PhD position at the Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences

SCIENCE-JOBS- DE Stellenausschreibun g (vacancies)
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Ph. D. position at the Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences
(IFM-GEOMAR) in Kiel, Germany.

A three years Ph. D. position is available in the DFG-project
"Interactions of the tropical Indian Ocean and the tropical Atlantic
Ocean with ENSO" (keyword: TROIA)

The IFM-GEOMAR is one of the world wide leading institutes for marine
and climate science. The institute has one of its main research foci on
the role of the ocean in the climate system and on natural, past,
present and future climate change. The IFM-GEOMAR has an
interdisciplinary research environment with more then 200 researchers
from all over the world. The project is part of the research group of
Prof. Mojib Latif and Prof. Dietmar Dommenget, which has a lively,
active and international atmosphere.

We are looking for a person, which is highly motivated and has a very
good master, Diploma or equivalent degree in physics, mathematics,
oceanography, meteorology or equivalent. The projects focuses on the
interaction between the tropical Indian and Atlantic Ocean with the El
Niño / Southern Oscillation (ENSO) mode. The ENSO mode is the most
dominant mode of natural climate variability on interannual time
scales. The project shall make a contribution to a better understanding
and prediction of the ENSO mode. The study shall focus on model
simulations with complex atmosphere-ocean general circulation models
running on supercomputers, analysis of observed and simulated data and
the development of simple conceptual models.

Candidates should be interested in working with model simulations,
statistical analysis and should be interested in the development of
simple theoretical models. Requirements for the candidate are a very
good physical/mathematic al understanding, interest in programming and
a high motivation for an independent and creative study.

The Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences is an equal opportunity
employer and encourages female scientists and scientists with
disabilities to apply.
Applications of handicapped persons will be favoured when all other
qualifications are equal.
Applications should be sent no later than 1. April 2007 under the
keyword "TROIA" to
Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschafte n
Personalbüro
Wischhofstraß e 1-3
D-24148 Kiel
Germany
Email: bmoll@ifm-geomar. de or ddommenget@ifm- geomar.de

For further information please contact Prof. Dr. Dietmar Dommenget
(ddommenget@ifm- geomar.de) or look at the website http://www.ifm-
geomar.de/ index.php? id=ddommenget .

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Von:

Dietmar Dommenget
ddommenget@ifm- geomar.de
Leibniz Institut für Meereswissenschafte n
Kiel, Germany

Ansprechpartner: Dietmar Dommenget, ddommenget@ifm- geomar.de