Data scientists for environmental and acoustic monitoring, data curation and analyses

 

Expected start date and duration of employment

4 years and 5 months full-time positions per 1. October 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter.

Job description

The Wetland Restoration Project in Western Zealand, Denmark, aims to set up a comprehensive monitoring infrastructure for identifying and studying environmental transitions in relation to hydrological modifications and land-use changes.

As a part of the wetland restoration project and SustainScapes (https://sustainscapes.org) you will work in a dynamic and international environment at the interface between biodiversity and agroecological research. You will be supporting the center’s research team comprising people from both, the Department of Biology and the Department of Agroecology at Aarhus University, and collaborators at Copenhagen University.

We are looking for two data/research scientists with complementary skills, and which complement the existing data and research support team at the center for Sustainable Landscapes under Global Change.

The tasks will encompass:

• Evaluating, installing and mounting different sensors
• Retrieving, processing, and organising the many different data types and sources
• Building a data-base allowing efficient extraction and analysis of the centers research data according to the FAIR principles
• Developing procedures and workflows for efficient data analysis and assuring reproducibility of these analyses
• Contribute to develop web applications for landscapes scale prioritisation and visualisation

At SustainScapes we emphasize a good relationship between colleagues and students. It is therefore important that you have a positive and open personality and are ready to give your colleagues a helping hand when needed.

Qualifications 

Specifically, we look for the following qualifications:

• PhD in data science, agroecology, geoscience, biology, ecology, environmental science, or MSc with several years and proven experience in one or several of those research fields
• Knowledge of data management plans and metadata systems following the FAIR principles.
• Proven capabilities in handling and analysing big amounts of various types of data, e.g. geospatial, tabular, image/video/sound.
• Experience in passive acoustic data collection, processing and analysis.
• Experience with complex and large data bases, e.g., “data cubes” or similar data structures
• Knowledge of acquiring, downloading, handling, and synthesising data from various data sources, such as research instruments and sensors or online data sources
• High level of English proficiency and cultural sensitivity
• Service orientation regarding project management support

The Department of Biology

The Department of Biology (http://bio.au.dk/) provides a framework for research and teaching in all major biological subdisciplines. The department is especially known for its research contribution in biodiversity, global change and conservation biology, aquatic biology and ecology, arctic environment and ecosystems, genetics and evolution, microbiology and zoophysiology. The department currently encompasses approximately 200 academic and technical staff and 45 PhD students. Nearly 500 students follow the BSc and MSc programs offered by the institute.

The department offers a vibrant and informal research environment with a long-standing tradition of collaboration with international university partners. Much of the internal communication is in English and we welcome international applicants.

Place of work and area of employment

Contact information

Formalities and salary range

Salary and terms as agreed between the Danish Ministry of Taxation and the Confederation of Professional Unions.

Aarhus University’s ambition is to be an attractive and inspiring workplace for all and to foster a culture in which each individual has opportunities to thrive, achieve and develop. We view equality and diversity as assets, and we welcome all applicants.

The application must be submitted via Aarhus University’s recruitment system, which can be accessed under the job advertisement on Aarhus University's website.

Aarhus University

Aarhus University is an academically diverse and research-intensive university with a strong commitment to high-quality research and education and the development of society nationally and globally. The university offers an inspiring research and teaching environment to its 38,000 students (FTEs) and 8,300 employees, and has an annual revenues of EUR 935 million. Learn more at www.international.au.dk/