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Overview of all open PhD projects

The following PhD projects are offered during the 33^d call for applications. Online application is possible from
July 01, 2026 through August 06, 2026. Third-party funded projects are highlighted with *.
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Linking Forest Biomass Dynamics and Atmospheric Inversions in the Amazon rainforest (more info)

Constraining Terrestrial Biosphere Models Using Atmospheric CO₂, Stable Carbon Isotope (¹³C), and Radiocarbon (¹⁴C) Observations (more info)

Water use strategies of global tree-grass savannas during drying and rewetting soils (more info)

Can terrestrial nutrient limitation resolve the "weak land carbon" conundrum? (more info)

Hybrid Machine Learning for Flood Prediction across Space and Time (more info)

Constraining Unseen Drought Impact Risks with Machine Learning and Climate Simulations (more info)

Groundwater under pressure – exploring climate change impacts on groundwater recharge and quality and drinking water safety (more info)

Reaching deeper – exploring optimal root water uptake strategies at the individual and ecosystem scale (more info)

Coupled Dynamics of Dissolved Organic Matter (DOM) and Organo-Iron-Oxide Associations Under Climate Change: A combined spectroscopic and transport study along a pedological and lithological gradient (more info)