PhD Position Vacancy

The University of Hamburg jointly with the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology and the Institute for Coastal Research at the GKSS Research Centre is establishing a trans-disciplinary research focus on “Integrated Climate System Analysis and Prediction”. The goal is to analyze ongoing and past changes of the state of the climate system, in response to natural and human-driven perturbations, to determine predictable elements of the climate system over a broad range of space and time scales, and to determine uncertainties intrinsic to predictions of important climate system and environmental indices (see www.clisap.de).

Within the Cluster of Excellence, KlimaCampus Hamburg, the University of Hamburg jointly with the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology invite applicants for the following project

within the framework of the German BMBF 'Verbundprojekt' Surface Ocean Processes in the Anthropocene (SOPRAN). For this project, the university has one 50% FTE (19.5 hours/week) position open for

- salary group 13 TV-L - with a starting date February 2010, subject to final awarding.

The short term contract is limited for 3 years (see also §2 of the Academic Fixed-Term contract Law - Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz)

The university intends to increase the number of women amongst its academic personnel and expressly encourages qualified women to apply. In compliance with the Hamburg Equal Opportunity Law, preference will be given to qualified female applicants.

In this project a 3-dimensional coupled biogeochemical ocean circulation model will be used to investigate the distribution patterns of two organic halogens (bromoform and methyl iodide) in the surface waters of the eastern tropical North Atlantic Ocean. Both halogens are produced in the ocean and indirectly involved in the destruction of ozone in the atmosphere. This study requires a close cooperation with researchers from both institutions (University of Hamburg and MPI) as well as project partners from other institutes.

Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will set up a global 3D OCGM (MPIOM) configuration, extend the current biogeochemical module (HAMOCC), perform numerical experiments and analyze the model results. Participation in CliSAP’s “School of Integrated Climate System Science (SICSS)” is possible.

Requirements:

Academic degree in any subdiscipline of Earth system sciences (e.g. Oceanography, atmospheric sciences, biogeochemistry) qualifying the holder to carry out the above-mentioned responsibilities.

Good knowledge in programming (e.g., FORTRAN) and LINUX/UNIX are a prerequisite for this position. The willingness to cooperate with colleagues from other disciplines is essential for this position.

Preference will be given to disabled applicants with equal qualifications.

Application dossiers including:

application letter, cv, certificate(s), list of computer and programming knowledge, and the reference number (1957-PhD-SPII) are to be submitted preferably by e-mail to:

Universität Hamburg
KlimaCampus - CliSAP office
Grindelberg 5, 20144 Hamburg
office.clisap@zmaw.de

The deadline for receipt of applications is 06 January 2010.

For more information please contact:

Inga Hense, KlimaCampus
Professor for Advancement of Coupled Climate Ocean Ecosystem Models
inga.hense@uni-hamburg.de
Tel.: ++49 (0)40 42838 6641.