1) Postdoctoral Fellow Computational or Experimental Geomechanics – The University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG)
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1) Postdoctoral Fellow Computational or Experimental Geomechanics – The University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG)
The University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG) invites applications for a Postdoctoral position in computational or experimental Geomechanics. Successful applicants will have expertise in: laboratory experimental design and experimentation with a focus on deformation and fluid flow in Earth materials; computational approaches applied to problems of coupled deformation and fluid flow; or analysis and modeling of geodetic or seismological data. This individual will be expected to contribute to, and help lead, research within a vibrant and diverse group of undergraduate and graduate students, postdocs, and laboratory staff working on problems in geofluids, geomechanics, and tectonics.
The appointment is for up to three years, contingent on performance, with a start date as early as Sept. 1, 2020. Applicants should submit a curriculum vita, a brief (1-2 page) statement of interest, and the names of three references. Materials will be reviewed beginning July 1, 2020 and will be accepted until the position is filled. Applications may be submitted electronically as an email attachment to demian@ig.utexas.edu or rgamble@ig.utexas.edu.
Link: https://ig.utexas.edu/about/job-listings/#geomechanics
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2) Research Engineering Scientist Associate – The University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG)
The GeoFluids and Geomechanics Group with the Institute for Geophysics at the University of Texas at Austin (UTIG) is hiring a research engineering scientist associate (RESA-III). The engineer will support fluid flow and deformation experiments.
The candidate will be responsible for operating, maintaining, and overseeing a wide variety of experimental equipment including high pressure pumps, loading vessels, and deformation, acoustic, and pressure sensors. The individual will need to be mechanically inclined, to have a strong hands-on capability, to be willing to learn new techniques, and to work effectively in teams. The candidate will assist delivery, transport, storage, and manipulation of pressurized and non-pressurized samples. The individual will develop and maintain health and safety standards, including the safe operation of high-pressure systems, and flammable liquids and gasses. The individual will develop standard operating procedures, and provide user training. The individual will contract and perform maintenance of these laboratories, build and troubleshoot experimental systems, maintain and calibrate sensors and instrumentation, and collaborate with internal and external researchers.
Additional information can be found at the link below. If you have any questions, please contact Peter Flemings (pflemings@jsg.utexas.edu) or Demian Saffer (demian@ig.utexas.edu).
https://ig.utexas.edu/about/job-listings/#resa
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3) Three PhDs linked to the ‘DeepRift’ Project – the University of Bergen, Norway
DeepRift is a multidisciplinary project that will integrate outcrop and marine geophysical data from the Corinth rift (Greece), 3D seismic and well data from the Norwegian continental shelf, and numerical modelling of tectonics and surface processes, to understand the controls on erosion, sediment transport and depositional processes within deep-water rift basins. The project is led by Professor Rob Gawthorpe (University of Bergen) with academic partners at the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, the universities of Athens, Leeds, Lorraine (CRPG-CRNS), Northern Arizona, and Imperial College. The project is funded by the Research Council of Norway and 4 industry partners.
As part of the project, we have openings for three PhD studentships at the University of Bergen. The University of Bergen has a large, research-led geoscience department, with excellent facilities, and a lively social and research environment. Furthermore, the project contains an international group of leading scientists that will be involved the training of the researchers and will provide opportunities for study exchanges.
Deadline: 24th July, 2020
University of Bergen positions (open to all nationalities)
PhD 1: Sedimentology and basin analysis: Corinth Rift, Greece
For full advert see: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/187708/phd-position-in-sedimentology-and-basin-analysis
Contact Person: Professor Rob Gawthorpe (e-mail: rob.gawthorpe@uib.no)
PhDs 2 and 3: Rift Tectonics and Sedimentation: Late Jurassic of the Norwegian Continental Shelf
For full advert see: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/187714/two-phd-positions-in-rift-tectonics-and-sedimentation
Contact Person: Professor Rob Gawthorpe (e-mail: rob.gawthorpe@uib.no), or
Professor Atle Rotevatn (e-mail: atle.rotevatn@uib.no)
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