Fachbereich Geowissenschaften

13.01.2026

15 open PhD-Positions in the Cluster of Excellence TERRA

We seek for 15 doctoral researchers in five coordinated Focus Unit Projects (FUNs):

  • FynFUN – Geosphere-Biosphere Interactions in a Global Biodiversity Hotspot
  • Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Alpine Peatlands - GAP
  • HAM-FUN - Disentangling Hydroclimate And Enigmatic Biodiversity Dynamics over Million Year to Seasonal Timescales
  • INVADERS - INVAsive species enhancing Dynamics in Erosion of RiverbankS
  • The Past and Future of the C4 Grasslands of the World (C4-P2F-FUN)

The positions are located either at the University of Tübingen, the University of Hohenheim, or at Senckenberg in Frankfurt, and will start on April 1, 2026, lasting for 3.5 years.

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