The Department of Physical Geography is looking for a PhD candidate on Paleo-ecological data science for the project “Looking back to plan ahead – unfolding the natural heritage of Dutch landscapes”. In order to plan future landscapes and forest composition we need to gain a better understanding of the evolution of the natural vegetation cover after the last ice age. The aim of the project is to construct a national atlas of past vegetation of the Netherlands over the last 15,000 years and answer questions on long term vegetation dynamics as well as human-environment interactions. Embedded within a team of research staff you will utilise existing pollen data and characteristics of the physical landscape in quantitative vegetation reconstructions. Together with a software engineer you will advance tools to model the vegetaton cover through time. You will be part of a team of experienced and enthusiastic scientists specialising in palaeoecology, archaeology, quaternary geology and software development. The project includes national partners that provide data and aid the project outreach.
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