Postdoctoral position on Impacts of Compound Climate Extremes - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

Postdoctoral position on Impacts of Compound Climate Extremes in North America and Europe

The Department of Earth Sciences at Uppsala University is Sweden´s largest and most versatile department of its kind with approximately 280 employees. Our activities are interdisciplinary and combine natural science and technology with social science. We have research programs in air, water and landscape science; geophysics; natural resources and sustainable development; petrology, mineralogy and tectonics; paleobiology, and wind energy. By investigating the history of Earth, we understand how our planet has developed over time and how sustainable development benefits from this knowledge. Read more here: www.geo.uu.se

The Programme for Air, Water, and Landscape Science encompasses education and research in meteorology, hydrology, environmental analysis, and physical geography. More information on the programme’s science can be found at http://www.geo.uu.se/research/luval/.

Duties
G. Messori’s research group hosts four H2020/Horizon Europe research projects and several national projects, focusing on multiple aspects of mid and high latitude climate extremes. More information on ongoing research can be found at https://gmessori.eu/. The post-doc will work primarily on H2020/Horizon Europe projects and look at the impacts of weather extremes in North America and Europe. There is some freedom for the post-doc to independently select the analysis approaches to be used. The post-doc, if s/he so wishes, will also have the opportunity to engage in teaching/supervising duties.

Requirements
PhD degree in Climate Science, Physics, Information Technology, Mathematics, Meteorology, or related disciplines or a foreign degree equivalent to a PhD degree. The degree needs to be obtained by the time of the decision of employment. Those who have obtained a PhD degree three years prior to the application deadline are primarily considered for the employment. The starting point of the three-year frame period is the application deadline. Due to special circumstances, the degree may have been obtained earlier. The three-year period can be extended due to circumstances such as sick leave, parental leave, duties in labour unions, etc.

You need to have strong coding skills to analyse large amounts of data.

Additional qualifications
Documented experience in machine-learning approaches or quantitative work on impacts of climate extremes are a merit. The ranking of the candidates will also accord weight to evidence of independent thinking, quality of peer-reviewed publications and ability to interact effectively in a multi-disciplinary research environment. Experience in private sector employment in fields relevant to the position will also be positively evaluated.

The application should contain:

• A Curriculum Vitae.
• A short research statement (maximum 2 pages) describing how the candidate’s past experience is relevant to the topic of the project and describing some existing knowledge gaps within the project’s research scope.
• A list of publications in peer-reviewed international journals.
• Two references (names and full contact details, including telephone number).

About the employment
The employment is a temporary position of 2 years according to central collective agreement. Full time position. Starting date 01-01-2024 or as agreed. Placement: Uppsala

For further information about the position, please contact: Gabriele Messori, 018-471 2588, gabriele.messori@geo.uu.se

Please submit your application by 7 of November 2023, UFV-PA 2023/3632.

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