Postdoc Opportunities in Ecology in Germany

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,...

Senckenberg Society for Nature Research (SGN), headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, is offering a PhD position or postdoctoral researcher position within the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK-F). The project starts on 1 January 2027 and runs as a temporary appointment for 4 years until 31 December 2030. This is a part-time, funded research position with a PhD appointment at 65% or a postdoctoral appointment up to 60%, remunerated according to TV-H / E 13 . The po...

The Leibniz Institute for Horticultural Sciences (IGZ) in Großbeeren, Germany, is offering a postdoctoral position in the research group Plant-Microbe Systems beginning 1 February 2027 for a fixed term of two years . The role focuses on microbial ecology and bioinformatics within a project space that examines plant-associated microbiomes, their interaction with the environment, and how microbiome-informed approaches can support sustainable, climate-resilient crop production. This position combin...

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...

Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry (MPI-BGC), Jena, Germany, is advertising a postdoctoral scientist position in atmospheric inverse modeling to constrain high-latitude greenhouse gas budgets . The project focuses on the Arctic and boreal carbon cycle, with particular attention to methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) fluxes, permafrost-related processes, landscape disturbance, and links between land-surface dynamics and atmospheric greenhouse-gas mixing ratios. The successful candidate wi...