PhD position in Biogeochemistry/Soil Biology: Soil microbial nutrient stoichiometry and soil-atmosphere exchange in river floodplains University of Cologne in Germany

The University of Cologne is offering a postdoctoral position in the General Ecology Research Group within the Institute of Zoology, led by Professor Patrick Fink. The project, “The Rhine Floodplain – a Biogeochemically Coupled System under Stress,” investigates the Rhine floodplain as an interconnected environmental system. The research links hydrology, sediment dynamics, biodiversity and greenhouse gas emissions to understand how floodplain processes respond to environmental stress. The succes...

The University of Cologne’s Institute of Geography is offering an interdisciplinary PhD project on the Rhine floodplain as a biogeochemically coupled system under stress. The project examines how altered hydrology shapes floodplain sediment dynamics and the wider ecosystem response, linking physical and geochemical processes with biodiversity, food webs, microbial activity, and greenhouse gas emissions. The doctoral researcher will contribute to a collaborative project with other PhD students an...

This postdoctoral position is based in the Institute of Zoology, General Ecology research group at the University of Cologne and is part of the project “The Rhine Floodplain – a Biogeochemically Coupled System under Stress.” The project examines how altered hydrology shapes floodplain sediment dynamics, biodiversity, food webs, microbial activity, and greenhouse gas emissions. The successful researcher will develop a mechanistic framework connecting hydrological drivers with biotic, sedimentary,...

Special Research Fellow / Associate Special Research Fellow in the Earth System Domain at the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Japan . This fixed-term research position focuses on research on the response analysis of Siberian greenhouse gases to polar environmental changes . The project builds on nearly 20 years of greenhouse gas observations in Siberia using a tower observation network and will use long-term observation data from FY2027 to study carbon cycles , concentration...

Fully funded PhD opportunity in Toulouse, France, under the MSCA COFUND BEST programme. The project focuses on Sahara dust in the Pyrenees, using peat records and current monitoring services to reconstruct Saharan dust input over Spain and France. The research combines peat archives, atmospheric collectors, trace-metal geochemistry, and isotope geochemistry, making it a strong fit for students interested in Environmental Science, Earth Science, Geology, and Chemistry. The PhD will be hosted in T...