PhD student in meteorology

Are you interested in working with planetary atmospheres and how turbulence and waves determine their structure, with the support of competent and friendly colleagues in an international environment? Are you looking for an employer that invests in sustainable employeeship and offers safe, favourable working conditions? We welcome you to apply for a graduate student position at Uppsala University.

The Department of Earth Sciences is one of Europe’s most comprehensive earth science departments, with approximately 300 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. For more information: Department of Earth Sciences

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 Luval.

Duties

The project focuses on the investigation of zonal jets in planetary atmospheres, their origin and how they are expected to evolve in a changing climate. Spectral 2D and 3D numerical solvers based on spherical harmonics will be used for the project to perform simulations aimed to identify a model able to explain the presence of zonal jets. You will be based at the Dept. of Earth Sciences in Uppsala, but will be expected to travel both nationally and internationally. The position is full-time for four years and may be extended due departmental duties up to 20%.

Requirements

To meet the entry requirements for doctoral studies, you must

• hold a Master’s (second-cycle) degree in physics, mathematics, engineering, or
• have completed at least 240 credits in higher education, with at least 60 credits at Master’s level including an independent project worth at least 15 credits, or
• have acquired substantially equivalent knowledge in some other way.

Good oral and written proficiency in English is required. The candidate is expected to have good numerical programming skills and knowledge of fluid dynamics. We are looking for a graduate student who can work independently and take initiative. You should enjoy developing and testing new ideas. You need to have good cooperation skills as the work involves collaborations with different international research networks.

Additional qualifications

Experience in programming languages (Python, C, Fortran, etc.) and with numerical codes for fluid dynamics is a merit. Knowledge of geophysical fluid dynamics and planetary atmospheres is considered as a merit.

Rules governing PhD students are set out in the Higher Education Ordinance chapter 5, §§ 1-7 and in Uppsala University's rules and guidelines.

About the employment

The employment is a temporary position according to the Higher Education Ordinance chapter 5 § 7. Scope of employment 100 %. Starting date 1 March 2026 or as agreed. Placement: Uppsala.

For further information about the position, please contact: Dr. Antonio Segalini, tel: +46733593370, email: antonio.segalini@geo.uu.se.

In this recruitment we have replaced the cover letter with questions that you are asked to answer when making your application. The answers will be used as a part of the selection process.

Please submit your application by 19 December 2025, UFV-PA 2025/3624.

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