Postdoktorand in Leipzig bei Deutsches Zentrum für integrative Biodiversitätsforschung (iDiv)

Job advertisement
Vacancy ID: 218/2024

Closing date: 22.11.2024

Friedrich Schiller University is a traditional University with a strong research profile based in the heart of
Germany. As a University covering all disciplines, we offer a wide range of subjects. Our research is
focused on the areas Light—Life—Liberty. We are closely networked with non-research institutions,
research companies and renowned cultural institutions. With around 17.000 students and more than
10.000 employees, our University plays a major role in shaping Jena’s character as a cosmopolitan and
future-oriented city.

The German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig explores how
biodiversity can be recorded, how it develops in the course of evolution, how it changes, what
consequences it has for the functioning of ecosystems and how it can be preserved in the long term.
iDiv is jointly funded by the University of Leipzig, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Friedrich
Schiller University Jena and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH - UFZ and will be
continued with generous support from the federal states of Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia and Saxony after
termination of the DFG funding. More information about iDiv: www.idiv.de.

The advertised position is based in the research group of Prof. Aletta Bonn within the framework of the
iDiv funded strategic project 'sMon - Biodiversity Trends in Germany' (https://www.idiv.de/en/smon), in
collaboration with Prof. Helge Bruelheide, Prof. Florian Jansen and Dr. Marten Winter. We seek to fill the
position of a

Postdoctoral Researcher
Quantitative Biodiversity Data Analysis

full-time (40 hours per week), starting as soon as possible and limited for 2 years, with the possibility
for an extension of up to 4 years. The employer will be the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, the place
of work will be iDiv in Leipzig.

The position is offered to analyze Germany-wide biodiversity data, e.g. from and in collaboration with
state authorities, natural history societies, museums and citizen science projects. The work is
conducted also in close cooperation with the NFDI4Biodiversity program and other related projects at
iDiv and partner institutes.



Your responsibilities:

• You conduct scientific trend analyses of spatio-temporal dynamics of biodiversity patterns for

selected taxa using heterogeneous data (e.g., citizen science data) and attribution to drivers

• You carry out scientific analyses of possibilities and limitations of data integration of structured

and semi-structured/ opportunistic sampling records (Citizen Science)

• You evaluate the recording methods and databases for the conception of biodiversity

monitoring programs

• You actively collaborate with authorities and natural history societies to jointly mobilize,

harmonize, integrate and analyze data

• You contribute to the visualization of analysis outputs

• You organize sMon workshops and liaise with data providers

• You create high-quality scientific outputs in the form of journal publications and contributions

to relevant high-level policy and practice reports

• You support and coordinate the preparation of national and international third-party funding

research proposals