Institut für Klimafolgenforschung Wissenschaft
Klima braucht Köpfe. Das Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung e.V. (PIK) untersucht wissenschaftlich und gesellschaftlich relevante Fragestellungen. Es ist eine der weltweit führenden Forschungseinrichtungen auf seinem Gebiet und bietet Natur- und SozialwissenschaftlerInnen aus aller Welt beste Voraussetzungen für exzellente interdisziplinäre Forschung.

REQUIREMENTS

You are a Bachelor or Master student, enrolled at a German university, and ideally meet the following requirements:

• Background in Climate, Geo or Earth System sciences
• Interest in research, preferably in a Climate and Earth system research envi-ronment
• Ideally experience with programming languages such as Python and UNIX systems
• Ideally experience with WordPress or comparable content management sys-tems

Key responsibilities:

• Support of ongoing research projects through preparation and analysis of data sets and literature, including ESM model output data cleaning, sorting and bias corrections as well as preparation of run scripts for standalone model simulations
• Plotting of scientific results, drafting of illustrative figures and sketches requiring knowledge of Earth System dynamis
• Review of scientific literature
• Maintenance of the websites of the ERSU and central research projects such as the Tipping Points Modeling Intercomparison Project (TIPMIP)
• Support in the preparation, follow-up and conducting of conferences and workshops
• Support in project coordination and administration of central research projects