Researcher in Geomagnetism/Palaeomagnetism - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

Subject description
Research associated with a project grant from the Swedish Research Council with focus on identifying planetary waves in Earth’s core through studies of changes in Earth’s magnetic field over the past 10,000 years. Within the project we will develop new and more effective methods to reconstruct changes in Earth’s magnetic field based on palaeomagnetic data from sediment cores with dating uncertainties.

Work duties include

• To further improve a new Bayesian geomagnetic field modelling approach developed by our group, with an emphasis on more effective ways to treat correlated age uncertainties associated with palaeomagnetic data from sediemnt cores.
• To implement and test alternative MCMC methods to better deal with problems associated with complex posterior distributions in existing age-depth models based on stratigraphic data.

Qualification requirements
Applicants must have:

• A PhD in geophysics with a focus on palaeomagnetism.
• Extensive knowledge of Bayesian statistics.
• Extensive experience of palaeomagnetic analyses and assessment of uncertainties in palaeomagnetic data.
• Experience of modelling Earth’s magnetic field based on palaeomagnetic data.
• Good cooperation and communication skills.
• Very good oral and written proficiency in English.

Assessment criteria and other qualifications
Consideration will also be given to good collaborative skills, drive and independence, and how the applicant’s experience and skills complement and strengthen ongoing research within the department, and how they stand to contribute to its future development.

Terms of employment
Fixed-term employment, full time for one year and six months, starting April 1, 2022.
Contact person: Andreas Nilsson, Senior lecturer, andreas.nilsson@geol.lu.se

Instructions on how to applyApplications shall be written in English and be compiled into a PDF-file containing:

• résumé/CV, including a list of publications
• a general description of past research and future research interests (no more than one page)
• contact information of at least two references
• copy of the doctoral degree certificate, and other certificates/grades that you wish to be considered.