Jobs:Job-00358

Postdoctoral Fellow in physical coastal marine science

The University of Waikato, , New Zealand
Apply before: 20 April 2021

Posting:

Position:

Postdoctoral Fellow and a PhD student

Apply before:

20 April 2021

The University of Waikato is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow in physical coastal marine science, working with Dr Julia Mullarney from the Coastal Marine Group (Hamilton, New Zealand) and Associate Investigators Dr Rafael Tinoco (University of Illinois) and Dr William Nardin (University of Maryland). The project is entitled “Bridging the laboratory-field divide to accurately predict the evolution of coastlines” and is funded by the Royal Society of New Zealand’s Marsden Fund. We seek scientists interested in studying turbulence and sediment transport in vegetated coastal environments over a variety of scales, with the aim of linking predictions of sediment transport across the small to large scale in a numerical model.

The ideal candidate will be able to provide evidence of the following skills and attributes:
Essential:

Strong background in quantitative coastal physical sciences, with a high level of numerical ability.
PhD in physical oceanography, sediment transport, fluid dynamics, coastal engineering, or a related discipline.
Demonstrated experience in at least one (preferably two) of the following: (1) leading and conducting field work in an estuarine or similar environment, including understanding of calibration and deployment of suspended sediment, current and wave meters, and understanding of health and safety protocols, or (2) undertaking laboratory experiments of physical processes, (3) numerical modelling of hydrodynamics and/or sediment transport.
Ability to analyse timeseries data in Matlab (or Fortran, Python).
A team-player who has a demonstrated ability to communicate professional and effectively with other team members.
Demonstrated ability to complete projects to deadlines and produce outputs of a high standard.

Preferred:

Demonstrated publication record in physical oceanography, sediment transport, fluid dynamics, coastal engineering, marine sciences or a related discipline.
Thorough understanding of small-scale turbulence, flows in vegetated environments, and estuarine sediment transport.
Experience with Delft3D modelling suite (and ideally of working with source code).
Experience with image processing.

This is a 2.5 year, fixed-term position, with start date from 1 June 2021, (some flexibility anticipated).

The official advertisement, job description and online application portal can be found at https://www.waikato.ac.nz/vacancies/current-vacancies

Vacancy number: 410111

Applications will be received on-line and may be submitted up to end of business on the closing date. Applications close: 20 April 2021 (NZ time).

Regards,

Julia

Associate Professor Julia Mullarney
Coastal Marine Group, Earth Sciences Program,
University of Waikato, New Zealand

https://juliamullarney.com

Of interest for:

Coastal Working Group