MPI for Solar System Research: Postdoc Position; Planetary Interior 1812 views

Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Solar System Research invites applications for a postdoctoral position in the research group on planetary interiors.

About the position:

• Selected candidate will study processes of double-diffusive convection in fluid regions inside rotating planets by means of numerical simulation.
• Applications include fluid flow, layer formation, and the effect on magnetic field generation in the metallic cores of terrestrial planets and/or gas planets.

Qualifications:

• Applicant must hold a PhD degree in a relevant discipline at the time of appointment.
• Applicant must have good knowledge in the hydrodynamics and magnetohydrodynamics of rotating fluid system and must be conversant with dynamical processes inside planets in general.
• Applicant must have some experience in program development and computational fluid dynamics using parallel computers.
• Applicants having experience with problems of double-diffusive convection would have advantage.

Duration: initially for 01 year; may be extended depending on available funding

Starting date: negotiable; but should be around October, 1, 2017

Remuneration: according to the German public service salary scale TVöD

Applications:

Applications must include the following:

• Short CV
• List of publications
• Brief statement of research interests
• Applications to be sent as a single pdf-file to Prof. Ulrich Christensen (Christensen at mps.mpg.de).
• The review of applications will start on June 15.