Phd Position "paleo-ice Sheet Geophysics" - Bremerhaven, Deutschland - Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung

Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung
Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung
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Bremerhaven, Deutschland

vor 2 Wochen

Lena Wagner

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Beschreibung

The Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) is a member of the Helmholtz Association (HGF) and funded by federal and state government.

AWI focuses on polar and marine research in a variety of disciplines such as biology, oceanography, geology, geochemistry and geophysics thus allowing multidisciplinary approaches to scientific goals.


  • PhD Position "Paleo-Ice Sheet Geophysics" (M/F/d)

Background

Analysing the behaviour of ice sheets during extreme warm periods in the geological past can help us better understand future projections of climate change.

The highly dynamic West Antarctic Ice Sheet in warm Pliocene times is particularly relevant for ice sheet contribution to sea level.


Analyses of geophysical, mainly seismic, and drill core data from offshore West Antarctica will be performed to build a development model of regionally varying glacially-controlled sedimentation.

The quantification of these temporal and spatial variations along the Pacific margin of West Antarctica, linked to ice-sheet model simulations, is expected to reveal conditions for regionally varying ice-mass balance effects on sea level changes.


Tasks

  • Compile and analyse large seismic datasets to generate detailed seismic stratigraphy and sequence characteristics, with a focus on the time of the Pliocene
  • Integrate physical property and corelog data from scientific drill sites with seismic analysis to invert for icesheet dynamics processes
  • Reconstruct spatially distributed bottom
- and deep-water dynamics from seismic data and drill core records

  • Collaborate with icesheet and climate modellers to compare and integrate simulations with data results
  • Present results at national/international conferences and in peerreviewed publications

Requirements:


  • Master's degree in geophysics, physics, geology, or geosciences
  • Experience in analysing multichannel seismic reflection data
  • Experience or strong interest in analysing marine sedimentary processes for paleoclimate research objectives
  • Interest in the scientific exchange with an interdisciplinary group of international scientists
  • Good communication skills in English, both oral and written

Further Information
Please contact

Prof. Dr. Karsten Gohl ;
This position is limited to 3 years. The salary will be paid in accordance with the Collective Agreement for the Public Service of the Federation (Tarifvertrag des öffentlichen Dienstes, TVöD Bund), up to salary level

13 (66%). The place of employment will be

Bremerhaven.

POLMAR or another graduate school and thus benefit from a comprehensive training program and extensive support measures.


The AWI is characterised by
- our scientific success - excellent research
- collaboration and cooperation - intra-institute, national and international, interdisciplinary
- opportunities to develop - on the job and towards other positions
- an international environment - everyday contacts with people from all over the world
- flexible working hours and the possibility of mobile working up to 50% of regular working hours

  • Health promotion and company fitness with qualitrain
- support services and a culture of reconciling work and family

  • Occupational pension provision (VBL)
  • Jobticket
Equal opportunities are an integral part of our personnel policy.

The AWI aims to increase the number of employees who are women, and therefore strongly encourages qualified women to apply.

Applicants with disabilities will be given preference when equal qualifications are present.

The AWI fosters the compatibility of work and family in various ways and has received a number of awards as a result of this engagement.


August 14

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Interviews will take place between

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of September 2023.

Reference number: 23/137/G/INSPIRES-b
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