Job description
We are inviting applications for a postdoctoral-fellow position focusing on research on water-soil and water sediment interfaces. Related teaching activities are primarily for the master’s degree program Water Science and Engineering (WatSciEng), which is housed at the KIT Department of Civil Engineering, Geo- and Environmental Sciences and involves more than 20 work groups from several KIT departments (see also Water Research at KIT).
The successful candidate is expected to perform research on transport and exchange processes at water-soil and water-sediment interfaces of shallow flows. The primary method of approach is expected to be laboratory modeling and analysis, with an optional combination with numerical modelling. Innovative methods should be applied and developed with a view to transpose methods and results towards large-scale laboratory simulations as well as field and modeling approaches. The candidate will be collaborating with other researchers from the IfH institute as well as other institutes in the faculty and at KIT and contribute to the development, implementation and running of new research environmental infrastructures. The successful candidate is expected to apply for external research funding.
The successful candidate will participate in ongoing and new teaching activities within the International Master of Water Science and Engineering and assist the speaker in the management, organization and support of the students.
Personal qualification
- You have completed a scientific university education (Master) and a doctorate in environmental fluid mechanics, hydrology or related fields with a strong focus on fluid processes;
- good knowledge of turbulence as well as experience in novel experimental methods;
- direct experience in turbulent flows over porous media is desirable;
- experience with hydraulic infrastructures is a plus.
Salary
Salary category EG 13, depending on the fulfillment of professional and personal requirements.
Organizational unit
Institute for Hydromechanics (IFH)
Starting date
1. November 2023
Contract duration
limited for 2 years, with possibility for extension.
Application up to
September 15, 2023
Contact person in line-management
For further information, please contact Prof. Dr. Olivier Eiff, email: olivier.eiff@kit.edu.
Applications should provide a short statement of interest, a curriculum vitae, copies of two relevant publications and letters of reference with contact information.
Application
Please apply online using the button below for this vacancy number 2217/2023 .
Personnel Support is provided by
Ms Carrasco Sanchez
phone: +49 721 608-42016,
Kaiserstr. 12, 76131 Karlsruhe
We prefer to balance the number of employees (f/m/d). Therefore we kindly ask female applicants to apply for this job.
Recognized severely disabled persons will be preferred if they are equally qualified.
