Scientific Assistant in Tree-Ring Ecology 80-100% (f/m/d)

The Research Group Dendrosciences uses tree rings to investigate and understand environmental impacts on tree growth and to reconstruct past environmental changes at scales ranging from minutes to millennia and from cells to ecosystems around the globe. From now on, we offer a 1-year position as a

Scientific Assistant in Tree-Ring Ecology 80-100% (f/m/d)

As part of the EU project OptFORESTS – Harnessing forest genetic resources for increasing options in the face of environmental and societal challenges, you will contribute to advancing research aimed at addressing climate change and natural hazards while maintaining and enhancing forest biodiversity and ecosystem services. Your work will support multiple components of the project, with a particular focus on the analysis of tree-ring width and density data derived from common garden experiments across Europe. You may also contribute to additional quantitative wood-related analyses depending on project needs. In addition, you will support field campaigns, including sampling activities and the maintenance of common garden trials, and will play an important role in the preparation, quality control, and organization organization of project-related datasets and related activities. You will also support exploratory data analysis and visualization in close collaboration with other project scientists. You will join an enthusiastic and collaborative international team working at the interface of dendrochronology, forest genetics, and climate change research. The position is based at WSL within the Dendrosciences group, a globally recognised centre for tree-ring science. Close collaboration with international partners is an integral part of the project.

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