Student Assistant

We are looking for motivated, creative, and curious students (f/m/d) to help us in collecting the data on and simulating the future supply of battery raw materials. The aim of our project is to quantify the expected contribution from different primary raw materials to the production of Li-ion batteries (LIBs), up to the year 2050. We are specifically focussing on the following raw materials: Li, Co, Ni, Mn and graphite. We use Monte Carlo simulation techniques to build stochastic year-on-year scenarios of future supply, at the resolution of individual mining projects.
An important part of this project is to research existing exploration and mining projects worldwide, collect the necessary data and create the databases for Li, Ni, Co, Mn and graphite mines, which will then be the input for the Monte Carlo simulations which we conduct using R Studio.

The objective of this student assistant position is to support us in this database compilation step, including the following tasks:

• Literature research on battery raw material deposits and the corresponding value chain(s)
• Data collection on existing exploration and mining projects through commercial databases, official reports, company websites and other sources
• Data preparation and clean-up to ensure consistency of all data entries across the database

If there is interest, we are also open to participation in the data modelling and simulation part of the project. We would also be happy to support an extension of the work into an M.Sc. thesis.

• Studies in geosciences or a related field
• Good comunication skills in English
• Experience with the handling of larger datasets and database compilation is desirable
• Experience in a programming language is desirable but not necessary.

• A vibrant research community in diverse and international work environment
• Scientific excellence and extensive professional networking opportunities
• Start from: September 2022
• Working time: up to 20h / week
• Initially for 3 months; can be extended to up to 12 months at 20h/week, or longer if working time is less
• Remuneration according to HZDR internal regulations
• Application deadline: August 1st, 2022