PhD Student (f/m/d) Microstructure modelling and upscaling

With cutting-edge research in the fields of ENERGY, HEALTH and MATTER, around 1,500 employees from more than 70 nations at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) are committed to mastering the great challenges facing society today.

At the Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for ResourceTechnology (HIF), innovative technologies are developed to improve extraction and recycling of mineral and metal-bearing raw materials in an environmentally friendly way.

The Department of Modelling and Evaluation of the HIF is looking for a PhD Student (f/m/d) Microstructure modelling and upscaling. This is a joint position with the Department of Actinide Thermodynamics of the Institute of Resource Ecology.

Your tasks

• Development of methods for the mathematical and computational modelling of rock microstructure
• Learning or fitting of microstructure models from measured data
• Methods for upscaling models for usage in reactive transport codes
• Preparation of publications to scientific journals and presentation of results in conferences
• Cooperation within the two supporting departments, institutes and the center

Your profile

• Completed university studies (Master/Diploma) in the field of applied mathematics, statistics, mathematical geosciences or related field
• Understanding of stochastics, ideally knowledge of stochastic geometry, geostatistics and/or spatial statistics
• Basic knowledge of (geo)chemical processes will be of advantage
• Good interdisciplinary communication skills
• Excited about working as a team player in a group of multidisciplinary scientists
• Structured and solution-oriented working style, analytical thinking and above-average commitment
• Good programming skills in a high-level data science language (e.g. R/python/julia)
• Sufficient programming skills in a low-level programming language (e.g. C/C++/Fortran/java...)
• Excellent English skills

Our offer

• A vibrant research community in an open, diverse and international work environment
• Scientific excellence and extensive professional networking opportunities
• A structured PhD program with a comprehensive range of continuing education and networking opportunities - more information about the PhD program at the HZDR can be found here
• Salary and social benefits in accordance with the collective agreement for the public sector (TVöD-Bund) including 30 days of paid holiday leave, company pension scheme (VBL)
• We support a good work-life balance with the possibility of part-time employment, mobile working and flexible working hours
• Numerous company health management offerings
• Employee discounts with well-known providers via the platform Corporate Benefits
• An employer subsidy for the "Deutschland-Ticket Jobticket"

We look forward to receiving your application documents (including cover letter, CV, diplomas/transcripts, etc.), which you can submit via our online-application-system.