Open Positions

Prospective Postdocs

Currently no open Postdoc positions available.

Prospective PhD students

The department is always interested in recruiting highly motivated PhD students. Applications could be directed to the whole department or specifically to the research group leaders.

We also highly recommend to apply to the International Max Planck Research School for Global Biogeochemical Cycles (IMPRS-gBGC) where we are strongly involved.

Other jobs

Currently no open positions available.

Student opportunities

The department Biogeochemical Integration has a strong commitment to undergraduate and graduate education and is always interested in recruiting highly motivated students. We offer student projects in terms of internships and opportunities for Bachelor, Master, Diploma, and PhD theses. Applications could be directed to the whole department or specifically to the research group leaders.

Please have a look at our ongoing research projects and more importantly check if we have specific opportunities for students posted here. If you share our enthusiasm for one of these topics, feel free to contact the corresponding researcher(s) for more information.

List of open topics (examples):

• phenology and ecosystem functioning
  Contact: Mirco Migliavacca (mmiglia@bgc-jena.mpg.de)
• mediterranean ecosystems - nutrients
  Contact: Mirco Migliavacca (mmiglia@bgc-jena.mpg.de)
• ecosystem model optimization / carbon turnover times
  Contact: Nuno Carvalhais (ncarval@bgc-jena.mpg.de)
• Ecological process analysis on multiple time scales
  Contact: Fabian Gans (fgans@bgc-jena.mpg.de) & Miguel Mahecha (mmahecha@bgc-jena.mpg.de)
• Topics within the Hydrology-Biosphere-Climate Interactions Group
  Contact: Rene Orth

Open Positions at MPI-BGC

Specific opportunities are posted here.