Funded PhD position focused on Solid-Earth Seismology and Greenland Ice-Sheet Stability

[Samantha Hansen]

Funded PhD position focused on Solid-Earth Seismology and Greenland Ice-Sheet Stability

 

The Department of Geological Sciences at The University of Alabama (UA) seeks a motivated PhD student who is interested in seismology, solid-Earth structure, and ice-sheet stability. The student will be part of a multi-institutional, collaborative NSF-funded project aimed at developing new geophysical models of the tectonic structure beneath Greenland, which will be used to evaluate the critical thresholds for ice-sheet recovery under different climate conditions. Prospective students must have good communication skills as well as a strong quantitative background, preferably with prior seismic research and computer programming experience. Candidates must also be willing and able to participate in several seasons of fieldwork in central-eastern Greenland. The anticipated start date for the position is August 2026.

 

Students can apply at https://slate.ua.edu/apply. For more information, please contact Dr. Samantha Hansen (sha...@geo.ua.edu).

 

[Matthew Pritchard]

We are seeking Ph.D. students to work on the following projects to begin in the Fall of 2026 in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Cornell University.  Please contact the faculty listed below for more information.  Details on applying to Cornell are available at https://gradschool.cornell.edu/admissions

 Geomorphology/Cryosphere: Prof. Tingan Li (ting...@cornell.edu) and Prof. Seth Saltiel (sas...@cornell.edu) are looking for a PhD student to work on a project studying subglacial hydrology.  The project will design and conduct laboratory flume experiments to investigate the interactions between subglacial water flow, till deformation, and basal stresses, and further integrate experimental data with models and observations to improve understanding of subglacial processes.  

Glaciology: Prof. Riley Culberg (rtcu...@cornell.edu) is seeking a Ph.D. student to work on a project studying snow compaction processes on the Greenland Ice Sheet using airborne ice-penetrating radar. 

Volcanology and remote sensing: Prof. Matt Pritchard (prit...@cornell.edu) is looking for a Ph.D. student to work on an inter-disciplinary project to study an active volcano in southern Chile and projects that synthesize volcano remote sensing observations for the Earth and Venus.  The student will also have the opportunity to help validate Synthetic Aperture Radar observations from the new NISAR satellite.

Physical Oceanography: Prof. Una Miller (umi...@cornell.edu) is seeking a graduate student with a strong quantitative background, coding experience in Python or similar languages, and interests in air-sea interaction, polar/subpolar overturning circulation, sea-ice-ocean interactions, boundary-layer turbulence, and/or oceanographic instrumentation and fieldwork. Please email her with your CV and a brief statement of research experience and interests.

Geospace science: Prof. David Hysell (dl...@cornell.edu) is seeking multiple students to work on theory and observations of phenomena in the upper atmosphere and ionosphere related to space weather. Projects will involve the use of large international facilities as well as instruments made in our lab together with numerical simulations and forecast models.

Climate dynamics: Prof. Flavio Lehner (flavio...@cornell.edu) is seeking a student to work on topics of climate variability with a focus on how sea surface temperature variability and trends affect terrestrial hydroclimate, using coupled climate models, statistical analysis, and machine learning.