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Fabio Natalini
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Date: 2015-01-16 13:50 GMT+01:00
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From: ghelle <ghe...@gfz-potsdam.de>
Date: 2015-01-16 13:50 GMT+01:00
Subject: [ITRDBFOR] PhD position
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Dear all,
We are looking for a motivated PhD student for a tree ring stable isotope study within a Swiss-German project on „Improving Late Glacial European tree-ring chronologies for accurate climate archive dating – Consolidation and extension of the Swiss-German pine chronology back to 14 000 BP“. The international team of senior scientists and 3 new PhD students is joining forces to combine new dendrochronological ring width and density measurements with newly generated high-resolution radiocarbon (14C) dates and stable isotope ratios (δ13C and δ18O). We are aiming at extending the worldwide longest, absolutely dated and continuous tree-ring record by almost two millennia until around 14,000 BP. The multi-parameter approach shall support and strengthen the chronology development process, typically based on ring width measurements alone, and particularly improve our palaeoenvironmental understanding of the Late Glacial period with a special focus on the onset of the Younger Dryas.
For Section 5.2 “Climate Dynamics and Landscape Evolution” of the GFZ German Research Centre for GeoSciences in Potsdam, Germany we invite applications for a Doctorate Position (m/f). Job Vacancy No. 06/52/13 D
Your tasks:
· development of annually resolved composite δ13C and δ18O isotope chronologies from Central European pine trees between 14,300 and 12,200 BP
· tree-ring dissection and cellulose extraction using UV laser microdissection and other novel methods (e.g. Schollän et al. 2014)
· climate reconstructions from tree-ring δ13C and δ18O for different climatic events/oscillations as identified by δ18O of ice and varved lake sediment records
· assessment of the impact of the Laacher See volcanic eruption (LSE, 12,880 BP) by combining inter- and intra-annual stable isotope signals of tree rings
· high resolution intra-annual isotope studies to test seasonality changes, e.g. for detecting changes in δ18O and amount of spring melt water deriving from winter snow
· multi-proxy climate analyses in joint cooperation with 2 other PhD students and scientists of the Swiss-German project consortium
Your qualifications:
· MSc in Chemistry, GeoSciences or Physics
· a strong interest in tree ring stable isotope as clim ate proxies, experiences are an asset
· experiences with dendrochronological/-climatological methods and statistical analyses
· very good English skills
· main place of work is Potsdam, Germany, but willingness to temporarily work at the partner institutions in Switzerland (ETH, Zürich; WSL, Birmensdorf) is a precondition
Starting date: 01 March 2015 (earliest)
Fixed term: 2+1 years
Working hours: part-time 65% (currently 25,35 h/week)
Salary: EG 13 TVöD-Bund (Ost)
· development of annually resolved composite δ13C and δ18O isotope chronologies from Central European pine trees between 14,300 and 12,200 BP
· tree-ring dissection and cellulose extraction using UV laser microdissection and other novel methods (e.g. Schollän et al. 2014)
· climate reconstructions from tree-ring δ13C and δ18O for different climatic events/oscillations as identified by δ18O of ice and varved lake sediment records
· assessment of the impact of the Laacher See volcanic eruption (LSE, 12,880 BP) by combining inter- and intra-annual stable isotope signals of tree rings
· high resolution intra-annual isotope studies to test seasonality changes, e.g. for detecting changes in δ18O and amount of spring melt water deriving from winter snow
· multi-proxy climate analyses in joint cooperation with 2 other PhD students and scientists of the Swiss-German project consortium
Your qualifications:
· MSc in Chemistry, GeoSciences or Physics
· a strong interest in tree ring stable isotope as clim ate proxies, experiences are an asset
· experiences with dendrochronological/-climatological methods and statistical analyses
· very good English skills
· main place of work is Potsdam, Germany, but willingness to temporarily work at the partner institutions in Switzerland (ETH, Zürich; WSL, Birmensdorf) is a precondition
Starting date: 01 March 2015 (earliest)
Fixed term: 2+1 years
Working hours: part-time 65% (currently 25,35 h/week)
Salary: EG 13 TVöD-Bund (Ost)
Please submit your application by 09 February 2015 quoting the reference no. 06/52/15 D via email to applic...@gfz-potsdam.de.
Please combine your application documents into a single PDF file with a size of up to 3 megabytes.
Equal opportunity is an inherent part of our personnel policy. Therefore we are particularly welcoming applications from qualified women.
Equal opportunity is an inherent part of our personnel policy. Therefore we are particularly welcoming applications from qualified women.
Severely disabled persons will be given preferential treatment in the case of equal qualification.
We will retain your application documents for at least three months, even if the application is not successful. They will not be returned.
We will retain your application documents for at least three months, even if the application is not successful. They will not be returned.
See also: http://www.gfz-potsdam.de/en/career/job-offers/job/065215-d-doctorate-position-mf/
Best wishes,
Gerd
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