We are happy to advertise a fully funded PhD position in paleoclimatology at LSCE (near Paris) and at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) under the framework of the ERC SAMIR. The goal of the PhD project is to quantify the change of climate variability for different mean states, using water isotopes in ice core records. Specifically, we will study how the climate variability recorded by ice core changes under the influence of the recent anthropogenic climate change as well as over the last deglaciation.

This requires combining a network of more than 25 ice cores in East Antarctica in order to extract the common climatic signal over the recent past (last 1000 years), as well as over the deglaciation. Indeed, high resolution (interannual) reconstructions from ice core records in Antarctica require a large number of ice cores per site (>5) to yield significant Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR), due to the large archival noise affecting the ice core. It is also necessary to convert the isotopic signal into temperature units, which can be done combining climate model outputs and in situ observations.

The project allows for flexibility to explore a wide range of tasks, including isotopic analysis using state-of-the-art spectrometers, numerical modelling, and the use of a conceptual framework to study water isotopes in the global hydrological cycle.

The position is fully funded as a CNRS PhD position (gross ~26k€ per year), will be mainly based at LSCE, with active collaboration at the University of Michigan. As a PhD student, you will have to follow a base amount of classes of roughly 60 hours per year at one of the universities of Paris.

We welcome international applications from candidates with a master diploma or equivalent accepted within the European Union (ISCED level 7 – EQF level 7) in Maths, Physics, Earth Sciences, or equivalent topics.

Applications must be made using the platform https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/Doctorant/UMR8212-MATCAS-007/Default.aspx?lang=EN

For any questions, please contact Mathieu Casado (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) and Adriana Bailey (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)