Open PhD position on modelling climate-society interactions in tropical marine ecosystems


Posted by Martin Park on Feb. 24, 2026

There is an open PhD position with the newly established Working Group Future Oceans & Fisheries led by Dr. Camilla Novaglio (part of the FishMIP coordination team) at the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) in Germany.

For this PhD, the successful candidate will focus on modelling climate-society interactions in tropical marine ecosystems using size-spectrum models (e.g., mizer). The areas of interest for this project include the Eastern Tropical Pacific (roughly covering the area from Peru to Mexico) and Indonesia, but other areas of interest may be added depending on the applicant's interests and experience.

For more information about this position see: https://www.leibniz-zmt.de/en/vacancies/doctoral-candidate-gn-in-natural-sciences-wg-future-oceans-fisheries.html. For any questions, please contact Dr. Novaglio directly (camilla.novaglio@leibniz-zmt.de).

The deadline for application to this position is March 08, 2026