Post-Doctoral researcher in paleoclimatology W/M

Employeur

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Be part of the Oceanic and Continental Environments and Palaeoenvironments (EPOC) – laboratory of the College of Bordeaux!

This laboratory is a Joint Analysis Unit underneath the joint supervision of the College of Bordeaux, the CNRS, Bordeaux INP and the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes.

EPOC is a multidisciplinary UMR growing a robust and acknowledged experience in ecotoxicology, ecology, biogeochemistry, environmental chemistry, sedimentology, paleoclimatology, coastal oceanography, marine geosciences.

As a part of the undertaking Pliocene Hominin Dispersal to southern Africa: Selection or Likelihood? (PLIODIS) we’re recruiting a Submit-Doctoral Researcher W/M whose work will focus on new hydroclimatic reconstructions in Africa, integration of information and numerical fashions of local weather and evolution of hominids.

This undertaking, funded by the European Analysis Council (ERC), goals to determine a hyperlink between local weather and environmental modifications and the evolution of hominid populations.

Votre mission

The undertaking will check a number of hypotheses: that early hominin ranges in East Africa expanded and contracted with altering moist and dry phases, that shifts in dispersal corridors led to intermittent gene movement between East African and South African populations, and that tectonic modifications finally turned the Zambezi River into a big barrier, prompting South African hominins to adapt to distinct ecological niches.

Your mission will include finishing up geochemical analyses on marine sediment cores with a view to reconstruct the variations of the previous hydrological cycle in Africa.

These reconstructions might be in contrast and built-in with numerical simulations of previous local weather (final thousands and thousands of years) and a hyperlink might be established with the dynamics of historic populations of Hominids. 

# Geochemical analyses in marine sediment cores

•       On foraminiferous (d18Oc measurements)

•       On n-alkanes (dD measurements)

•       You compile the outcomes 

# Local weather modelling

•       You carry out transient simulations over 3 million years due to the iLOVECLIM numerical mannequin

•       You evaluate the fashions with the palaeoclimatic information accessible

# Valorization of outcomes

•       You combine local weather and environmental modifications with the evolution of Hominids in Africa

•       You current your outcomes to the crew and at seminars

Vos atouts / Vos skills

Holder of a PhD in Local weather Sciences, you’ve confirmed information of paleoclimate information and have an curiosity in hominid evolution.

•       You might be autonomous and arranged in your work

•       You reveal scientific rigor

•       You grasp geochemical evaluation strategies

•       You could have expertise in programming or local weather modeling and evaluating digital information

•       You might be proficient in oral and written scientific English in a multicultural work context (stage C1 / C2)

Do you acknowledge your self? Apply!

Extra info:

By becoming a member of this undertaking you’ll work inside the Paleoclimate crew of the EPOC laboratory whose goal is the identification and quantification of atmospheric and oceanic processes concerned in long-term and short-term local weather modifications. You may be supervised by Thibaut CALEY.

Primarily based in Pessac, Gironde, FRANCE – entry by tramway line B (cease « François Bordes ») buses, bike.

The laboratory is close to the city-centre of Bordeaux and about 60 Km of the Atlantic coasts.

30-month fixed-term contract

Gross month-to-month wage: from 2750€ to 3000€ in accordance with the wage grid

Job Advantages:

50 days of annual go away from the primary 12 months

75% of the price of a Gironde public transport move lined

Contribution to non-public healthcare insurance coverage of 15€ / month

Subsidised meals

Leisure, sports activities and cultural actions for all workers

Disabled-friendly institution

Chance of workers parking

Sustainable mobility bundle for commuting between house and work

Welcome programme and coaching programs

Recruitment course of: Functions are reviewed as they arrive.

Candidates chosen for an interview might be contacted by the Recruitment Officer for a primary pre-qualification telephone dialog. An interview with the supervisor will then be organised by videoconference.

candidates ought to ship a CV, transient assertion of {qualifications} and foundation for curiosity within the place, an inventory of your related publications, and the e-mail addresses of two applicable references.