Jobs:Job-01406

PhD position in Global Quaternary Sediment Dynamics

University of Lausanne, , Switzerland
Apply before: 15 November 2023

Posting:

Position:

PhD position

Apply before:

15 November 2023

Apply online:

https://tinyurl.com/2s4k5czs

A fully-funded PhD position is available in the Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics (IDyST) at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, focussing on understanding Quaternary sedimentary dynamics at the global scale.

Wind-blown deposits accumulate under specific climatic conditions and provide valuable archives of palaeoenvironmental change. Over the past few decades, an enormous amount of data has been generated constraining these records (timing of deposition, environmental properties). In this project, we seek to compile these data into a database and to apply innovative data mining techniques to explore patterns of global palaeoenvironmental change.

The ideal candidate will have experience of quantitative geoscience and/or data science, with programming skills in R/MATLAB or similar and GIS/Spatial data analysis skills. An interest in palaeoenvironmental change is essential.

The successful candidate will join the ICE group which specialises in pairing empirical data with numerical modelling for understanding landscape evolution in a range of different environmental settings: https://wp.unil.ch/ice/.

Prospective candidates must hold an MSc degree at the time of appointment and applications must be made through the UNIL jobs portal: https://tinyurl.com/2s4k5czs

For further information about the position, please contact Georgina King (georgina.king@unil.ch) and Christoph Schmidt (christoph.schmidt@unil.ch).

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Of interest for:

Terrestrial Working Group