The position of a PhD is embedded in the research project “Local pathways to the Fluvial Anthroposphere at Echaz (Rhine) and Eger (Danube). A comparative analysis from c. AD 1100 to 1800” in the context of the newly established Priority Programme 2361 “On the Way to the Fluvial Anthroposphere”. Floodplains in Central Europe are subject to massive human influences, which had already led to significant ecological changes in the pre-industrial era. The main goal of the doctoral project is the interpretation of geo-biochemical marker analyses from fluvial sediment archives for the comparative reconstruction of different land uses in the floodplains of Echaz and Eger. The study will be conducted within an interdisciplinary team comprising experts from soil science, geomorphology, history and archaeology. Your tasks will be to conduct fieldwork in the study areas in close cooperation with the Leipzig University and the Helmholtz Centre of Environmental Research (UFZ, Leipzig). Together you will organise and con-duct direct push and vibra-coring campaigns in both floodplains as well as sediment/soil sampling and be responsible for geoscientific GIS data management and the geoscientific interpretation of maps and re-mote sensing data. In particular, you will be responsible for all laboratory analyses (C, N, δ 15C and δ 13N) in Tübingen and the marker analyses (enzymes, PAH and faecal biomarkers) with the cooperation partners at the Universities Hohenheim and Bayreuth. Together with the entire research group, you will contribute to the project results and publish them in peer-reviewed relevant interdisciplinary journals.
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