The Université de Strasbourg (ITES) is recruiting an 18-month post-doctoral researcher for DASEC (Deep listening: fiber-optic seismology in the Antarctic ice sheet), a project funded through a USIAS Fellowship.During the 2027–2028 austral summer, DASEC will deploy distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) fibre in the EPICA ice-core borehole and along a surface array at Concordia Station, Dome C, together with seismic nodes and active seismic sources. The data will address four questions about the ice beneath a dome: how its deep crystal fabric is organised, what the properties of the ice–bedrock interface are, whether passive seismic sources exist in a slowly deforming dome, and how firn properties vary where snow accumulation is very low.The post-doc will plan the deployment, develop the analysis suite, lead the field campaign at Concordia (six to eight weeks, December 2027 – January 2028) as the only DASEC team member on site, and lead the first analysis and publications. They will have first access to the new dataset.   

• Start: 1 March 2027, full time, at ITES, Strasbourg, France

 • PhD in seismology, geophysics, glaciology or a related field, obtained less than 3 years ago; less than two years of post-doctoral experience

 • Field experience with DAS or dense seismic arrays; scientific programming in Python, including large continuous datasets

• Polar fieldwork experience is desirable but not required; French is not required but may be helpful

To apply, send a CV with a list of publications, a cover letter explaining how your experience matches the four stages of the project, a copy of your PhD diploma, and the names and contact details of two to four referees to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by 27 November 2026.