The Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) is a member of the Helmholtz Association (HGF) and funded by federal and state government. AWI focuses on polar and marine research in a variety of disciplines such as biology, oceanography, geology, geochemistry and geophysics thus allowing multidisciplinary approaches to scientific goals.

PostDoc "Geophysical glaciology of Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica" (m/f/d)

Background
Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica has nearly doubled its flux in the last thirty years. The rheology and topography of the bed affect how quickly ice retreats and thus contributes to global sea-level rise. As part of the US-UK-led International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration, AWI are collaborators in the ice- and modeling-based project GHOST to examine the bed and interior of Thwaites Glacier – whether it could rapidly collapse, raising sea level by more than 3 meters, or whether the retreat might slow or pause.

As part of a team of geophysicists and modelers working closely to determine the highest priority survey targets and data needs from the field, this project will provide continuous active seismic data to yield profiles of bed topography and characterization of bed properties at high spatial resolution. The data will be used to improve reconstructions of past dynamics and model projections of future behavior sea-level rise.

The position is part of our recruiting initiative AWI INSPIRES - INternational Science Program for Integrative Research in Earth Systems. AWI INSPIRES aims at strengthening our new research program “Changing Earth, Sustaining our Future”. Details about all open positions and the general application requirements can be found at www.awi.de/en/inspires.


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Further Information
For further information please contact Dr. Coen Hofstede (Coen.Hofstede@awi.de, +49(471)4831-1174) or Prof. Dr. Olaf Eisen (Olaf.Eisen@awi.de, +49(471)4831-1969).

This is a full-time position, limited to 3 years. It is also suitable for part-time employment. The salary will be paid in accordance with the German “Collective Agreement for the Public Service of the Federation” (Tarifvertrag des öffentlichen Dienstes, TVöD Bund), up to salary level 13. The place of employment will be Bremerhaven.

Postdocs can register with AWI’s postdoc office PROCEED, thereby gaining access to a set of tailor made career development tools.


This characterizes us


Equal opportunities are an integral part of our personnel policy and we encourage women to apply.


Disabled applicants will be given preference when equal qualifications are present. The AWI fosters the compatibility of work and family through various means. Because of our engagement in the area of work-life compatibility we have been awarded the certificate “Career and Family”.


We look forward to your application!
Please forward your application with letter of motivation explaining why you want to join one of our research areas, two letters of recommendation and a list of publications by February 16th, 2020 exclusively online.

Selected candidates will be invited to present their research ideas and motivation during the “Annual recruitment days”, planned from 16 to 24 March 2020 in Bremerhaven, Germany.

Reference number 20/25/G/INSPIRES-b

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