The Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde is seeking a candidate for a Research Scientist position in the department of Marine Chemistry within the project “Argo with extended suite of optical and nutrient measurements (AWESOME)”. The appointment is a full-time position with a percentage of 100% (40h/week), limited until 28. Feb. 2029 and starting as soon as 01. July 2026. The position can also be filled on a flexible part-time basis, at a minimum of 30h/week.
Biogeochemical Argo (BGC-Argo) profiling floats are instruments that, thanks to their various sensors (e.g., for temperature, salinity, oxygen, nitrate, chlorophyll a, suspended particle scattering, light availability), give unprecedented insight into the ocean’s biogeochemistry. They contribute to the global OneArgo program, an observing system of ca. 4000 active floats that drift freely with the ocean currents and perform a profile every 10 days from 2000 m to the surface, where they transmit their data by satellite. Argo floats are also operated in the Baltic Sea, which is an ideal basin for sensor development and testing.
In the AWESOME project, today’s suite of biogeochemical sensors on Argo floats is getting extended by (a) mounting a new sensor that measures the fluorescence of dissolved organic matter (FDOM) at additional, previously unexploited wavelengths and by (b) integrating a microfluidic-based (“lab-on-chip”) phosphate sensor. Such floats will get deployed in the Baltic Sea to give a better view of seasonal productivity, nutrient uptake and release and plankton dynamics.
For detailed information on requirements and the application process, please read the original announcement.