PhD position in Ecohydrology: Cloud-water interception in Galápagos fog forests (JLU Giessen)
Fully funded PhD (E13 TV-H, start 01.10.2026) in the DFG Research Unit GArua (C3) at JLU Giessen (Germany). How much water do cloud forests drink from fog? You’ll measure cloud-water interception in the Galápagos highlands with a mobile epiphyte lysimeter and reproduce it in a process-based hydrological model.
Master’s in Hydrology/Environmental Sciences/Geoecology, fieldwork experience, Python or C++, and a willingness for Galápagos field campaigns.
Deadline 15 Aug 2026 (ref. 293/09).
Apply here: https://www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns/karriere/stellenangebote/wissenschaftliche-mitarbeiter/293-09-e
Contact: Dr. David Windhorst — david.windhorst@umwelt.uni-giessen.de
Note: This PhD is part of the wider GArua consortium — several coordinated positions across partner institutions are opening now. See all GArua vacancies: https://www.uni-marburg.de/en/fb19/research/working-groups/ecological-plant-geography/news/garua-vacancies-2026-1
