Requirements at a glance

Master degree in Biology (Required)
Deep-sea invertebrate taxonomy (Required)
Scientific research cruises (Required)
R statistical analysis (Required)
English proficiency (Required)
Research expedition availability (Required)
Deep-sea sampling (Preferred)
Peracarid taxon identification (Preferred)

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REF.01-26065 Researcher (m/f/d) in Deep-Sea Biodiversity and Taxonomy

Senckenberg Society for Nature Research (SGN), headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, is seeking to fill the following position in the Department of Marine Zoology at the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, starting as soon as 06 January 2027:

Researcher (m/f/d) in Deep-Sea Biodiversity and Taxonomy

(Part-Time: 50%)

Employment scope: 50% Part-Time Type of contract: Limited to 1 year (06 January 2027 to 10 February 2028) Remuneration: Collective agreement of the state Hesse (TV-H) / E13

The Senckenberg Society for Nature Research is a member of the Leibniz Association and has been investigating the “Earth System” worldwide for more than 200 years, examining the past, analysing the present, and developing projections for the future. We conduct integrative geobiodiversity research with the aim of understanding nature in all its complexity and diversity in order to preserve it as the foundation of life for future generations and to ensure its sustainable use. Across eight institutes and five research stations throughout Germany, scientists from more than 40 countries conduct research at the highest international level.

The city of Frankfurt, where the Senckenberg Society was originally founded, hosts the organization’s central administrative services along with two research institutes housing extensive scientific collections and one of Senckenberg’s most renowned institutions, the Senckenberg Natural History Museum Frankfurt. Senckenberg is as much a part of the city’s identity as its skyline and its traditional apple wine.

Funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), the HADALquake project investigates how earthquake-induced submarine landslides affect life and elemental cycles in the deepest parts of the ocean. The project focuses on comparing conditions before and after recent earthquakes in the Kermadec and Tonga trench systems in the South Pacific.