Dear friends and colleagues,
We have multiple postdoctoral openings in my group at ETH Zurich. ETH is an outstanding place to work and Zurich is a great place to live, so I would appreciate your help in forwarding this announcement to any potentially interested candidates.
Any potential applicants who are now attending AGU are welcome to get in touch directly, as it may be possible to arrange an in-person meeting on short notice.
Best,
- James Kirchner
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Postdoctoral research openings in hydrology / ecohydrology / geomorphology at ETH Zurich
The professorship of the Physics of Environmental Systems (Prof. James Kirchner) in the Department of Environmental Systems Science at ETH Zurich (twitter @KirchnerLabETH) has several openings for postdoctoral researchers. These positions are available immediately, must be filled by summer 2022, and are funded through summer 2024.
We seek individuals with strong technical skills, a solid background in the natural sciences or engineering, and research interests in catchment hydrology, ecohydrology, stable isotope tracers, or surface processes / geomorphology.
We particularly seek individuals who can contribute to the group's ongoing research using high-frequency "lab in the field" chemical and isotopic measurements in precipitation and streamflow to track streamflow water ages and explore hydrochemical dynamics, e.g.:
von Freyberg et al.,
2017, A lab
in the field: high-frequency analysis of water quality and stable
isotopes in
streamwater and precipitation, Hydrology and Earth System
Sciences, 21,
1721-1739, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-1721-2017;
von Freyberg et al. 2018, Studying catchment storm response using
event and
pre-event water volumes as fractions of precipitation rather than
discharge,
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 22, 5847-5865, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-5847-2018;
Kirchner, 2019, Quantifying new water fractions and transit time
distributions
using ensemble hydrograph separation: theory and benchmark tests,
Hydrology and
Earth System Sciences, 23, 303-349, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-303-2019;
Knapp et al. 2019, New water fractions and transit time
distributions at
Plynlimon, Wales, estimated from stable water isotopes in
precipitation and
streamflow, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 23, 4367–4388, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-4367-2019;
Knapp et al., 2020, Concentration-discharge relationships vary
among
hydrological events, reflecting differences in event
characteristics, Hydrology
and Earth System Sciences, 24, 2561-2576, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-2561-2020.
Other topics of interest include:
Inferring ecosystem processes from the dynamics of isotopes, streamflow and groundwater, e.g.:
Kirchner and Allen,
2020, Seasonal
partitioning of precipitation between streamflow and
evapotranspiration,
inferred from end-member splitting analysis, Hydrology and Earth
System
Sciences, 24, 17-39, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-17-2020;
Kirchner et al., 2020, The pulse of a montane ecosystem: coupled
daily cycles
in solar flux, snowmelt, transpiration, groundwater, and
streamflow at Sagehen
Creek and Independence Creek, Sierra Nevada, USA, Hydrology and
Earth System
Sciences, 24, 5095-5123, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-5095-2020.
Allen et al., 2019, Seasonal origins of soil water used by trees,
Hydrology and
Earth System Sciences, 23, 1199-1210, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-1199-2019.
and studying the causes and consequences of stream network dynamics, e.g.:
Prancevic and
Kirchner, 2019, Topographic
controls on the extension and retraction of flowing streams,
Geophysical
Research Letters, 46, 2084-2092, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL081799;
van Meerveld, Kirchner, et al., Expansion and contraction of the
flowing stream
network changes hillslope flowpath lengths and the shape of the
travel time
distribution, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 23, 4825-4834,
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-4825-2019.
Beyond the three focus areas outlined above, other research topics may also be considered based on their fit with the group's ongoing work.
Postdocs normally pursue their own research, contribute to Master's-level teaching in hydrology and environmental fluid mechanics, supervise students working on their theses, and represent the group at international conferences. The scientific working language of the group is English.
As Europe's leading technical university, ETH Zurich has excellent infrastructure and research support. Collaborative links with other Swiss universities and two federal research institutes, WSL and Eawag, provide additional depth and breadth in environmental science, and the Swiss landscape is an unparalleled natural laboratory.
Applicants should supply a single PDF
containing:
- a statement of
their research interests, experience and technical background
- a CV and
complete publications list
- and contact
information for three references.
The positions are available now and will remain open until filled; applications received by 31 December are assured of full consideration. As part of the ETH's efforts to promote women in science, qualified female candidates are particularly encouraged to apply.
Applications should be sent to appl...@env.ethz.ch
-- Prof. Dr. James Kirchner Professor of the Physics of Environmental Systems, ETH Zürich ETH Zentrum, CHN F50.3, CH-8092 Zürich Phone +41 44 632 8018 kirc...@ethz.ch http://www.pes.ethz.ch/ Assistant: Sarah Hertli ETH Zentrum, CHN G75.3 Phone +41 44 633 6043 sarah....@env.ethz.ch Senior Scientist and former Director Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL Zürcherstrasse 111, CH-8903 Birmensdorf Phone +41 44 739 26 55 james.k...@wsl.ch Prof. Emeritus, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Science Senior Advisor, Central Sierra Field Research Stations University of California, Berkeley kirc...@berkeley.edu