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🌍📊 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘀 (3 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀) – 𝗧𝗨 𝗗𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗱 | 𝗥𝗖 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁 | 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗥𝘂𝗵𝗿 How can we infer reliable climate variability patterns from sparse observations? How can we ensure that future Earth system projections are statistically consistent with observational evidence? 🌡️🧊🌊 The newly established 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 at Technische Universität Dortmund, embedded in the RC Trust, is looking for a PhD researcher (TV-L E13, 75%, upgrade to 100% possible) to join an interdisciplinary and internationally visible research environment. 🚀🔬 💡 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀: • Inferring spatio-temporal climate variability from sparse data • Latent Gaussian Markov Random Fields & SPDE approaches • Integrating observational constraints into future Earth system projections • Distributional statistical postprocessing with copulas This is a unique opportunity to work at the interface of probability theory, statistics, and climate science - addressing societally relevant questions about future environmental change. 🌎✨ 🎓 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲: ✔ Strong background in probability theory, statistics, or stochastic analysis ✔ MSc (or near completion) in statistics, mathematics, data science, physics, or related fields ✔ Programming skills (R or Python; Julia/C++/Fortran a plus) 💻 ✔ Strong English proficiency ✔ Strong interest in applying statistical methods to open questions in climatology 🌐 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿: • Outstanding international research environment • Close integration of statistical theory & climate applications • Access to high-performance computing clusters 🖥️⚡ • Active supervision & strong doctoral support • Collaborative, diverse & family-friendly workplace 🤝🌈 📍 Dortmund, Germany – at the heart of Europe’s densest university landscape within the Research Alliance Ruhr. 📅 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: March 12, 2026 📧 Send your documents (motivation letter, CV, certificates, 1-page MSc thesis summary, two referees) as one PDF to: environmetrics@rc-trust.ai