PostDoc in Biome Analysis and Functional Characterization 70-100% (f/m/d)

The Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL (WSL) is part of the ETH Domain. Approximately 600 people work on the sustainable use and protection of the environment and handling of natural hazards.

The Research Group Dynamic Macroecology led by Dr. Niklaus E. Zimmermann studies questions related to spatial ecology, macroecology, and -evolution and global biome dynamics. We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher for a duration of 18 months (possibility of extension) to work on an SNSF (ERC) Advanced Grant project (Predicting hotspots of climate change impacts on ecosystems from an eco‑evolutionary biome framework).

Responsibilities

• Contribute to sampling drone‑based (LiDAR, multispectral) and ground‑based (hemispherical photos, LAI 2200) measurements in the field for different biomes and compile existing data from large databases;
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