Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)

Please share! Our Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) job highlight: Research Scientist for Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere Interactions under Climate Extremes (f/m/x) Are you interested in working at the interface of soil, vegetation and atmosphere interactions? We offer you a position with the opportunity to collaborate in an interdisciplinary environment and to link field data, remote sensing and process-based or machine learning models. As a Research Scientist for Soil–Vegetation–Atmosphere Interactions under Climate Extremes (f/m/x) you can develop and apply methods to quantify the impacts of extreme events. Of course we offer competent support for international colleagues arriving at the UFZ as well as a wide range of options for balancing work and care responsibilities through our family office. We look forward to meeting you! 👉 More information https://lnkd.in/ei5sQQNW Katharina Wille Maria Richter Rebekka Viertel #UFZ #joboffer #climateextremes #scientist #research #Helmholtz Photo below: Anne Schwerin

Unser Job Highlight: Kollegiale Leitung der IT-Abteilung (d/m/w) - Schwerpunkt Rechenzentrum, Netzwerke und Storage Gestalten Sie die digitale Zukunft der Wissenschaft am Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung. In einer inspirierenden, kollegialen Doppelspitze führen Sie ein engagiertes IT-Team mit 60 Mitarbeitenden und prägen die innovative Weiterentwicklung und Zukunftssicherung unserer IT-Landschaft. Als Kollegiale Leitung der IT-Abteilung (d/m/w) - Schwerpunkt Rechenzentrum, Netzwerke und Storage übernehmen Sie Verantwortung für Netzwerkarchitekturen, Rechenzentrumsbetrieb und innovative Technologieprojekte. Freuen Sie sich auf eine verantwortungsvolle Führungsrolle mit Gestaltungsspielraum, exzellenten Weiterbildungsmöglichkeiten und einer offenen, familienfreundlichen Arbeitskultur. 👉 Mehr Informationen finden Sie in unserem Kommentar. Katharina Wille Maria Richter Rebekka Viertel #ufz #karriere #job #führungsfunktion #netzwerkarchitektur #it

Our newsletter UFZ NEWS from November 2025 is now online. The cover story asks the question: "Blue-Green Urban Development - a new Reality? Other topics of this issue include: - Statement: Financing Adaptation and Tropical Forest Conservation  - Statement: Biodiversity and Climate: Making Nature an Ally - Plant Protection Products: Behavioural Changes in Bees and Fish - Statement: Index of Grassland Butterflies as a Mandatory Indicator - Green Deal: Nitrogen Reduction: Are the EU Regulations effective? - Sponge City: Leipzig Concert Hall becomes a Research Laboratory Interested in UFZ NEWS? Go to https://lnkd.in/emkqs9dv #newsletter #environmentalresearch

📣📣📣 We are hiring!!! (Please repost) Three PhDs in the junior research group “[navigate] – Water-sensitive urban-rural development for resilience in scarcity crises”, co-lead by Taís Carvalho and me, Christian Klassert, at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) in Leipzig, Germany. The group combines behavioral science, machine learning, and hydro-economic modeling with transdisciplinary scenario development to understand future urban-rural water trade-offs and identify solutions that enhance resilience. 📅 Deadline: November 26th 2025 🏃♀️ Start: February 1st 2026, with some flexibility 📩 Contact: christian.klassert@ufz.de, carvalho@informatik.uni-leipzig.de 👉 Learn more and apply:   - PhD 1 - Urban demand peaks & water saving: https://lnkd.in/eEvpBa8K - PhD 2 - Adaptive & sustainable water supply: https://lnkd.in/eeANERnX - PhD 3 - Rural-urban water trade-offs: https://lnkd.in/etgMARuu The three PhDs will apply behavioral science, economics, and natural language processing (PhD 1), data analytics, machine learning, and robust water supply planning (PhD 2), and hydro-economic modeling, remote sensing, and sectoral water trade-offs (PhD 3) to develop solutions for the rapidly growing Leipzig-Halle region and its long-distance water supply from Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt, learning from the experiences of international partner case studies.

🚀 𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗮 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲? At the Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft, data science isn’t just about powerful models — it’s about creating real impact across different research fields. We’re excited to welcome Annika Reinke, our keynote speaker at the upcoming Helmholtz Career Day for Data Science! Reinke leads the “Validation of Intelligent Systems” group at the DKFZ Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum. In her talk, she will share her own career journey and explore how data scientists can uncover hidden risks in medical AI. If you’re looking for a career where your data science skills can truly make a difference in society, Helmholtz offers opportunities across 18 research centers — and the Helmholtz Career Day is the perfect place to explore them. 👉 Join us, meet researchers, explore job options, and take your next step into a purpose-driven Data Science career. 📅 26.11.2025, 02:00-05:00 pm 💻 online 🔗https://lnkd.in/eR38xXrk Helmholtz Imaging

The Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) is hiring a Postdoctoral Researcher in #Hydrogeology / #Hydrology (f/m/x) Please share the following postdoc position within our networks: #Floodplains are among the most biodiverse landscapes in the temperate zone. Yet many remaining floodplain forests along our rivers are degraded and, in places, at risk. Decades of river straightening and confinement have lowered groundwater tables; in recent years, hotter and drier summers driven by climate change have added further stress. In this project, we will investigate practical options to increase water retention in an Elbe-adjacent floodplain, with the goal of stabilising the currently lowered groundwater table at a sustainably higher level. Place of work will be Magdeburg in Germany. Mobile work is possible (20%). Application deadline is November 30, 2025. 👉 For more information and application https://lnkd.in/eK5FKTrV #joboffer #research #postdoc #magdeburg

#Artenschutz, #Biodiversität und #Wasserkreisläufe: Die tropischen Wälder sind global bedeutend. Sie speichern besonders viel Kohlenstoff, wie die Biologin und #UFZ-Chefin Katrin Böhning-Gaese in einem Interview mit dem Deutschlandfunk erläutert. Nun sollen sie auch als Finanzanlage (#TFFF) geschützt werden. COP30 Brazil 👉 https://lnkd.in/eeZaMqrq Doch reflektierte Überlegungen brauchen mehr Raum als das in einem kurzen Interview möglich ist. Deshalb - wer tiefer einsteigen will - hier der ausführlichere Podcast aus der "Erde&Umwelt"-Reihe der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft 👉 https://lnkd.in/e_4J2JHN

Three UFZ scientists among the most influential scientists worldwide In the annual scientific #ranking of the most cited researchers (Highly Cited Researchers), three scientists of the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) are represented in 2025: Prof. Jakob Zscheischler, Dr. Tesfaye Wubet and Prof. Josef Settele. Among the 6.868 selected scientists worldwide is also Prof. Dagmar Haase. She started her scientific career at the UFZ and continue to be closely connected to the UFZ through a guest contract. 👉 Further information https://lnkd.in/gBWaKvsx #scientist #citation Josef Settele Tesfaye Wubet

Müde zu rechtfertigen, dass #Artikel6-#Emissionshandel ein wirksamer Beitrag zur globalen Emissionsminderung ist! Ich empfehle dazu die Lektüre des aktuellen BTR synthesis report (31.10.) für die #COP30: "Many Parties plan to achieve their NDCs through domestic PaMs (policies and actions) alone, while others intend to use cooperative approaches under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement." https://lnkd.in/eSWWqnXm