[RS-ecology] Postdoc in Remote Sensing / LiDAR

[Knohl, Alexander]

dear colleagues,
could you please foward the following vacancy to potential candidates.
thank you, Alex



The Collaborative Research Centre 990 / CRC 990 
(http://www.uni-goettingen.de/efforts) at the Georg-August-Universität 
Göttingen is offering the position of a

Researcher / Data Scientist in Remote Sensing / LiDAR (f / m / d)

in the Central Scientific Service Project Z02 “Remote Sensing” at the 
Abt. Bioklimatologie, Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology.

The position will be limited to 31.12.2021 and should be filled as soon 
as possible. Salary: The salary is in accordance with the German public 
service salary scale TV-L E13 (100%), which corresponds to 39.8 working 
hours per week.

Your duties
-	Processing of airborne LiDAR and other remote sensing data
-	Computing comprehensive set of LiDAR / Hyperspectral based indicators 
of forest structure (2D/3D)
-	Data management of large spatial data
-	In situ validation of data products
-	Operation of the EFForTS WebGIS

Your profile (technical skills)
-	Academic degree (minimum Dipl. / M.Sc.) in geography / forestry / 
biology or related subjects. PhD prefered.
-	Experience in processing and analysis of spatial data. A focus on 
LiDAR-data is desirable.
-	Very good skills in statistics and / or quantitative spatial data 
analysis.
-	Experience in interdisciplinary scientific projects is desirable.

Your profile (personal skills)
-	Motivation for field work in tropical environment.
-	Ability to work under pressure, team player.
-	Very good skills of English language.

The project will be based in Göttingen, but field work is done in Indonesia.

The University of Göttingen is an equal opportunity employer and places 
particular emphasis on fostering career opportunities for women. 
Qualified women are therefore strongly encouraged to apply in fields in 
which they are underrepresented. The university has committed itself to 
being a family-friendly institution and supports their employees in 
balancing work and family life. The mission of the University is to 
employ a greater number of severely disabled persons. Applications from 
severely disabled persons with equivalent qualifications will be given 
preference.

Please send your application with a letter of motivation, a statement of 
research interests, your CV and copies of certificates in electronic 
form as a single pdf file by 10. Jan. 2020 to 
bioklima-job at uni-goettingen.de.
If you have any questions, please contact Prof. Alexander Knohl at 
bioklima-job at uni-goettingen.de.

The documents will be destroyed after a holding period of three months.

Please note:
With submission of your application, you accept the processing of your 
applicant data in terms of data- protection law. Further information on 
the legal basis and data usage is provided in the Information General 
Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) at 
hhtps://www.uni-goettingen.de/hinweisdsgvo.


___________________________________________________________
Alexander Knohl
Professor of Bioclimatology
Faculty of Forest Sciences
University of Goettingen
Büsgenweg 2, 37077 Göttingen, Germany

phone:  +49 551 39 33682
fax:    +49 551 39 9619
web:	http://www.uni-goettingen.de/bioklimatologie

http://www.researcherid.com/rid/F-9453-2014
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7615-8870