Join the Theoretical Ecology Group (external link, opens in a new window) at the University of Regensburg (external link, opens in a new window) - we are currently looking for candidates to fill a PhD Position (1+2.5 years, 75% E13) on Ecological Machine Learning, as part of the BaySenseAI project. The goal of this project is to build a multi-modal AI system that integrates a wide range of traditional and novel biodiversity data and sensors (e.g. surveys, eDNA, acoustic sensors) and predicts species composition at any point in space and time at as broad as possible taxonomic breath.
- The official job announcement (in German) is here. An English translation is here.
- Apply by April 8th 2026 via our recruitment system here. Later applications can still be considered as long as no final decision has been reached.
When you prepare your application, it is helpful for us if you provide us with concrete examples of your previous work (e.g. in the form of GitHub repositories with code of projects you did, but also in the form of papers / reports / theses if applicable).
Contacts
Prof. Dr. Florian Hartig
Theoretical Ecology
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