Scientific Programmer (f/d/m): Modelling terrestrial ecosystems response to environmental changes

We seek a creative and communicative colleague to join the land-ecosystem modelling group (LEMG; https://lemg.imk-ifu.kit.edu/) in our Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research - Atmospheric Environmental Research (IMK-IFU) in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. You will be developing highly advanced model systems (dynamic global vegetation models, functional biodiversity models, coupled socioeconomic/ ecological models). Your skills will help to solve questions of utmost importance, posed by the combined challenges of climate change, land-use change and biodiversity loss.

Tasks include:

• Contribute to various development tasks, code development and documentation of the models LPJGUESS, Madingley and LandSyMM (more information available at the LEMG website)
• Contribute to simulations and analyses of model output
• Support other members of the team in code development and simulation set-up
• Contribute to publications arising from the work
• Contribute to general tasks in the team such as teaching, ordering of computing equipment, project
• reports or proposal writing