PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Freshwater Ecology in Germany

The University of Duisburg-Essen is hiring a PhD researcher in Aquatic Ecology for a three-year project based in Essen, Germany, starting 1 January 2027. The position is a 65% employment role paid at the TV-L E13 level, with an application deadline of 26 November 2026. The doctoral research will investigate how river restoration benefits biodiversity and whether the active introduction of organisms can support ecological recovery. The project is located in the River Hase catchment in north-weste...

Senckenberg’s Department of River Ecology and Conservation in Gelnhausen, near Frankfurt, Germany, is recruiting two postdoctoral researchers in freshwater ecology and biodiversity monitoring. The positions are connected to two major projects: the Synthesis Center on Freshwater Biodiversity Change in Europe, which brings together more than 30,000 biodiversity time series from rivers and lakes across 30 countries and a network of over 200 researchers; and BEAGLE, a Horizon Europe project using en...

Doctoral Researcher in eDNA-based biodiversity time series in rivers A PhD opening is available in the Aquatic Ecosystem Research group led by Florian Leese at the University of Duisburg-Essen (Essen campus, Germany). The project, TrendDNA 2.0 , is funded by the Umweltbundesamt / German Environment Agency and focuses on reconstructing long-term river biodiversity trends using archived samples from the German Environmental Specimen Bank. The research combines environmental DNA (eDNA), biodiversit...