Jobs:Job-00823
Start reviewing process: 19 October 2022
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Posting:
Position: Postdoc/PhD Opportunity
Start reviewing process: 19 October 2022
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University of Minnesota-Twin Cities: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
I am seeking a postdoctoral researcher or PhD student for a DOE-funded, collaborative project examining the interactions of hydrologic flux and coupled iron-sulfur-carbon cycling in riparian wetlands. The importance of sulfur has often been overlooked in land-based biogeochemical cycling; we are finding that in dynamic hyporheic zone settings (where surface water and groundwater mix), sulfur can undergo "cryptic" cycling that drives carbon and iron – important elements for global cycles as well as for local contaminant fate and transport.
I am looking for a post-doc or PhD student to work on computer modeling aspects of the project - specifically implementing and further developing a reactive transport model (specifically PFLOTRAN, a computer code that simulates both transport with flow and geochemical reactions). The model will incorporate hydrological, geochemical, and microbial data recently collected at a field site in South Carolina (DOE’s Wetland Hydrobiogeochemistry Scientific Focus Area at the Savannah River Site). I am seeking candidates with computer programming skills (e.g., Matlab, Python, R, or similar), and ideally previous experience with reactive transport modeling (or hydrological or geochemical modeling).
The post-doc or PhD student would work as part of a collaborative team covering the areas of geochemistry, geomicrobiology, and hydrology/hydrogeology, including others at University of Minnesota and DOE scientists.
I am seeking to fill this position as soon as possible, with possible start dates as early as immediately and as late as September 2023 (postdocs may start immediately, PhD students may start Spring 2023, Summer 2023, or Fall 2023). Graduate applications to our department for Fall 2023 are due December 15 (https://cse.umn.edu/esci/graduate-program-admissions) (note that we do not require the GRE).
If you are interested in this opportunity, please contact me: Crystal Ng, gcng@umn.edu with a CV and/or brief summary of your relevant background for this position.
Thank you,
Crystal Ng
G.-H. Crystal Ng
(pronouns: she/her)
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
116 Church St SE
150 John T. Tate Hall
Minneapolis, MN 55455
