across different fields of research. We encourage teamwork and offer network activities among scientists and social activities. We allow maximum individual freedom and encourage everyone to develop and use their creativity to the best of their abilities. The position allows access to IGB’s well-developed research infrastructure and offers office space and equipment where needed.

Salary is paid according to the German salary scheme for the public sector (TVöD Bund E13). The position is offered on a full time, fixed-term basis for one year. The position is principally suited for job sharing or part-time work with at least 19 h/week. Applications by job-sharing tandems are welcome.

We foster your **career development** by providing qualification and training opportunities. We actively support the reconciliation of **work and family life**.

**Are you interested?**: