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Position filled (Didier Swingedouw)
As part of the Marie Curie Research Training Network NICE, the Institut d'Astronomie et de Géophysique Georges Lemaître of the Université Catholique de Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium) invites applications for an Experienced Researcher (ER) for 1 year.
The successful candidate is expected to:
This work will be achieved through collaborative projects with the
different laboratories involved in the network and specific training
courses.
Applicants should preferably have a background in Earth sciences, and
more specifically in climate modelling.
Applications, including a detailed curriculum vitae, a letter
describing relevant experience and research interests, and the name
and address of one academic referee, should be sent as soon as
possible to:
Professor Thierry Fichefet
Université Catholique de Louvain
Institut d'Astronomie et de Géophysique Georges Lemaître
Chemin du Cyclotron, 2
B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
Belgium
Please check the definition of Experienced Researcher (ER) as well as
other eligibility requiremets on http://ec.europa.eu/research/fp6/mariecurie-actions/action/level_en.html
before applying for the position. Applications will be closed on
February 28, 2007.
For further information, contact Professor Thierry Fichefet (phone:
+32-10-473295; e-mail: Fichefet@astr.ucl.ac.be,
website: http://www.astr.ucl.ac.be).
Position filled (Malaak Kallache)
A two-year post-doctoral position on "Statistical merging of geophysical data and downscaling of extremes (ER2)"
This is a joint position between Climpact and "Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et l'Environnement" (LSCE) within the European Network for Ice and Climate Evolution (NICE) project. The NICE research project belongs to a Marie Curie Research Training Network and its main goal focuses on improving our understanding of past and future climate evolutions and their interactions with polar ice sheets over centennial and millennium scales. The successful candidate will work on two important statistical methods. First, there is a strong need to fill a methodological gap in knowledge needed to combine information from multiple sources (different numerical models, observations, proxies, prior information, etc) in an optimal way. The main issue is the quantification of uncertainty changes over time and a Bayesian statistical model should provide a flexible framework to determine probability distributions of future changes with respect to ice-sheet future evolution. The second topic focuses on the statistical downscaling of extremes, i.e. the modeling of the relationships between extremes recorded at two different spatial scales. By taking advantage of extreme value theory and recent developments in geostatistics and Bayesian analysis, the goal is to develop a series of innovative downscaling schemes for extreme events and to apply these procedures to NICE model outputs
Review of applications will begin April 1, 2007. Applications
received after this date will be considered until the position is
filled (job starting no later than December 31, 2007).
An application includes a cover letter, a complete CV, and two contact
names for reference. The application should be sent by email (PDF
format) to both:
The candidates must have less than 4 years experience in research at the time of appointment.
Position filled (Natalia Vazquez Riveiros)
PhD position at LSCE (Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement), Gif-sur-Yvette, France, within the MC RTN "Network for Ice sheet and Climate Evolution (NICE)".
Some interglacial periods have been recorded as warmer than the
present interglacial period. Ice core data indicate that during
interglacial stage 11 (~ 430 to 390 kyrs BP) air temperature above
Antarctica was 1 to 2 °C warmer than at present and CO2 atmospheric
content was similar to pre-industrial levels. The orbital
configuration characterizing stage 11 is the closest to the present
one over the last 1 million years, making the study of this
interglacial particularly relevant to questions concerning current and
future climate change. A joint PhD project is proposed with the
Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research (BCCR) in Bergen, Norway, to
reconstruct oceanic climatic conditions, ocean circulation and global
ice volume over stage 11. The project will address the above issues,
relying on the paleoceanographic and paleoclimate expertise of LSCE
and BCCR, as well as on modeling expertise of the LSCE.
The candidate must have obtained a Master's degree (or equivalent) in
physics, applied mathematics, meteorology, oceanography, have an
excellent academic record and have less than 4 years experience in
research at the time of appointment. The candidate must currently
reside outside France. French nationals can apply only if they have
resided outside France for more than 4 years immediately prior to
appointment. Applications are invited from candidates with an interest
in paleoclimate and climate dynamics.
The selected candidate will be based at LSCE and spend extended
periods of time (up to 3 months per year) at BCCR.
The candidate is expected to obtain the PhD within 3 years. Salary
will be paid in accordance with the CEA salary scale (code E1-389),
i.e., approximately 1850 Euros/month. In addition, a mobility
allowance, a travel allowance and a career exploratory allowance will
be paid.
Female candidates are encouraged to apply. If several applicants are
equally qualified for the scholarship, the rules in the Personnel
Regulations for gender quotas of the European Commission will be
applied.
To apply please send your CV, a letter of intent explaining your
motivations and interests in this position, and the contact details of
2-3 academic referees, to the project manager (Céline
Moncourtois, LSCE, France) by e-mail: niceweb@lsce.ipsl.fr.
For more information about LSCE and BCCR, please refer to http://www.lsce.ipsl.fr/ and http://www.bjerknes.uib.no/. Further information about the
position can be obtained from Dr. Claire Waelbroeck, phone: +33 1 69
82 43 27, e-mail: claire.waelbroeck@lsce.cnrs-gif.fr.
Position filled (Jorge Alvarez-Solas)
PhD position within the RTN NICE - "Investigating the dynamics of the coupled ice-sheet - climate system, using a multi-model strategy".
The PhD would be based at LSCE (with a french university diploma),
Gif-sur-Yvette, France, with long duration research periods (6 months
to 1 year) at PIK, Germany and in Madrid, Spain. Coupling ice-sheet
models with climate models is a very challenging problem. The time
constants involved are at least of several thousands of years, which
raises the problem of the climate model computing
efficiency. Furthermore, the validation of model results is difficult,
since present day observations are certainly insufficient to document
the full dynamics of this coupled system. Nevertheless, the
possibility to simulate deglaciations (past or future) thanks to a
hierarchy of models is now made possible at LSCE and PIK. The
originality of the PhD will be to focus both on the last deglaciation
for which we have many regional and global data (sea level rise), but
also to explore the threshold of next deglaciation with appropriate
tools. This PhD will be based on a multi-model strategy to simulate
the ice sheet - climate evolution over the last deglaciation as
well as the future anthropogenic one (over the next millenia or
more). This will allow the PhD student to compare the results obtained
from different model configurations and to focus on model differences
and their consequences over the results, with respect to the
paleoclimatic data available over the last deglaciation. He/She will
therefore be able to assess the uncertainties related to the models
used, as well as to evaluate each model against the available
paleoclimate records.
The PhD student will use a suite of model set-ups that differ only
through one component, in order to investigate the physical role of
each part within the coupled model. More specifically, at LSCE, he
will use the CLIMBER2 - GREMLINS and the CLIMBER2 - GRISLI coupled
models, which differ only through the addition of the representation
of ice shelves and ice streams in the GRISLI model. At PIK, he will
use the same CLIMBER2 climate model, but coupled to a different ice
sheet model, SICOPOLIS. Furthermore, between PIK and Madrid, a set of
simulations will be performed using a more sophisticated climate
model, CLIMBER3?. The benefit of being able to use several ice-sheet
models (SICOPOLIS or GRISLI) or different versions of an EMIC
(CLIMBER2.4 or CLIMBER3?) as well as different coupling strategies
between these both components (LSCE and PIK) is to explore the
thresholds in terms of CO2, fresh water inputs (etc) necessary to
produce large climate changes (e.g. break down of the THC,
irreversible melting of an ice sheet). Moreover, through these
experiments, the key factors that are responsible for climate changes
in the coupled system will be investigated in the different
models.
These simulations will be examined through their dynamic responses, in
terms of ice sheet evolution, but also in terms of ocean circulation
changes that may be induced by specific abrupt iceberg discharges or
melting events. This model plugging and unplugging should help clarify
the best modeling strategies to simulate properly the future evolution
of ice masses on the Earth and its consequences in terms of sea level
rise. The PhD will take place between LSCE and PIK with association
with Madrid. The main laboratory is LSCE, which has a large group
working with a hierarchy of models and a large expertise in
paleoclimate studies. The PIK and LSCE are used to collaborate
together. The PhD will therefore benefit from the expertise of both
laboratories.
The candidate must have obtained a Master’s degree (or
equivalent), have a background in physics of the atmosphere and
numerical methods, have an excellent academic record and have less than
4 years experience in research at the time of appointment. The
candidate must currently reside outside France. French nationals can
apply only if they have resided outside France for more than 4 years
immediately prior to appointment.
The candidate is expected to obtain the PhD within 3 years. Salary
will be paid in accordance with the CEA salary scale (code E1-389),
i.e., approximately 1850 Euros/month. In addition, a mobility
allowance, a travel allowance and a career exploratory allowance will
be paid.
To apply please send your CV, a letter of intent explaining your
motivations and interests in this position, and the contact details of
2-3 academic referees, to the project manager (Céline
Moncourtois, LSCE, France) by e-mail: niceweb@lsce.ipsl.fr.
Position filled (Giuliat Navas)
Ph.D. fellowship for 3 years, in collaboration with the LGGE (Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l'Environnement, Grenoble, FRANCE) and the LEGOS (Laboratoire d'Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie spatiale, Toulouse France)
The objective of this work is to improve estimations of the
Antarctic ice sheet evolution in the future and more precisely to
characterize the relative impacts of ice streams dynamics and surface
mass balance variations. This study will combine data from remote
sensing over ice (LEGOS), large scale ice sheet modelling (LGGE),
climate modelling (UBRIS) and will benefit from discussion with the
glaciological group in UBRIS. Because of the size of the polar ice
sheets, remote sensing provides a unique mean to get homogeneous,
global and synoptic observations. These observations, especially the
precise topography from space and its variation with time as well as
the mass balance derived from gravimetry will be used to constrain the
large scale ice sheet model by comparing the signature of various
processes both in observations and in the model. We expect the ice
sheet model to be substantially improved with this approach. Climate
modelling outputs will then be used to force the ice sheet model in
the future and simulate the evolution of the ice sheet. During the
course of the PhD study the candidate is expected to work with
researchers at both LGGE (Grenoble) and LEGOS (Toulouse) and spend an
extended period of 6 months at the partner institution (UBRIS).
Applicants should preferably have a background in physics or Earth
sciences, and more specifically in modelling and/or remote
sensing.
Applications, including a detailed curriculum vitae, a letter
describing relevant experience and research interests, and the name
and address of one academic referee, should be sent (preferably by
email) as soon as possible to:
Dr. Catherine Ritz
LGGE
54 rue Molière
38402 - Saint Martin d'Hères cedex (France)
Please check the definition of Early Stage Researcher (ESR) as well as
other eligibility requirements on http://ec.europa.eu/research/fp6/mariecurie-actions/action/level_en.html
before applying for the position.
For further information, contact Catherine Ritz (phone: +33 (0)4 76 82
42 34, e-mail: catritz@lgge.obs.ujf-grenoble.fr).
Position filled (Emma Pettersson)
As part of the Marie Curie Research Training Network NICE, the Institut d'Astronomie et de Géophysique Georges Lemaître of the Université Catholique de Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium) invites applications for a Ph.D. fellowship for 3 years.
The successful candidate is expected to:
This work will be achieved through collaborative projects with the
different laboratories involved in the network and specific training
courses.
Applicants should preferably have a background in Earth sciences, and
more specifically in climate modelling and/or geochemistry.
Applications, including a detailed curriculum vitae, a letter
describing relevant experience and research interests, and the name
and address of one academic referee, should be sent as soon as
possible to:
Professor Thierry Fichefet
Université Catholique de Louvain
Institut d'Astronomie et de Géophysique Georges
Lemaître
Chemin du Cyclotron, 2
B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
Belgium
Please check the definition of Early Stage Researcher (ESR) as well as
other eligibility requiremets on http://ec.europa.eu/research/fp6/mariecurie-actions/action/level_en.html
before applying for the position. Applications will be evaluated on an
ongoing basis.
For further information, contact Professor Thierry Fichefet (phone:
+32-10-473295; e-mail: Fichefet@astr.ucl.ac.be,
website: http://www.astr.ucl.ac.be ).
Position filled (Johanna Nemec)
Ph.D. fellowship for 3 years in the Ice and Climate Group of the Department of Geography at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Brussels, Belgium)
The successful candidate will undertake experiments with 3-D ice
sheet models coupled to an ocean-atmosphere general circulation model
to investigate aspects of (i) the decaying northern hemisphere ice
sheets during the last glacial transition and (ii) the possible decay
of the Greenland ice sheet during the next millennia. During the
course of the PhD study the candidate is expected to spend longer
periods at the partner institution (Department of Meteorology at the
University of Reading) and pay visits to other partners in the NICE
research training network.
Applicants should preferably have a background in Earth or Physical
sciences, familiarity with the numerical modelling of natural systems,
and programming skills in a Fortran/Unix-type of environment.
Applications, including a detailed curriculum vitae, and a letter
describing relevant axperience and research interests, should be sent
as soon as possible to:
Professor Philippe
Huybrechts
Departement Geografie
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Pleinlaan 2
B-1050 Brussel
Belgium
Please check the definition of Early Stage Researcher (ESR) as well as
other eligibility requirements on
http://ec.europa.eu/research/fp6/mariecurie-actions/action/level_en.html
before applying for the position. Applications will be evaluated on an
ongoing basis.
For further information, please contact Professor Dr. Philippe
Huybrechts (phone: +32-2-6293593; E-mail: phuybrec@vub.ac.be, website: http://homepages.vub.ac.be/~phuybrec/).
Position filled (Alex Robinson)
Doctoral Student in Climate/Ice Sheet Modelling at Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
The Climate System department at PIK seeks a doctoral student for
the study of climate-ice sheet interaction in the past and future. The
main objective of the work is to improve understanding of the ice
sheet response to climate change and to model the long-term evolution
of the ice sheets under different global warming scenarios. The work
will be performed using the Earth system model of intermediate
complexity CLIMBER-2, which incorporates the 3-dimensional
thermo-mechanical ice sheet model SICOPOLIS. This project is in close
cooperation with 11 European modelling groups and involves several
research exchange visits during the course of the thesis.
Applicants should have a background in physics or Earth sciences,
preferably in computer modeling, and enjoy working in an international
and interdisciplinary team. Working language is English.
Please check the definition of Early Stage Researcher (ESR) as well as
other eligibility requirements on http://ec.europa.eu/research/fp6/mariecurie-actions/action/level_en.html
before applying for the position. Applications will be evaluated on an
ongoing basis.
PIK is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from
qualified women as well as from persons with disability.
For further information contact Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf (rahmstorf@pik-potsdam.de)
and Dr. Andrey Ganopolski (andrey@pik-potsdam.de).
Applications, including a detailed curriculum vitae, a letter
describing relevant experience and research interests, and the name
and address of two academic referees should be sent as soon as
possible to:
Prof. Dr. S. Rahmstorf
and Dr.A. Ganopolski
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
P.O. Box 60 12 03, 14412 Potsdam, Germany
Position filled (Lauren Grégoire)
PhD Opportunity within MC RTN "Network for ice sheet and climate evolution (NICE)"
As past of the Marie Curie Research Training Network,
NICE, the school of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol
invites applications for a PhD studentship for 3 years. The successful
candidate will (1) use outputs from a GCM to drive ice sheet models to
investigate the deglaciation of the Northern hemisphere since the Last
Glacial Maximum (21,000 years ago), (2) Improve the representation of
sediment-ice interactions within the ice sheet model, and (3) Perform
further simulations in which the ice-sheet fully interacts with the
climate model.
Applicants should have a background in geographical or Earth sciences,
and good numerate/computing skills.
Applications, including detailed curriculum vitae, a letter describing
relevant experience and interests, and the name and address of two
academic referees, should be sent to:
Prof. Paul J Valdes
School of Geographical Sciences
University of Bristol
University Road,
Bristol
BS8 1SS
UK
Please check the definition of Early Stage Researcher (ESR) as well as
other eligibility requirements on
http://ec.europa.eu/research/fp6/mariecurie-actions/action/level_en.html
before applying for the position. Applications will be evaluated on an
ongoing basis.
For further information, contact Professor Paul Valdes (e-mail: P.J.Valdes@bristol.ac.uk
website: http://www.ggy.bristol.ac.uk).
Position filled (Vasileios Gkinis)
PhD position (3 yrs) available in a new Centre of Excellence for Ice and Climate at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen: Dating by stratigraphic and theoretical methods.
Ph.D. studentship in Ice and Climate (3 yrs) in ice core related
climate research is available at the newly established Danish National
Research Foundation Centre of Excellence at the Niels Bohr Institute,
University of Copenhagen. The Ph.D. student will have the opportunity
to participate in the International Polar Year deep ice core drilling
project, NEEM, on the Greenland Ice Sheet.
Dating by stratigraphic and theoretical methods. The research group is
strongly involved in methods to date the ice core records and to
compare them with other palaeo records. Stratigraphic dating can be
achieved by annual layer recognition from high resolution ice core
records, by identification of strategraphic markers like volcanic
eruptions. Theoretical methods involve ice flow models and statistical
methods involving markers from several ice cores. The
Ph.D. studentship is part of the EU Curie RTN project, NICE and the
applicant must be a non-Danish citizen.
The applicants should have a Masters degree in geophysics, physics,
chemistry, molecular biology, statistical methods or other relted or
relevant fields. The Master de-gree should be achieved before the
start of the Ph.D. study, which should be in 2007. The Ph.D. program
at the Centre is for three years which provides all students with full
benefits and a monthly scholarship.
Questions about the positions can be directed to Dorthe Dahl-Jensen
(ddj@gfy.ku.dk) or Sune Olander
Rasmussen (olander@gfy.ku.dk). Please send a
CV, a statement of academic interests including pro-posed start time
of a Ph.D studentship and the names of three scientific referees in
PDF file format (applicants@gfy.ku.dk). You can
look at the other opportunities of vacancies in this institute on the
following link http://www.nbi.ku.dk/research/page53780.htm
Position filled (Andreas Born)
PhD Position at the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
A 3-year PhD position is available at the Faculty of Mathematics and
Natural Sciences at the University of Bergen, Geophysical Institute,
from the 1st of April 2007. The workplace will be at the Bjerknes
Centre for Climate Research (BCCR). BCCR has been awarded status as a
Centre of excellence from the Research Council of Norway, and is
affiliated with Unifob AS.
BCCR is the largest climate research group in Norway and has
approximately 70 researchers and postgraduate students. The Centre has
a strong emphasis on paleoclimate and on the role of ocean circulation
in climate changes, both of which are essential for understanding
past, present and future climate changes and for distinguishing
natural from man made changes. Climate research is characterized by an
international research environment and at BCCR we have excellent
researchers from both Norway and abroad. A multi-disciplinary approach
is a particular strength in BCCR research. Researchers are recruited
mainly from meteorology, oceanography, geology and mathematics.
The PhD candidate will work on the project "Network for Ice sheet and
Climate Evolution (NICE)" which is a Marie Curie Research Training
Network financed by the European Union. This is a collaboration
between the BCCR and the Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de
l'Environment (CEA-LSCE) in France, and the candidate is expected to
spend 6 months of the PhD at CEA-LSCE in Paris. The main goal of the
NICE project is to quantify past and future changes of the climate and
ice sheets, using models and data over periods of large
ice-sheet-climate instabilities.
