Postdoctoral Researcher On Land-use/land-cover Change and Remote Sensing of Vegetation

**Job Reference**: - 372_25_ES_CVC_R2 **Position**: - Postdoctoral researcher on Land-Use/Land-Cover change and remote sensing of vegetation (R2) **Closing Date**: - Friday, 13 June, 2025 **Reference**: 372_25_ES_CVC_R2 **Job title**: Postdoctoral researcher on Land-Use/Land-Cover change and remote sensing of vegetation (R2) **About BSC** - The Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) is the leading supercomputing center in Spain. It houses MareNostrum, one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe, was a founding and hosting member of the former European HPC infrastructure PRACE (Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe), and is now hosting entity for EuroHPC JU, the Joint Undertaking that leads large-scale investments and HPC provision in Europe. The mission of BSC is to research, develop and manage information technologies in order to facilitate scientific progress. BSC combines HPC service provision and R&D into both computer and computational science (life, earth and engineering sciences) under one roof, and currently has over 1000 staff from 60 countries. Look at the BSC experience: BSC-CNS YouTube Channel Let's stay connected with BSC Folks We promote Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, fostering an environment where each and every one of us is appreciated for who we are, regardless of our differences. **Context And Mission** This position will be hosted in the Climate Variability and Change (CVC) Group within BSC's Earth Science Department. The CVC Group undertakes fundamental research to (1) understand climate variability and change, including for climate extremes, (2) investigate global biogeochemical dynamics, and the effectiveness and impacts of carbon removal technologies to mitigate climate change, (3) develop new Earth System modeling capabilities, and (4) improve our ability to forecast the climate variations from one month to multiple decades into the future, both at global and regional scales. **Key Duties** - Create and assess the time-varying Land Use, Land Cover and LAI datasets - Collaborate with colleagues and external partners in the integration of these datasets in the Digital Twin models in the TerraDT project and Earth System Models in the CONCERTO project - Lead the preparation of scientific publications, and present the research at scientific workshops and conferences - Analyze the contributions of vegetation and land-use change to the global carbon cycle in the climate projections and near-time climate predictions **Requirements**: - Education - PhD in spatial modelling, land-use change, geography, or a related discipline - Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience - Demonstrated experience in the analysis of geo-spatial and remote sensing data and/or Land-use change models - Proven ability to prepare and submit manuscripts to peer-reviewed scientific journals - Programming skills: scripting (e.g. bash, Python, R), open-source spatial data analysis and visualization software (e.g. GeoPandas, r-spatial, QGis) - Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience - Interest and capacity in participating in the writing of research and computing proposals - Experience with vegetation model and/or climate model data - Knowledge of version control systems (git, svn,) - Competences - Fluency in spoken and written English - Highly collaborative spirit and ability to work independently as part of a large, strongly-coordinated team and to continuously share both knowledge and tools **Conditions** - The position will be located at BSC within the Earth Sciences Department - We offer a full-time contract (37.5h/week), a good working environment, a highly stimulating environment with state-of-the-art infrastructure, flexible working hours, extensive training plan, restaurant tickets, private health insurance, support to the relocation procedures - Duration: Open-ended contract due to technical and scientific activities linked to the project and budget duration - Holidays: 23 paid vacation days plus 24th and 31st of December per our collective agreement - Starting date: Sept 1 or earlier **Applications procedure and process** - A full CV in English including contact details - A cover/motivation letter with a statement of interest in English, clearly specifying for which specific area and topics the applicant wishes to be considered. Additionally, two references for further contacts must be included. Applications without this document will not be considered. **Development of the recruitment process** The selection will be carried out through a competitive examination system ("Concurso-Oposición"). The recruitment process consists of two phases: - **Curriculum Analysis**: Evaluation of previous experience and/or scientific history, degree, training, and other professional information relevant to the position. - **_40 points_**: The recruitment panel will be composed of at least three people, ensuring at least 25% representation