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rocksea
7th January 2005, 05:10 PM
The European Graduate College at the Geoscience Department, University of Bremen (Germany) in co-operation with the "Netherlands Research School of Sedimentary Geology" (NSG) at the University of Utrecht (The Netherlands) and the Free University Amsterdam (The Netherlands) as well as with the Université de Bordeaux (France), Southampton Oceanography Centre (U.K.) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (U.S.A.)

offers 14 PhD Positions

Application due: Open until filled


for a maximum period of three years from February 01, 2005 subject to the definite consent by the German Research Foundation (DFG).

Within the European Graduate College an integrated research and educational programme will be carried out by close collaboration of the participating institutes. Research activities within the College comprise the following disciplines (in alphabetic order):









Isotope Geochemistry

Marine Geochemistry

Marine Geology

Micropalaeontology

Organic geochemistry

Palaeo/Environmental Magnetism

Palaeoceanographic Modelling

Palaeoceanography

Palaeoclimatology

Palaeoecology

Palynology

Sedimentology


Work and studies of the PhD students will include a 6 months visit to the respective Dutch, British, French and/or American partner institute. Studies and scientific work in the European Graduate College will be carried out with a strong scientific focus within a dense network between the projects. Focus lies on development, testing and validating proxies for periods and/or regions that are characterised by extreme climates or environments and times of major abrupt change;






Modern environments

Late Quaternary glacial optima and deglaciation events

Major Neogene glaciation phases

Late Cretaceous anoxic event 3.


Further details about the individual PhD projects and the respective field of research can be found on the Europrox web-site http://www.europrox.de (http://www.europrox.de/) and on the web-site of the Geoscience Department http://www.geo.uni-bremen.de/ (http://www.geo.uni-bremen.de/).

The University of Bremen is an equal opportunity employer. Women are especially encouraged to apply. In the case of equal qualification, disabled applicants receive special consideration. Applications ought to be accompanied by a curriculum vitae and sufficient information about your fields of research and interest. All applications and further correspondence should be addressed to:



UNIVERSITÄT BREMEN

Fachbereich 5 - Geowissenschaften

European Graduate College

Prof. Dr. Helmut Willems

Postfach 330440

D-28334 Bremen

Germany Further information:

Tel. 0049-421-218 2198/3951

Source: http://www.europrox.de/jobs.htm