Scientific programmer for model-data integration at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany

The faculty of Geosciences at LMU’s Department of Geography is looking for a full-time (100%) scientific programmer for model-data integration starting June 2024 or soon thereafter.

Models are our main tool to project how ecosystems and climate evolve. But a key driver – the vast usage of land through agriculture, forestry and urbanization – is still lacking substantial detail in these models. This impairs our fundamental understanding of the interactions of humans, land, and climate, and is also critical as models are increasingly guiding political decision-making on land-use and climate to limit global warming. The candidate can contribute to building the next generation of climate models, working at the intersection of numerical modeling, high-performance computing, and large-scale data analysis. The candidate will contribute to strategic decision-making as well as to concrete design and implementation of land-use processes in our models and work closely with the other researchers in the group, and with external partners, e.g., in natESM, to align the group’s developments with the national and international modeling landscape. While the focus will adjust over the years with the development of the research field and success in related research proposals by the working group, it currently lies on the Earth system model ICON-ESM and its land component JSBACH4 as well as the land-use emission model BLUE, which integrates a range of Earth observational data.

Further tasks will be to

• support team members in model development and setup of simulations, and convey good scientific programming skills to the team members
• contribute to scientific publications and scientific outreach activities
• contribute to writing proposals that advance the field of Earth system and ecosystem modeling
• do some teaching in the study programs of the Department of Geography

Required qualifications comprise

• a strong interest in climate and sustainability science
• a PhD in a natural or mathematical science subject (computer sciences, geography, mathematics or similar)
• very good programming skills, ability to work on high-performance computing systems and with large datasets
• excellent communication skills in English (our working language), proven also by scientific publications
• high communicative skills, high independence and proven ability to structure complex processes and efficiently finish tasks

Deadline for application is March 27, 2024. Please send an application outlining your fit for the position (including a cover letter, a curriculum vitae, copies of scientific degrees, and the names and contact information of two references) by e-mail (one PDF-attachment with max. 5MB including all documents) with subject “ModDat-2024LMU” to climate.jobs@geographie.uni-muenchen.de.
For further information please contact Prof. Dr. Julia Pongratz julia.pongratz@lmu.de.

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