PostDoc in Macroecology and Biome Mapping; f​/m​/d

Project Overview

The role is part of an SNSF (ERC) Advanced Grant project titled “Predicting hotspots of climate change impacts on ecosystems from an eco-evolutionary biome framework”. The project aims at mapping global biomes, projecting global change impacts on biomes, and testing a novel eco-evolutionary biome theory.

Contribute to the development of a mapping pipeline of global biomes, using and analyzing gridded data on climate, remote sensing, and other factors together with species occurrence data and plant trait information. Analyse biome boundaries and map the spatial distribution of important plant functional types globally. Test and refine the new biome biogeography theory by confronting its predictions with data and generating key products for analysis.

Work in a dynamic group at the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL in Birmensdorf, Switzerland, and collaborate with international partners.

• PhD in ecology or a related field.
• Expert knowledge in macroecology, functional ecology, processing and analysis of high-volume datasets, spatial ecology/modelling, and coding with R, Python, and GIT.
• Additional assets: expertise in remote sensing, experience in cluster computing, machine learning, and artificial intelligence.
• Capability to develop new ideas independently, excellent teamwork skills, and proficiency in English (written and oral).

WSL is committed to diversity and inclusion as core values, actively promoting gender equality and fostering an open, inclusive work environment.