The applicant will also support and be partly responsible for project management. Furthermore he/she will actively publish in scientific papers, develop new project ideas and contribute to research proposals on this topic.
Qualification
Essential
• Master or PhD in a geoscience with focus on remote sensing of land cover / land use
• 2 years of work experience in scientific projects and/or operational monitoring activities with a focus on land cover / land use monitoring.
• Advanced skills in image processing and classification (with e.g. ENVI, PCI, Erdas Imagine, eCognition) of high resolution optical sensor images including a deep understanding of potentials and limitations of the various approaches.
• Strong experience in the practical aspects of LULC projects like experimental design, ground truthing and field work, communication with the users, etc..
• Team skills and good communication skills with users and other international partners
• Very good English skills
Desirable
• Experience in project management and fundraising
• Experience in publishing in scientific journals
• Knowledge on semi-natural habitats and forests (ecology, monitoring obligations for NATURA2000), ideally with a focus on the Alpine biogeographic region
• Programming skills, preferable in IDL
• Good GIS skills (ArcGIS)
• Background in statistics and geostatistics
• good German and / or Italian skills
We offer
• An interesting, highly responsible job in a young international and interdisciplinary team
• The opportunity for further qualification
• State-of-the-art technical facilities (soft- and hardware, communication tools)
• Access to EURAC’s numerous scientific and cultural facilities and events
• An attractive working place in a vivid city in the heart of the Alps with endless opportunities for skiing, hiking, climbing…
The contract will start as soon as possible and will be issued for one to three years, depending on the qualification of the candidate. We are always interested in keeping good people and endeavour to offer perspectives after the end of the projects. Candidates should submit their application (CV, publication list and cover letter) until 12.09.2011 in digital form (PDF) to the address below. Don’t hesitate to contact us for any further questions!
European Academy of Bolzano
Institute for Applied Remote Sensing
Viale Druso 1
39100 Bolzano - Italy
email: remote.sensing@eurac.edu
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