PhD student position (f/m/d) within the DFG-funded research project “Secondary ice production m[...]

European Commission; Deutschland; Vor Ort; EUR 40.000 - 60.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading research institute in Germany is seeking a motivated PhD student to investigate droplet splintering processes on freezing. The successful candidate will work with state-of-the-art experimental setups and contribute to advancing scientific knowledge in cloud microphysics.

Qualifikationen

• Highly motivated PhD student required.
• Eligibility for part-time employment.
• Experience in experimental research preferred.

Aufgaben

• Conduct experiments on droplet splintering processes.
• Participate in identifying physical SIP mechanisms with leading scientists.
• Contribute to parameterization for cloud microphysics models.

Ausbildung

PhD student (f/m/d)

Jobbeschreibung

Organisation/Company: Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Research Field

All Researcher Profiles: Recognised Researcher (R2), Established Researcher (R3)

Application Details

• Country: Germany
• Application Deadline: 31 Aug 2025 - 21:59 (UTC)
• Type of Contract: To be defined
• Job Status: Other
• Offer Starting Date: 17 Jul 2025
• Funding: Not funded by an EU programme
• Related to Research Infrastructure: No

Offer Description

Area of research: Scientific / postdoctoral posts

Part-Time Suitability: The position is suitable for part-time employment.

Position Details

Our Institute IMKAAF seeks a highly motivated PhD student (f/m/d) to work on the experimental investigation of droplets splintering on freezing.

• Conduct experiments with the new experimental set-up, the Ice Droplet splintEring and Fragmentation eXperiment (IDEFIX).
• Participate in experiments on the identification of the physical mechanisms of rime-splintering SIP events together with leading scientists at TROPOS.
• Contribute to parameterization development for both SIP mechanisms.
• Take part in the measuring campaign investigating SIP in mix-phase clouds.
• The parameterizations developed as part of this PhD project will be applied for the representation of SIP mechanisms in cloud microphysics resolving models.

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers, which employs over 42,000 staff and has an annual budget of over €5 billion, making it Germany's largest scientific organization.