Dear colleagues,
4 PhD positions are available in ice flow modelling and ice core science at the Centre for Ice and Climate, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. See descriptions of the projects and links below.
The successful candidates will be part of the Centre for Ice and Climate at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, a world-leading research group in ice-core related climate research. The research group is part of the Niels Bohr Institute's section Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth (PICE), which studies the elements of the Earth and its climate system as well as interactions between them, and it offers a stimulating and international environment with a strong network of national and international collaborators. Read more at www.iceandclimate.nbi.ku.dk .
The application deadline is March 31, 2021, with a starting date from August 1 or soon after. Please circulate this call to any potentially interested candidates, and contact .
PhD 1: Ice flow modelling and radar layers in the Greenland Ice Sheet.
We seek a Ph.D. student to use depth penetrating radio echo sounding data in connection with ice flow models to model the past, present and future ice flow and mass loss of the Greenland ice sheet. Supervisors: D. Dahl-Jensen (Univ. Copenhagen, DK) and C. S. Hvidberg (Univ. Copenhagen, DK). See the full announcement of PhD 1 and PhD 2 here: https://employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=153567
PhD 2: Modelling Greenland Ice Sheet mass loss.
The aim of the PhD project is to use state-of-the-art numerical ice flow models and climate forcing fields to simulate the evolution of ice mass loss from the Greenland ice sheet through the last 2000 years. Supervisor: C. S. Hvidberg (Univ. Copenhagen, DK). See the full announcement of PhD 1 and PhD 2 here: https://employment.ku.dk/all-vacancies/?show=153567
PhD 3: Laser Ablation for water isotopic analysis with particular focus in spectral estimation for diffusion studies.
Within this project, we will take advantage of modern technologies in high-power Femtosecond Laser-Pulse generation in combination with high precision Infra-Red Cavity Ring Down Spectroscopy in order to develop a novel system for the water isotope analysis of ice core samples. Supervisors: V. Gkinis (Univ. Copenhagen, DK), C. Barbante (Univ. Venice, IT). See the full announcement of PhD 3 here: https://employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=153528
PhD 4: Developing an instrument to make continuous observations of the crystal size on a 1m polished surface of an ice core.
The aim of this PhD project is to use the Large Area Scanning Microscope (LASM) to obtain information from deep ice cores on ice crystals and rheology and to study how rheology influences the deformation properties of ice, in order to align the ice core layers with radio echo sounding layering in the ice, to potentially obtain a 3D more holistic picture of disturbances in the layering. Supervisors: D. Dahl-Jensen (Univ. Copenhagen, DK), A. Lamott (Schäfter & Kirchhoff GmbH, D). See the full announcement of PhD 4 here: https://employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=153533
PhD 3 and 4 are part of the DEEPICE project (Research and training network on understanding Deep icE corE Proxies to Infer past antarctiC climatE dynamics), funded by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 programme (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions - Innovative Training Network). Read more here about the project and the eligibility criteria here: https://deepice.cnrs.fr/
Best wishes,
Christine Hvidberg
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Christine Schott Hvidberg
Associate Professor - Head of Studies for MSc Physics
Niels Bohr Institute
University of Copenhagen
Tagensvej 16, DK-2200 Copenhagen, Denmark.
Phone: +45-35 32 05 63
Email: ch@nbi.ku.dk
www.iceandclimate.nbi.ku.dk
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