Postdoctoral Research Scientist (f_m_x) – Water Quality and Epidemiology

The Helmholtz Centre Potsdam – GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences is the national centre for geosphere research. As a member of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres we are part of the largest scientific organization in Germany. With approximately 1,500 employees our key mission is to secure a profound understanding of the systems and processes of solid Earth, to develop strategies and options for action in addressing global change and its impacts on a regional level, to understand natural hazards and to minimize associated risks, to ensure the sustainable provision of energy and raw materials for a high-tech society and to evaluate the influence of human activity on system Earth.

For section 4.4 Hydrology (department “Geosystems”), we are looking for a:

Postdoctoral Research Scientist (f_m_x) – Water Quality and Epidemiology

Reference Number 7860

The Section Hydrology at the GFZ searches for a PhD Researcher to work in the BMBF funded junior research group HI-CliF. You will be a part of the trans-disciplinary junior research group on Health Impacts of Floods, with a specific focus on developing a data-driven mechanistic model combining a contaminant transport model with exposure pathways and susceptibility/impact model on a city-level in Vietnam. You will carry out a unique blend of interdisciplinary research from hydrology and epidemiology to understand the pathways leading to the spread enteric diseases.

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