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🏙️🌳 #PostDocAlert! PhD in #PlantPhysiology, #UrbanEcology or #Ecohydrology? Familiar with #FieldInstrumentation and #RemoteSensingData? The Functional Plant Ecology group at our Lausanne site is offering a PostDoc in Urban Tree Ecophysiology and Ecohydrology: apply.refline.ch/273855/1907/...
PostDoc in Urban Tree Ecophysiology and Ecohydrology (f/m/d) Based at WSL Lausanne, your work will focus on improving the understanding of urban green infrastructure performance for cooling and rainwater retention, and identifying tree-soil combinations that reduce urban heat. For this, you will combine in-situ measurements of tree water use and water status with soil hydraulic characterisation, continuous soil-moisture and matric-potential monitoring, and microclimate observations. You will use these site-level results to parameterise an urban ecohydrological model and, using remote sensing data, to scale up to spatially explicit, citywide assessment of urban green function for cooling. Measurements and analyses will be conducted at multiple sites in Sion, Fribourg and Winterthur, and in close collaboration with local stakeholders and program partners. You will work in an interdisciplinary team spanning plant ecophysiology (WSL Lausanne), soil ecohydrology and remote sensing (WSL Birmensdorf). You hold a PhD in plant physiology, urban ecology, ecohydrology or a related field, and possess strong quantitative and scientific writing skills. You have excellent communication skills, are self-motivated, and demonstrate an aptitude for field research and commitment to collaborative, interdisciplinary research. Familiarity with field instrumentation (e.g. sap flow, soil-moisture sensors) is an advantage as is knowledge of spatial/remote sensing data. Experience with data analysis and modelling in e.g. R or Python is essential. You have excellent written and spoken English skills, proficiency in French and German is an advantage. Please send your complete application to Stefania Pe, Human Resources WSL, by uploading the requested documents through our webpage. Applications via email will not be considered. Dr. Christoph Bachofen, phone +41 (0)21 693 47 31, will be happy to answer any questions or offer further information.
November 2, 2026 at 10:04 AM
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#HillfortsWednesday #DogsAtHillforts My much-adored, and greatly missed Jack Russell terrier inspects Traprain Law Hillfort in #EastLothian back in 2008.

Remote sensing data, imported into Blender 3D, shows the hillfort's topography and quarried-out northeast slopes.

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A Jack Russell terrier dog poses at the summit of Traprain law, an Iron Age hillfort in East Lothian, Scotland. 50cm LIDAR topographical data showing Traprain Law, an Iron Age hillfort in East Lothian, Scotland. The image shows a deep quarry on the hillfort's northeast slope. Image reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland. CC-BY A digital 3D model of Traprain Law, an Iron Age hillfort in East Lothian, Scotland. Created using the Blender 3D open-source software. A digital 3D model of Traprain Law, an Iron Age hillfort in East Lothian, Scotland. Created using the Blender 3D open-source software. The image shows a deep quarry on the northeast slope of the hillfort.
October 22, 2025 at 10:27 AM