The University of Tartu is the biggest and oldest centre of academic life in Estonia - we have over 4,000 employees and 14,000 students. The unique intellectual atmosphere and fine living and working environment that characterise Tartu have attracted prominent scientists and experts for almost 400 years. Join the university family!

• Analyzing the exchange of CO₂, CH₄, N₂O, and H₂O between the ecosystem and the atmosphere using various state-of-the-art methods (eddy covariance, biometric, tree stem/soil chambers).
• Analyzing ecosystem carbon, nitrogen, water, and energy balance, linking different flux components and finding correlations.
• Carrying out pre- and post-processing and data quality control of eddy covariance data.
• Carrying out statistical data analysis.
• Writing and publishing scientific articles in top peer-reviewed journals of the field and presenting research findings at conferences and seminars.
• Developing and enhancing skills necessary for scientific, developmental, and creative activities.
• Conducting teaching in Estonian and English at a modern methodological level, including supervising master's and doctoral students.
• Popularizing the field of expertise in Estonian and English.

• In-depth and substantiated experience of analyses of greenhouse gas data based on eddy-covariance techniques, and experience in handling large data sets.
• International experience, participation in the work of the international community in the field of eddy covariance studies, including published articles in the top peer-reviewed journals of the field.

1. A letter of application to the Rector.
2. A curriculum vitae.
3. A list of research publications (if necessary, enclosing copies or offprints of more important publications).
4. A copy of a document (including its annexes) which shows the candidate to hold the required qualification (with authorized translation into Estonian, English or Russian if the credential is not in Estonian, English, Russian, Finnish, Swedish, French, Italian, Ukrainian and Belarussian languages). A candidate can be required to submit the original or a certified copy of the document (including its annexes) showing the candidate to hold the required qualification. If the candidate has acquired the higher education in question abroad, he or she may be required to submit an assessment issued by the Academic Recognition Information Centre (the Estonian ENIC/NARIC) of his or her qualification in respect of the qualification requirements for the position.
5. Other materials considered relevant by the candidate (a list of such materials must be included in the application or annexed to it).

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