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http://www.geo-x.net/geosim/about/research-areas.html
The Helmholtz graduate research school GeoSim (Explorative Simulation in
Earth-Sciences) is a collaborative effort of
researchers in departments of Earth and Mathematical Sciences at the
German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ
Potsdam), Potsdam University and FU Berlin. Currently, 23 PhD students from 9 countries and 3 continents are enrolled.
We invite applications for an additional 10 PhD fellowships in the field of simulation of Earth System
processes.
GeoSim researchers use numerical and physical simulation as an explorative
tool for advancing our qualitative and
quantitative understanding of Earth’s complex systems in the fields of
hydrological flow and transport processes,
solid earth dynamics and earthquakes, and atmosphere-hydrosphere dynamics
and climate. Methods include data
exploration and assimilation, analysis of scaling properties of
geo-processes,computer-aided modelling of
incompletely known systems. We aim to train a new generation of
young, interdisciplinary scientists with
skills in combining applied geosciences with the development of
physical concepts of Earth systems,
mathematical abstraction, and the use of high-performance
computing.
What we offer
Training will include advanced courses in the above subjects, summer
schools, and workshops complementing the research
work in the topic of the PhD thesis. Candidates will be co-supervised by
an earth scientist and a mathematician and
will benefit from a stimulating interdisciplinary research
environment. The three-year PhD fellowships amount 1500 euro/month (tax
free).
What we ask
We expect candidates to contribute to the development of their own research
topic and to participate in the school’s
curriculum. At the time of appointment, candidates should have a MSc degree (or
equivalent) in at least one of the
following fields as well as a strong affinity with a complementary discipline:
Earth Sciences (solid earth science,
hydrology, atmospheric science, meteorology, climatology), Mathematics,
Physics, Chemistry and Software
Engineering.
The website http://www.geo-x.net/geosim provides more information on
candidate requirements and the online application
procedure, on the groups and scientists involved in GeoSim, potential thesis
subjects and the PhD
curriculum.
Candidate evaluation will begin after the application deadline on October
20th, 2012;
the anticipated start of the PhD projects
is on April 1st, 2013. GFZ, Potsdam University and Freie Universität
Berlin are equal opportunity / affirmative
action employers.
