8 PhD Positions, University of Tuebingen, Germany (2018)

The Research Training Group (RTG) “Integrated Hydrosystem Modelling” at the German Universities of Tübingen, Hohenheim, and Stuttgart targets at developing and applying numerical models of flow and reactive solute transport in coupled hydrosystems comprising of land-surface and subsurface compartments. These models are needed to assess the impacts of environmental change on water quantity and quality at catchment scale. The RTG offers a structured PhD program at the German partner universities with joint international training and supervision. The main work place is in Tübingen; a six-month research stay at a Canadian partner university is integral part of the training.

For the third project phase starting at June 1, 2018, we seek for 8 Doctoral Researchers (3 years, 75% TV-L E13 according to German public salary system) for the following topics:

Theme A: Flux Balances at the Land Surface
A.9 Bayesian Multi-Purpose Modelling of Processes in the Soil-Crop-Atmosphere Nexus on the Landscape Scale

Theme B: Biogeochemical Reactions in Catchments
B.6 Numerical Simulation of Flow and Biogeochemical Reactive Transport in the Ammer Floodplain
B.7 Development of Reactive-Transport Models of Nitrogen Cycling Informed by Molecular-Biological Data
B.8 Modelling the Fate of Toxicity Equivalents in Streams
B.9 How do Microbes Eat Rocks? Modelling Biogeochemical Reactions at the Rock/Water Interface in Fractured Limestone Aquifers
B.10 Compound-Specific Isotope Fractionation on the Catchment Scale

Theme C: Uncertainty Assessment of Large-Scale Models
C.7 Overcoming Erroneous Overconfidence in Parameter Estimation for Soil Moisture Models
C.8 Strategies to Model De-Gassing in Porous Media

Theme D: Evolution of Catchments
D.6 Catchment Scale Simulation of Erosion, Sediment Transport, and Deposition
D.7 Alternative Stable States in Coupled Human-Hydro-Ecological Models

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8 PhD Positions, University of Tuebingen, Germany (2018)