Two positions are available at Osnabrück University at the earliest possible date:
1) PhD position on mathematical modeling of spatiotemporal population dynamics in rivers
- requirements: mathematical modeling of spatiotemporal processes in environmental systems (e.g., reaction-diffusion-advection models, traveling wave analysis, numerical simulation)
- at the Institute of Mathematics, supervised by Prof. Frank Hilker
- application deadline: July 24, 2025
- link to job opening
2) Postdoc position (4 years) on data science methods for early warning of regime shifts
- requirements: in-depth expertise of deep learning and/or mathematical modeling of systems with tipping points, applied to environmental problems and proven by international peer-reviewed publications
- co-advisors: Prof. Frank Hilker (Institute of Mathematics, Environmental Systems Science) and Prof. Björn Waske (Institute of Computer Science, Geoinformatics)
- application deadline: July 24, 2025
- link to job opening
Both positions are part of the DFG-funded Research Training Group “Ecological Regime Shifts and Systemic Risk in Coupled Social-Ecological Systems” (ECORISK) <https://www.uni-osnabrueck.de/ecorisk>. For further information, please reach out to Frank Hilker (phone +49 541 969 3441, frank.hilker@uni-osnabrueck.de).