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Lund University was founded in 1666 and is repeatedly ranked among the world’s top universities. The University has around 47 000 students and more than 8 800 staff based in Lund, Helsingborg and Malmö. We are united in our efforts to understand, explain and improve our world and the human condition.
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Subject description
Research associated with an ERC-project: PALEOCORE: Core dynamics on millennial timescales. Within the project we will develop new and more efficient methods to reconstruct changes in Earth’s magnetic field and the fluid flow at the top of the core based on palaeomagnetic data, e.g. from sediments, with dating uncertainties.
Work duties include
To further develop a Bayesian geomagnetic field model based on palaeomagnetic data with chronological uncertainties (Nilsson and Suttie, 2021) in order to more efficiently handle larger datasets. Develop new ways to efficiently treat correlated age uncertainties associated with stratigraphic data from sediment cores in the model. Develop a new method to handle relative palaeointensity data from sediment records and associated lock-in processes in the model. 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:
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
Permanent employment, starting February 15, 2024. Proibationary period of 6 months might be applicable.
Contact person: Andreas Nilsson, Senior lecturer, andreas.nilsson@geol.lu.se
Instructions on how to apply
Applications shall be written in English and be compiled into a PDF-file containing:
Welcome to apply.
Type of employment | Permanent position – (starting with a temporary contract) |
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Contract type | Full time |
First day of employment | 2024-02-15 |
Salary | Monthly salary |
Number of positions | 1 |
Full-time equivalent | 100 |
City | Lund |
County | Skåne län |
Country | Sweden |
Reference number | PA2024/131 |
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Published | 22.Jan.2024 |
Last application date | 05.Feb.2024 |