Postdoctoral position in climate and ecosystems modelling (Climate and Health Group, TipESM EU project)
The Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) is a cutting-edge institute addressing global public health challenges through research, translation into policy and education. ISGlobal has a broad portfolio in communicable and non-communicable diseases including environmental and climate determinants, and applies a multidisciplinary scientific approach ranging from the molecular to the population level. Research is organized in five programs: Climate, Air Pollution, Nature and Urban Health; Environment and Health over the Lifecourse; Global Viral and Bacterial Infections; Malaria and Neglected Parasitic Diseases and Maternal Child and Reproductive Health. ISGlobal is accredited with the Severo Ochoa distinction, a seal of excellence of the Spanish Science Ministry.
What We Are Looking for
The Climate and Health Group (led by ICREA Professor Xavier Rodó) is looking for a post-doctoral researcher interested in working on dynamic vegetation models and land surface modelling coupled to simulations of the Earth's climate obtained by climate change models. The position is available for a fixed-term period of 24 months with the possibility of extensions pending on the evaluation of results.
This position is funded by TipESM, a project funded by the European Union. TipESM is funded by the European Union, Horizon Europe Funding Programme for research and innovation under GA Nr. 101137673.
About the postdoctoral position
A better understanding of how tropical ecosystems and complex vegetation responds to rapid and drastic changes in the climate system is urgently required in order to meet climate, biodiversity conservation and sustainability goals, in particular the Paris Agreement of Climate Convention. Similarly, the functioning of such ecosystem models coupled to climate forcing requires a harmonised approach to integrate such data into computational models, the outcomes of which can then be used for critical decision making.
This recruitment targets the following specific directions:
The effects of Earth's tipping points on the fate and collapse of tropical forests.
Plant ecophysiological responses and feedback to droughts and temperature extremes.
Vegetation demographic shifts in tropical regions under climate change (e.g. the Amazon and the African rainforests).
Ecosystem's resilience and recovery.
Vegetation model coupling to Earth system models simulations of different climate regime shifts.