Doctoral Researcher (f/m/d) in the project “LABLUC - brown algae as potential for carbon storage near Helgoland”

In the project “LABLUC - brown algae as potential for carbon storage near Helgoland” funded by the Ministry for Energy Transition, Climate Protection, Environment and Nature, the MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences of the University of Bremen is seeking to fill the following position at the earliest possible date:

Doctoral Researcher (f/m/d)
Salary Scale EG 13 TV-L

limited until 31 March 2029 (in accordance with § 2 WissZeitVG)

The position is to be filled with 70% of the regular weekly working hours (27.44 hours/week).

Berufsgruppe

Wissenschaft und Forschung

Eingruppierung

EG 13 TV-L

Besetzbar

zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt

Bereich

As part of the ANK (Natural Climate Protection Action Program) funded project LABLUC - brown algae as potential for carbon storage near Helgoland (Blue Carbon; www.z-u-g.org/ank-meere-und-kuesten/projekt/labluc/ ), the University of Bremen has a vacancy in the Carbon Sequestration and Glycobiochemistry working group ( www.marum.de/en/Carbon-Sequestration-and-Glycobiochemistry.html ). The successful candidate will work within a MARUM-coordinated consortium that also includes groups at Kiel University, the GEOMAR Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel and the Schleswig-Holstein State Office for the Environment (LfU). The main aim of LABLUC is to investigate the potential of brown algae to sequester carbon around the island of Helgoland - Germany's only high seas island.

Aufgabengebiet

• Planning of and participation in sampling of brown algae around the North Sea island of Heligoland
• Determination of fucoidan synthesis rates in different brown algae species depending on environmental variables
• Support of seawater and sediment sampling off Heligoland to determine the concentration and sinking of fucoidan in the water column and fucoidan storage in sediments
• Collaboration with project partners at Kiel University to assess the carbon storage capacity of brown algae on Helgoland using a model
• Willingness to travel abroad for international conferences to network and present project results
• Support in writing project reports
• Publication of the results in international journals

Voraussetzungen

• Completed university degree in natural sciences (master/university diploma) in marine biology, chemistry, or related subjects. Applicants who are in the final phase of their Master's degree will also be considered. Please note that submission of the Master's degree certificate is mandatory for employment.
• Solid knowledge of instrumental chemical analysis (LC, MS)
• Knowledge in the field of marine glycobiochemistry, as well as enzymology and biochemistry for the analysis of glycans
• Experience with sampling macro algae
• Willingness to participate in expeditions lasting several weeks
• Excellent written and spoken English

Kennzeichen

A240-25

Bewerbungsfrist

21.10.2025

Befristet

bis 31.03.2029

Allgemeine Hinweise

We offer you, among other things:

• Annual special payment (‘Christmas bonus’), regular automatic salary increases in line with collective agreements and additional public service pension scheme (VBL)
• A crisis-proof, interesting and varied job in an open-minded university
• 30 days' holiday per calendar year and educational leave
• A diverse, future-orientated and open corporate culture
• Support from a collegial, motivated team with a positive working atmosphere
• Personalised induction training
• The opportunity for further and advanced training
• Compatibility of family and career through flexible working hours (‘flexitime’) and the option of mobile working (subject to the general conditions)
• Free social and family counselling services
• Active company health management, including the option of discounts at local sports clubs, gyms and swimming pools (EGYM WELLPASS)
• The option of using a job ticket for local public transport
• Numerous sports and cultural activities
• Varied catering options in the student union canteens

Open to unconventional approaches in research and teaching, the University of Bremen has retained its character as a place of short distances for people and ideas since its founding in 1971. With a broad spectrum of subjects, we combine exceptional performance and innovative potential. As an ambitious research university, we stand for research-based learning approaches and a pronounced interdisciplinary orientation. We actively pursue scientific cooperation in a spirit of global partnership.
Today, around 23,000 people learn, teach, research, and work on our international campus. In research and teaching, administration and operations, we are strongly committed to the goals of sustainability, climate justice, and climate neutrality. Our Bremen spirit is expressed in the courage to try new things, in supportive cooperation, in respect and appreciation for each other. With our study and research profile and as part of the European YUFE network, we assume social responsibility in the region, in Europe, and in the world.

The university is family-friendly, diverse and sees itself as an international university. We therefore welcome all applicants regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion/belief, disability, age, sexual orientation and identity.

As the University of Bremen intends to increase the proportion of female employees in science, women are particularly encouraged to apply. In the case of equal qualifications, women are given priority, unless reasons relating to the person of a competitor prevail.

Disabled applicants will be given priority if their professional and personal qualifications are essentially the same.

MARUM www.marum.de is a research faculty of the University of Bremen and an internationally recognized center for marine sciences with a focus on geosciences. MARUM is committed to supporting its doctoral students in their professional and personal development in order to advance their independent research as well as their professional and academic careers www.marum.de/research-academy/doctoral-researchers.html

Bewerbungshinweise

Please note that no photos are to be attached to the application documents.

We kindly ask you to send us only copies (no portfolios) of your application documents, as we cannot return them. Once the selection process has been completed, your application documents will be stored in accordance with legal requirements and then destroyed.

Any costs for the application process cannot be reimbursed.

Ansprechperson

For general questions about the personnel selection procedure and for questions about the content of the advertised position, please contact: Prof. Dr. Jan-Hendrik Hehemann (jhhehemann@marum.de).

Please send your application including a cover letter, CV, copies of degree certificates, as well as a statement of your research interests, scientific background in relation to the position and the contact details of two referees, quoting the reference number A240-25 until 21 October 2025 as a PDF file by unencrypted electronic mail to: bewerbung-a24025@marum.de or by mail to: