Paleonet: PhD Position: Graduate School of Natural Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark

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Past changes in ocean circulation and climate off Greenland

Applications are invited for a PhD fellowship/scholarship at Graduate 
School of Natural Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark, within the 
Geoscience programme. The position is available from May 2023 or later.

Title:
Past changes in ocean circulation and climate off Greenland

Research area and project description:
The Ph.D. project will focus on investigating past changes in climate 
and ocean circulation off Greenland. This will be done through the 
multi-proxy study of marine sediment cores from Greenland shelves and 
fjords to establish longer time series of recent centuries and millennia 
and compare these to modern ocean and atmospheric conditions.

Within this framework, the specific approach of the Ph.D. project will 
be decided in collaboration with the successful candidate, but potential 
studies may include a combination of micropaleontology (foraminifera, 
diatoms), sedimentology and/or geochemistry (organic biomarkers, XRF 
core scanning data, stable isotopes, CaCO3, TOC).

The position is part of the GreenShelf project funded by the Independent 
Research Fund Denmark (DFF) and the work will be carried out in an 
international research environment.

For technical reasons, you must upload a project description. When - as 
here - you apply for a specific project, please simply copy the project 
description above, and upload it as a PDF in the application. If you 
wish to, you can indicate an URL where further information can be found.

Qualifications and specific competences:
The PhD candidate should have a Master’s (for the 3-year PhD programme) 
or 4-years studies (for the 4-year PhD programme) in Geoscience. A 
degree in Biology, Chemistry or Physics may also be considered; but in 
this case, the student will be required to partake in courses in 
Quaternary/Marine Geology during the course of the PhD studies. 
Experience with sediment core analyses, micropalaeontology, organic 
geochemistry, and sea-going experience are considered advantageous, but 
not required. Applicants are encouraged to document any experience with 
programming and/or statistical treatment of (paleo-)environmental data.

Applicants are encouraged to enclose a letter of interest stating their 
own specific research interests and how their background and experience 
would fit into this project on Arctic paleoclimate and 
palaeoceanographic reconstruction.

Application deadline: February 1, 2023

Place of employment and place of work:
The place of employment is Aarhus University, and the place of work is 
the Department of Geoscience, Aarhus University, Høegh-Guldbergs Gade 2, 
DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark. For further information on the research group 
in Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology see: geo.au.dk/paleo

Contacts:
Applicants seeking further information for this project are invited to 
contact:
Professor Marit-Solveig Seidenkrantz, Department of Geoscience, Aarhus 
University, Høegh-Guldbergs Gade 2, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark; mobile 
phone +45 2778 2897; Email: mss at geo.au.dk (main supervisor)

Dr. Christof Pearce, Department of Geoscience, Aarhus University, 
Høegh-Guldbergs Gade 2, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark; mobile phone +45 9350 
8915; Email: christof.pearce at geo.au.dk (co-supervisor).

How to apply:

For information about application requirements and mandatory 
attachments, please see the Application guide. Please read the 
Application guide thoroughly before applying.

When ready to apply, go to 
https://phd.nat.au.dk/for-applicants/apply-here/ (Note, the online 
application system opens 1 December 2022)

Choose February 2023 Call with deadline 1 February 2023 at 23:59 CET. 
You will be directed to the call and must choose the programme 
“Geoscience”. In the boxed named “Study”: In the dropdown menu, please 
choose: “Past changes in ocean circulation and climate off Greenland 
(Pcocco)”

For further details see: 
https://phd.nat.au.dk/for-applicants/open-calls/february-2023/past-changes-in-ocean-circulation-and-climate-off-greenland

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