Student assistant m/f/d UT-UBGI project

Job vacancy to be filled from: 01.01.2025

Description

The UT-UBGI project aims to drive tangible urban transformation by developing, planning, and assessing blue-green infrastructure, leveraging an inter- and transdisciplinary approach that integrates academia and practitioners.
The work package assigned to KIT-ITAS handles explicitly the collection of data on tree physiology in urban environments. Around 40 trees on KIT Campus South will be sampled in 2025 and analyzed.

Tasks:
• Support in installation and maintenance of single tree sensors,
• Data preparation and management
Personal qualifications:
• Must be enrolled/matriculated as B.Sc. or M.Sc. student in a higher educational institution in Germany
• Fitness and willingness to work in field conditions
some tree sensors may be installed in a height of about three meters
Ability to ride a bicycle
• Interest, if possible skills, in tree and vegetation assessment
• English or German language skills (B1 equivalent)
• Willingness to work in a team
• Basic skills in geoinformation systems (QGIS) and MS Office
• Independent, organized, and reliable working attitude and flexibility
What we offer:
• Interesting and varied tasks related to urban trees, urban ecology, and everyday academic life
• Good learning environment on theories and practical aspects of urban ecology and urban forestry
• Gaining skills in tree assessment as well as in the use of state-of-the-art instruments for tree measurements, tree sap flow and growth analyses, and other physiological analyses
• A pleasant working atmosphere in a committed interdisciplinary team of experienced scientists
• An equipped stationary workplace in the center of Karlsruhe (near Europaplatz)
• Scope to do an internship, Bachelor's, or Master's thesis