The climate of the polar regions is changing and will continue to change more in the future. These changes directly affect local communities, but indirectly also the rest of the world by changed weather patterns, enhanced global warming, and/or rising sea levels. Despite our growing understanding of the Earth’s climate and increasing computer calculation power, projections are surrounded by uncertainties. We don’t know how fast and to which extent humankind can reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It is also unknown, for example, if the general circulation patterns in the Northern Hemisphere will change in a warmer climate with reduced sea ice; or if the Antarctic sea ice will decline in the future as all GCMs predict virtually, unlike what we have witnessed in the past four decades in which the Antarctic sea ice underwent no structural change.
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Two postdoc positions in high resolution polar climate modelling (1.0 FTE)
Aim and Benefits of Two postdoc positions in high resolution polar climate modelling (1.0 FTE)
- a full-time position for 2.5 to 3 years;
- an inspiring and open-minded research group;
- a job with national and international collaboration;
- a full-time gross salary ranging from €2,790 to €4,402 in scale 10;
- benefits including 8% holiday bonus and 8.3% end-of-year bonus;
- a pension scheme, partially paid parental leave, and flexible employment conditions external linkbased on the Collective Labour Agreement Dutch Universities (cao).
Requirements for Two postdoc positions in high resolution polar climate modelling (1.0 FTE) Qualification
Our ideal candidate is driven, positive, and collaborative and has:
- a PhD in regional climate modelling or earth-system modelling with a focus on polar atmospheric processes;
- strong programming skills (Fortran, Python or similar);
- thorough experience in running regional or global climate models;
- affinity with numerical model development;
- good reporting and presentation skills;
- excellent level of written and spoken English;
- the ability to work both independently and within a wider research team;
- the ability to critically assess your own results.
Application Deadline
July 15, 2021How to Apply
Interested and qualified? Go to
Utrecht University on ssl1.peoplexs.com to apply
For more details, visit Utrecht University website.