The Marine Geology Section at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Bremerhaven, offers a position for a Post-Doc Organic Geochemistry for paleoenvironmental studies in the Chilean Fjord region
Division: Geosciences
Scientist (salary group TV-L 13)
within the framework of the research project HOLOPARC “The Southern Westerlies during the Holocene: Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions from Chilean lake, fjord, and marine sediments combined with climate modelling”.
HOLOPARC is a joint project between the AWI Bremerhaven, the University of Bremen, and the GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam funded within the DFG Priority Programme “Interdynamik”. The project involves a multi-proxy approach based on sedimentological and novel organic proxies to reconstruct multidecadal-to-millennial-scale changes in temperature, vegetation, and humidity in southern Chile during the Holocene. These proxy results will be combined with transient climate model sensitivity experiments in order to elucidate a potential forcing mechanism (ongoing PhD project at the University of Bremen)
The Postdoctoral researcher will focus on in-depth analyses of the organic compounds in fjord and lake sediment cores applying a number of organic-geochemical proxies (e.g., TEX86, MBT/CBT, hydrogen isotope measurements of plant-wax lipids and on alkenones). Previous work on a biomarker core-top calibration in the study area showed very promising results for the application in sediment cores.
Requirements: The successful candidate should hold a PhD in geosciences with a focus on geochemistry. Laboratory experience in organic geochemistry and previous expertise in paleoclimatology and paleoceanography would be a strong advantage. We expect excellent English language skills and the ability to publish in international science journals.
Further information: Dr. Frank Lamy (
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The position is limited to 12 months with a possible extension. Starting date is January 1, 2010 (negotiable).
AWI aims at an increase of the number of women in the scientific staff and therefore encourages women to apply.
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AWI supports the combination of job and family. It offers nursery places at its Bremerhaven site.
Applications, including CV, degree certificates, a statement of research interests and names and addresses of two referees should be submitted under reference number 102/D-Geo should be sent by November 1, 2009 to: Alfred-Wegener-Institut for Polar- and Marine Research, Personnel Department, P.O. Box 12 01 61, 27515 Bremerhaven / Germany (http://www.awi.de)
