At the Faculty of Applied Computer Science of the University of Augsburg, the Institute of Geography is offering a fully funded

three-year postdoctoral fellowship in drone-based observation of vegetation, land cover, and land use in the seasonally arid trop

To take a leadership role in a research project entitled "Feedbacks between land cover, people, and climate in the seasonally arid tropics" supported by the German Academic Exchange Service's Make Our Planet Great Again - German research Initiative.

You will be responsible for establishing a UAV-based LiDAR platform and using this system to observe land cover, vegetation structure, and land use in the project study areas of central India and West Africa. Your tasks will include partial supervision of a technician and Ph.D. students. You will have further opportunities for professional development, including participation in international conferences and workshops, and supervision of bachelor- and master-level research assistants, and teaching.

The ideal candidate will have demonstrated a high degree of autonomy in their previous work experience, including the ability to plan and execute field research in developing countries. You should be creative and capable of working in settings that are sometimes unpredictable and unstructured. A desire to work in the tropics and engage with local stakeholders is essential, as is excellent command of spoken and written English. Experience working with LiDAR data to recover vegetation properties including canopy height, density, and biomass are highly desirable.

For further information, please contact Dr. Jed O. Kaplan (jed.kaplan@geo.uni-augsburg.de)

The salary follows the regulations of "Entgeltgruppe" TV-L 13 (100%).

Augsburg University seeks to increase the number of women in sciences and therefore explicitly encourages women to apply. Applicants with severe disabilities will be favored when having substantially the same qualifications as applicants without severe disabilities.

The University of Augsburg stands up for compatibility of family and professional life. For more information, please contact the woman's representative office.

The application documents (including letter of motivation, bachelor and master certificates and names of two referees) should be submitted as single pdf-file by November 30^th, 2018 to:

Dr. Jed O. Kaplan and Prof. Dr. Peter Fiener
University of Augsburg
Institute of Geography
emails: jed.kaplan@geo.uni-augsburg.de, fiener@geo.uni-augsburg.de