Postdoctoral Researcher (f/m/x) Food Web Ecology

The MetaBoxWeb project connects food-web ecology with stream metabolism to explain how biodiversity regulates ecosystem functioning under human impacts. The researcher will synthesize stream and river fish and macroinvertebrate datasets; estimate secondary production; reconstruct quantitative food webs and energy fluxes using allometry, traits and food-web models; and test links between trophic diversity, food-chain structure and productivity. Collaboration with a second postdoc in ecosystem metabolism will connect consumer production to primary production and respiration.

This 24-month position is based in Magdeburg, with full-time hours of 39 per week and part-time employment possible. Pay follows TVöD up to grade 13. Submit a cover letter, CV and supporting documents through the online portal by 18 October 2026, without a photograph, age or marital-status details.

PhD in ecology, biology or a related discipline; freshwater, food-web, community or ecosystem ecology expertise; quantitative ecological data analysis; R and reproducible workflows; independent publications and collaborative communication.