Faculty of Environmental Sciences Provided funding will have been secured, the Chair for Groundwater Management (Prof. Dr. Liedl) invites applications for a Research Fellow (subject to personal qualification employees are remunerated according to salary group E 13 TV-L) which entails 50 % of the full time weekly hours. Employment is expected to begin earliest on April 1st, 2016. The fixed term position will be offered up to March 31st, 2019, at the latest. The period of employment is governed by §2 Fixed Term Research Contracts Act (Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz – WissZeitVG). Tasks: Quantification of the spreading of antibiotic resistance in vadose zone water and groundwater as part of an international fundamental-research cooperation. Tasks include the identification of relevant spreading processes and parameters, their implementation into process-based models, the application of these models at laboratory and – if appropriate – field scales via numerical simulations as well as the assessment of ecological and health risks. Requirements: scientific university education in hydrosciences; solid knowledge in geohydraulics and with respect to solute transport in vadose zone water and groundwater as well as with respect to sorption and degradation processes; detailed experience in the implementation of all these processes into mathematical models (model design), and in the application of numerical simulation tools, e.g. for sensitivity analyses; knowledge with regard to usage of databases; very good skills in English (oral and written). Working experience in some project within an international research cooperation is advantageous. Applications from women are particularly welcome. The same applies to people with disabilities. Please send your application with curriculum vitae, list of publications if applicable, copy of documentation of the highest academic degree earned, and the names and addresses of at least 2 possible references until dd. mm. 2016 (stamped arrival date of the university central mail service applies) to: TU Dresden, Fakultät Umweltwissenschaften, Institut für Grundwasserwirtschaft, Herrn Prof. Dr. Rudolf Liedl, persönlich, 01062 Dresden, Germany. Please submit copies only, as your application will not be returned to you. Expenses incurred in attending interviews cannot be reimbursed.