Stillingstittel:
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship related research on permafrost in steep slopes

Stillingsbeskrivelse:
The University of Oslo is Norway’s largest institution of research and education with 28 000 students and 7000 employees. Its broad range of academic disciplines and internationally esteemed research communities make UiO an important contributor to society.Postdoctoral Research Fellowship related research on permafrost in steep slopes

We seek a motivated person in a 2 years PostDoc position at the Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo.

The candidate will work within the CryoWALL (Permafrost in steep rock walls) project funded by the Research Council of Norway (RCN). The project is led by Prof. Bernd Etzelmuller.

The position starts as not later than 15 July, 2016 and is for two years.

Job description

The CryoWALL project seeks to study permafrost in steep rock walls in Norway, and assess the influence of thermal regime on rock wall stability. The project also seeks to establish a national overview over permafrost in steep rockwalls, using temperature monitoring, spatial analysis and numerical modelling. Further on, the project evaluates the Holocene evolution of sliding planes using CN dating and geomorphological mapping. Finally, the project will uncover the potential risk on infrastructure and settlements by potential rock slides form permafrost slopes.

The Post Doc. will have the main responsibility for the field campaign related to thermal monitoring, along with data analysis. Further on, the Post.Doc will work with thermal and stability modelling using existing tools. Finally, the Post.Doc will have coordination tasks for the project and the responsible for general outreach from the project.

CryoWall is a cooperation between the Norwegian Geological Survey, The Norwegian Meteorological institute, the Norwegian Road Authorities and the Technical University of Munich, Germany. The Post.doc will have a central part of this cooperation and will work close together with PhD students and MSc students attached to the project.

Requirements/qualifications:

The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences has a strategic ambition of being a leading research faculty. Candidates will be selected in accordance with this, and are expected to be in the upper segment of their class with respect to academic credentials. Applications are encouraged from dedicated candidates with excellent writing skills and the ability to work in a highly team-orientated environment.

The successful candidate should have a PhD degree or the equivalent awarded by a Geoscience faculty, with experience in spatial analysis. General field experience and the ability to do field work in steep mountain environments is a requirement. The successful candidate should further demonstrate:

• Technical expertise in a GIS system (such as ArcGIS or QGIS).
• Good communication skills and the willingness to manage tasks and project deliverables in an international research environment
• Evidence of creativity and capability of independent research

In addition, candidates with experience in one of the following topics will be given priority:

• Use of scripting languages, such as R, MATLAB and/or Python
• Use of advanced numerical modelling tools

A good command of English is required.

Section

The position is affiliated with the Section for Physical Geography and Hydrology, which has long-term experience in investigating the terrestrial cryosphere (permafrost, snow, glaciers) and is involved in various high-level research projects and centers. (See for instance http://www.mn.uio.no/geo/english/about/organisation/geohyd/ ,
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Arbeidsgiver Navn: Universitetet i Oslo, Department of Geos

Arbeidsgiver adresse: 0316 OSLO

Job kort beskrivelse: Geologists and geophysicists

Land: Norge

Region: Oslo

Kilde til jobbtilbud: NAV, Offentlige arbeidsformidlinger, Norge

Lønn valuta: NOK

Lønn periode: Pr. år