PhD position in fjord modelling, BCCS, University of Bergen, Norway

website link:
http://www.bccs.uib.no/positions

PhD position in fjord modelling at CMU, BCCS

A three-year PhD position is available at Unifob AS. The place of
employment will be at Bergen Center for Computational Science (BCCS)
within the Computational Mathematics Unit (CMU).

BCCS has approximately 50 employees counting 20 different
nationalities. The center operates the high performance computing
facilities of the University of Bergen, and has units within
high-performance computing (Parallab), bioinformatics (CBU), and
mathematics (CMU). The staff at CMU consists of professors, senior
scientists, scientists, post doctoral fellows, and PhD students. CMU
carries out research funded by industry, research councils and the
European Commission and currently focuses on problems within
hydrodynamics and geophysics.

The PhD candidate will work on a project which is financed by the
Research Council of Norway and is a collaboration between BCCS, the
Department of Mathematics at the University of Bergen, Institute of
Marine Research and Norwegian Institute for Water Research.

BCCS' part of the project aims to use 3d non-hydrostatic terrain
following ocean general circulation models to investigate propagation
of pathogens and food and faeces in Norwegian fjords connected to the
fish farm industry. Special interests will be connected to identifying
possible accumulation sites of pathogens and spreading of waste from
the industry. The PhD candidate will perform process studies of fjords
and assist in the development of model tools.

The applicant must have a master's degree in mathematics, geophysics,
civil engineering or equivalent. The applicant must have a good
background in mathematical/numerical modelling preferably in
geophysical hydrodynamics. Applicants must have good skills in English.

The PhD student will enter an approved programme leading to the degree
of PhD within a time frame of three years. It is a prerequisite,
however, that the formal admission requirements for the PhD programme
are met before appointment can be made.

Salary in accordance with the Civil Service pay grade table scale for
PhD students; currently NOK 353 200 gross per year; following ordinary
meriting regulations. Unifob AS offers Group Pension Insurance and
Personnel Insurance Scheme for their employees. The successful
applicant must comply with the guidelines that apply to the position
at any time.

Applications containing

- a letter of motivation with statement of research interests,

- curriculum vitae,

- copies of relevant university-level diplomas with grade transcripts,

- names and contact information of 2-4 references

should be sent by e-mail to HR consultant Monika Voit
(Monika.Voit@bccs.uib.no) with copy to project leader Øyvind Thiem
(Oyvind.Thiem@bccs.uib.no).

Applications which do not include all required documents will not be
considered. It is assumed that we have the applicant's permission to
contact the references named in the application.

Evaluation of applicants will commence February 23rd 2009 and continue
until the position is filled.

For more information about CMU and BCCS, please refer to
http://www.bccs.uib.no/ or contact Senior Scientist Øyvind Thiem
(Oyvind.Thiem@bccs.uib.no, phone: +47 55 58 40 76), or professor Jarle
Berntsen (Jarle.Berntsen@math.uib.no phone: +47 55 58 48 54).