Water, Energy and Environmental Engineering research unit, at the Faculty of Technology (University of Oulu) invites applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher position to join our project investigating how extreme climatic events, such as heatwaves, droughts, winter warming episodes, and rain‑on‑snow events, shape hydrology and carbon cycling in high‑latitude northern ecosystems.
Description of the position
You will work with extensive datasets from multiple Arctic and sub‑Arctic research sites, complemented by large climate, hydrology and ecological databases. The main tasks include data mining, harmonizing, and analysing these diverse data sources to identify how specific extreme climatic events alter water flow, soil conditions, vegetation dynamics, and carbon fluxes. Such disturbances can influence both vertical exchanges between ecosystems and the atmosphere and the lateral transport of carbon through hydrological pathways.
You will join a collaborative research team investigating how abrupt climatic events shape ecosystem carbon balance, including processes such as photosynthesis, respiration, and the export of dissolved organic carbon. Your work will contribute to developing an integrated, multi‑site understanding of the Net Ecosystem Carbon Balance (NECB) at both catchment and regional scales.
Key Responsibilities:
- Compile and manage datasets from long-term monitoring sites across northern landscapes.
- Extract and calculate indicators of extreme events from reanalysis products (e.g., heatwaves, rain on snow events).
- Analyse carbon cycling and hydrological responses before, during, and after extreme events.
- Contribute to multi-site synthesis to understand regional patterns and drivers.
- Publish findings in international peer-reviewed journals and present results at conferences.
Further information and application
Apply online, at the latest on 16 March 2026 (23:59 Finnish time).
Please see the full information and how to apply on the University of Oulu’s page
