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Postdoctoral Position Available
Oceanography
Norwegian Polar Institute
Tromsø, Norway

Application deadline: 2 May 2023

For more information, go to:
https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/240007/postdoctoral-rese…

The Norwegian Polar Institute invites applications for a postdoctoral research fellow in oceanography. This three-year position will be located in Tromsø, Norway.

The successful candidate will participate in the project’s examinations of:

  • Processes controlling the delivery of a) heat to the sea ice cover, and b) nutrients, carbon, and contaminants to organisms living in the photic zone in the Nansen and Amundsen Basins; and
  • Vertical and lateral transports of freshwater, nutrients, carbon/CO2, and contaminants in the Nansen and Amundsen Basins.

The main work tasks will include:

  • Process new and compile existing CTD and ADCP data from moored and shipboard instruments in the Nansen and Amundsen Basins of the Arctic Ocean;
  • Use CTD and turbulent microstructure (MSS) measurements to calculate ocean stratification, vertical mixing rates, and vertical transports of heat, nutrients, carbon/CO2, and contaminants, using information from water samples;
  • Compile and quality control biogeochemical measurements, such as nitrate and CO2;
  • Use CTD and ADCP measurements to investigate lateral transports of nutrients, carbon/CO2, and contaminants across a repeated (2021, 2022, 2024) ship section traversing the Nansen and Amundsen Basins;
  • Analysis of ADCP, CTD, and MSS profiles and calculation of derived parameters (e.g., vertical mixing rates) using MATLAB; and
  • Water mass analysis and characterization in terms of nutrient and carbon ratios and contaminant levels.

Applicants must have a completed PhD in physical or chemical oceanography, or a closely related discipline. A Norwegian doctoral degree or equivalent doctoral degree from a foreign university is required. Applicants are welcome to apply if they have not yet completed their doctoral dissertation, but must provide documentation that the dissertation has been submitted for evaluation before the application deadline for the position. An approved public defense of the doctoral thesis is a prerequisite for employment.

In addition to a PhD degree, the position requires competence and experience with programming in languages such as MATLAB or Python and a track record of publication in the field in high-quality, peer-reviewed journals.

Strong language skills in English are required. The working language is Norwegian, so knowledge of the Norwegian language will carry weight in the assessment. If the successful candidate does not speak Norwegian, they will be expected to attend language courses within the first two years of employment.

Application deadline: 2 May 2023

For more information, go to:
https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/240007/postdoctoral-rese…

For questions, contact:
Paul Dodd
Email: paul.dodd [at] npolar.no