MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental
Sciences
University of Bremen, Germany
PhD student position
in coral paleoclimatology
TV-L E13 (66%)
- under the condition of job release -
MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences at the University of
Bremen (Germany) has an opening for a PhD student position within the project
”Seasonality and interannual to centennial climate variability in the Caribbean
during the last interglacial - Combining coral records, stalagmite records and
climate models (CaribClim II)“, funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
within the framework of the DFG Priority Program ”Integrated Analysis of
Interglacial Climate Dynamics (INTERDYNAMIK)“ (SPP 1266).
The project aims at (1) quantifying the natural range of seasonality and
interannual to centennial climate variability in the Caribbean during the last
interglacial, (2) identifying the forcing mechanisms of variability on these
timescales, and (3) unravelling the role of modes of variability (e.g., ENSO, NAO,
AMO) and of changes in insolation and Atlantic overturning circulation.
The PhD candidate will use fossil corals from the southern Caribbean Sea
(Bonaire) to reconstruct seasonality and interannual climate variability for time
intervals of the last interglacial. The work will include diagenetic investigations,
microsampling, geochemical analyses (oxygen isotopes, Sr/Ca), statistical
interpretation of proxy records, and publication in peer-reviewed international
journals. Very good English language skills are required. PhD students are
requested to attend summerschools and to carry out part of their work at foreign
institutions. Highly motivated students with interest/background in
paleoceanography / paleoclimatology are encouraged to apply. An academic
qualification comparable to a German Diplom or MSc degree in a related discipline
is required.
Salary will be according to the German civil service remuneration system
TV-L E13 (66%). The appointment is initially for two years with possible extension
to three years.
Please submit your application (motivation letter, detailed CV, copies of
certificates, contact details of two referees) under the reference number A 188/11
preferably by e-mail as single pdf file to Dr. Thomas Felis (tfelis@marum.de).
Deadline for submitting applications is December 20, 2011.
As the University of Bremen intends to increase the
proportion of female employees in science, women are
particularly encouraged to apply. In case of equal
personal aptitudes and qualification priority will be given
to disabled persons. We welcome applications of people
with migrant background.
Dr. Thomas Felis (tfelis@marum.de)
MARUM
University of Bremen
P.O. Box 33 04 40
28334 Bremen
Germany
