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We sincerely thank the Reviewer for the suggestion. Following the recommendation, we have revised the title and adopted the first proposed option suggested by the Reviewer, which now reads: “Analytical modeling of heat transfer and deformation around a circular cavity in elastic ground”. This revised title more accurately reflects the focus and scope of our study.

The newly funded Cluster of Excellence TERRA “Terrestrial Geo-Biosphere Interactions in a Changing World” is an interdisciplinary research initiative of geoscientists, biologists, and computer scientists at the Universities of Tübingen and Hohenheim and the Senckenberg Society for Nature Research in Frankfurt, investigating how the interactions between the living and non-living worlds shape global change from single microorganisms to the globe, in the geological past, at present, and in the future. It starts on January 1, 2026. We seek for 15 doctoral researchers (for complete list see https://uni-tuebingen.de/en/285483) in five coordinated Focus Unit Projects (FUNs) starting on April 1, 2026, lasting for 3.5 years. The positions are located either at the University of Tübingen, the University of Hohenheim, or at Senckenberg in Frankfurt.

The Focus Unit “Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Alpine Peatlands - GAP” comprises three TERRA-funded PhD positions in different fields (hydrology/geophysics, soil-plant interactions, geomicrobiology) working collaboratively at a field site in the Austrian Alpes and performing a joint lab experiment to understand the mechanism controlling the methane release of alpine peatlands. In this context, the Hydrogeology and Geophysics groups at the University of Tübingen and the Biogeophysics group at the University of Hohenheim seek for a

Doctoral Researcher (m/f/d; E 13 TV-L, 75%) on Hydrology and Geophysics of Alpine Peatlands (FUN02_1)

starting 1.4.2026 until 31.9.2029

Conduct research in Geomechanics