The main focus of the PhD project will be to study the last warm
interglacial and the glacial inception when Greenland and possibly
west Antarctica were smaller than today. Simulations with coupled
climate models will be constructed to investigate the cause of the
partial melting of the Greenland ice sheet during the interglacial
period and to understand the possible role of a reduced ice sheet at
the onset of the glacial period.
Applicants must have achieved a master's degree or equivalent in
physics, applied mathematics, meteorology, oceanography, or have
submitted the master thesis for assessment by the application
deadline. It is prerequisite, however, that the examination results
are announced within 4 weeks of the closing date for submitting the
master thesis.
Applications are invited from candidates with an interest in
paleoclimate, climate dynamics, and climate modelling.
As the position is funded through an EU RTN, candidates must be
nationals of a Community Member State or an Associated State, or have
resided in the Community for at least 4 years (in total) out of the
last five years immediately prior to their appointment. They must not
be nationals of the state in which the participant's research team
appointing them is located and must not have carried out their normal
activities in that state for more than 12 months in the 3 years
immediately prior to their appointment.
The successful candidate must take part in the University's approved
programme leading to a degree within a time limit of 3 years. Hence,
applicants must meet the formal admission requirements for admission
to the PhD programme.
Salaries start at level 41 (code 1017) upon employment, corresponding
to NOK 310 700 per year, and follow ordinary meriting regulations
(wage levels 41/46). From the gross wage a 2% law-enforced membership
fee in the State Pension Fund (Statens Pensjonskasse) is
deducted.
For more information about BCCR and UiB, please refer to http://www.bjerknes.uib.no/. Further
information about the position can be obtained from Dr. Kerim Hestnes
Nisancioglu, phone: +47 55 58 98 66, e-mail: kerim@bjerknes.uib.no.
Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. If several
applicants are equally qualified for the scholarship, the rules in the
Personnel Regulations for gender quotas for scientific positions will
be applied.
State employment shall reflect the multiplicity of the population at
large to the highest possible degree. We have therefore adopted a
personnel policy objective to ensure that we achieve a balanced age
and sex composition and the recruitment of persons of various ethnic
backgrounds. Persons of different ethnic backgrounds are therefore
encouraged to apply for the position.
The University of Bergen applies the principles of public access to
information in connection with appointments to academic positions.
The successful applicant must comply with the guidelines that apply to
the position at any time. Applications, which shall include a full and
complete overview of all education and previous experience (CV), with
copies of diplomas and references, scientific works and a list of
these (all documents in 3 copies/sorted in 3 identical bundles),
should be sent to:
Connie E. Engstad
The Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
University of Bergen
Allégaten 55
NO-5007 Bergen, Norway.
The application should be marked: 07/784.
Position filled (Johannes Rempfer)
Doctoral Student in Ocean/Climate Modelling in the Division of Climate and Environmental Physics, Physics Institute, University of Bern, Switzerland (3 years)
In the framework of EU Research and Training Network NICE "Network
for Ice sheet and Climate Evolution" the candidate will investigate
the signature of novel paleoceanographic tracers such as Pa/Th and Nd,
as well as stable isotopes of calcite during large climate transitions
such as inception of an ice age, deglaciation and sequences of abrupt
changes of the ocean circulation. The work will be performed using an
efficient Earth System Model of Intermediate Complexity, the newly
developed Bern3D model. Development of the model code reagrding the
tracer fields is required. This project is in close cooperation with
11 European modelling groups and involves several research exchange
visits during the course of the thesis.
Tasks
Requirements:
Eligibility:
According to the regulations of the EU, the
following persons with EU or Swiss citizenship are eligible for
application:
Project place and start:
Climate and Environmental Physics, Physics Institute, University of
Bern, Switzerland.
As soon as possible
Application:
The application documents contain your Curriculum Vitae, copies of
your Diploma/Master Thesis, Diploma/Master marks/certificate, as well
as statement of interest (1 page). Please provide the names of three
referees (including their addresses and emails).
Please send your detailed application to:
Prof. Thomas Stocker
Physics Institute
University of Bern
Sidlerstrasse 5
3012 Bern
Email: stocker@climate.unibe.ch