Employment & Opportunities

Roger E. Deane Post-Doctoral Fellowship - University of Toronto

The Department of Earth Sciences, University of Toronto, Canada, invites applications for the Roger E. Deane Postdoctoral Fellowship in any field of the Earth Sciences. The Department is interested in supporting innovative research and excellent early career geoscientists to work in collaboration with one or more faculty members. 

Applicants must contact potential supervisors in advance to discuss areas of common interest and proposal ideas. Applicants must obtain approval from a proposed supervisor to apply. Only applicants who have secured a potential supervisor willing to supervise will be considered. Faculty who may be eligible and available to supervise are listed here. 

Note that not all supervisors are taking on new lab personnel. Contact potential supervisors prior to applying.

About this award:
This endowed award was created thanks to a bequest from Dorothy M. Deane, widow of the late Prof Roger E Deane, an alumnus of the Department of Geology, University of Toronto (U of T). Prof Deane obtained a PhD in 1949 under the supervision of Prof Alexander Maclean, and returned to U of T as a faculty member in 1955, pursuing research in the areas of glacial geology and Pleistocene paleoenvironments. Prof Deane served as the inaugural Director of Research at the U of T Great Lakes Institute which eventually contributed to the founding of the U of T School of the Environment. Prof Deane died in a tragic boating accident near Tobermory, Ontario in 1965 while undertaking field work. 

Salary: CAD$55,000 per year

Term: The term is 1 year, with the possibility of renewal for 1 additional year. This is a full-time position. 

Expected start date: Start date is flexible between September 2022 and March 2023. 

Application Deadline: April 1 2022, 11:59 PM Eastern time

How to apply:
A complete application includes: 
•       Cover letter with the potential supervisor(s) name clearly stated (1 page maximum)
•       Research proposal (2 pages maximum, excluding references)

Please combine your files into one PDF file, and submit electronic applications to: Ampy Tolentino, (subject line: Deane Postdoctoral Fellowship)

Level B/C Academic/faculty Geo Position - UNSW

UNSW is seeking to recruit a level B or C geologist or earth scientist (assistant to associate prof level on Nth American system). Convertible to a continuing position. For detailed information, please click here.

2 + 1 year Post-doc position - University of Pavia (Italy)

DESCRIPTION: A post-doc position at the University of Pavia (Italy) in the field of lake ecological and hydrodynamic modelling is available. Object of the work will be the 0D/1D modelling through available packages of lakes of different size and characteristics in the Lombardy region of Italy, with the aim of assessing the achievability of the water quality targets prescribed by law for each basin. The post-doc will work within the cooperation agreement among the Lombardy Region, CNR-IRSA (Water Research Institute of the Italian Research Council) and the University of Pavia “Hydrodynamic-ecological modelling activities of lakes in Lombardy to support the update of the regional Programme for the Protection of Water” (“Modellazione idrodinamico-ecologica dei laghi lombardi a supporto dell’aggiornamento del Piano di Tutela delle Acque”). The researcher will oversee the technical activities and will potentially contribute to all the aspects of the work:

• organisation of existing data needed by the models and identification of the missing data to be surveyed;
• selection of the most proper methods and hypotheses for the modelling of the different lakes in Lombardy;
• implementation of the numerical models of the lakes in Lombardy;
• application of the models to the analyses required by the regional Programme for the Protection of Water and drafting of the related technical reports;
• preparation of the scientific papers documenting the results of major general scientific interest achieved in the activity.

The post-doc will collaborate with researchers at the University of Pavia and CNR-IRSA as well as with technical personnel of ARPA Lombardia (Regional Environmental Protection Agency of the Lombardy region) and of Regione Lombardia. Strict collaboration will also start in 2023 with a Ph.D. student who will also work on the project.

POSITION: The post-doc will be qualified as Research Assistant (“Assegnista di Ricerca”) at the Department of Civil Engineering of the University of Pavia, but will also be given an equivalent associate position at CNR-IRSA, in Brugherio and/or Verbania, in order to perform the project activities. The main work location will be Pavia, where manifold residences for University staff are available. Work will start no later than May 1 2022.

REQUIREMENTS:

• M.Sc. degree in a field relevant to the project: Environmental/Water Engineering, Natural Sciences, Biology, etc.;
• Ph.D. degree (theoretically not mandatory due to legislation issues, yet highly suggested) in a field relevant to the project;
• previous research experience in the ecological and/or hydrodynamic modelling of lentic water bodies;
• coding using at least one language among MATLAB, R, Python;
• a proper level of English to perform scientific research activities (knowledge of Italian is a plus, due to the applicative nature of the project, which will involve dealing with local authorities).

SELECTION PROCESS: Selection of candidates is based on qualifications and on an interview with the candidates, which will be performed online.

APPLICATION: Application should be submitted before March 10 2022, 12:00 CET. Application is to be submitted through the PICA portal.

For any inquiries, please contact Andrea Fenocchi (University of Pavia) at  , Claudia Dresti (CNR-IRSA Verbania) at  or Diego Copetti (CNR-IRSA Brugherio) at .

PhD position on "Bayesian Chronology Modelling for Paleoclimate Archives" - Helmholtz School for Marine Data Science

The Helmholtz (graduate) School for Marine Data Science invites applications for a PhD position on "Bayesian Chronology Modelling for Paleoclimate Archives" (m/f/d), which will be hosted jointly at the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven and the Jacobs University in Bremen, Germany.

The position is limited to 3 years. The salary will be paid via the Alfred Wegener Institute in accordance with the Collective Agreement for the Public Service of the Federation (Tarifvertrag des öffentlichen Dienstes, TVöD Bund), up to salary level 13 (100%). The place of employment will be Jacobs University, Bremen, with the option of short-term or interim stays at Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven.

Background: In order to obtain a holistic picture of past environmental changes, we must interpret records from different parts of the earth system in conjunction. However, the current state of the art in dating each record separately results in unacceptably large uncertainties and inconsistencies between the chronologies underlying each archive. This highly interdisciplinary project aims to develop and apply the methodological framework needed to fuse stratigraphic information from different sites and different climate archives into one consistent chronology. Graph- or network-based Bayesian techniques will be used to combine absolute and relative age information across published records in a flexible and extendable way. This will result in a consistently dated proxy network, allowing novel insights into the dynamics of past environmental changes.

Deadline: Please apply by February 21, 2022 using the "APPLY NOW!" button on the official announcement page.

For further information, please contact Dr. Florian Adolphi (florian.adolphi@awi.de) or Prof. Dr. Peter Zaspel (p.zaspel@jacobs-university.de).

3 to 4 year PhD on Early Holocene Arctic warming and hydrological amplification - University of Bergen

University of Bergen in Norway is currently looking for 3 to 4-year PhD position. The position is part of the Trond Mohn Foundation-funded PASTFACT project, and focuses on better understanding the drivers and evolution of Early Holocene climate change and its impact on the Arctic cryosphere. The over-arching goal of the project is to better understand the imprint and seasonality of hydrological intensification under warmer-than-present conditions: can more snowfall offset temperature-driven melt? The successful candidate will address this question with a suite of organic geochemical proxies like leaf wax hydrogen isotope ratios (δD) and alkenone (UK37) paleothermometry, as well as hyperspectral imaging/scanning. Work will be carried out along international collaborators and in the group`s FARLAB and EARTHLAB facilities. There will also be opportunities to partake in Arctic field expeditions. 

The application deadline closes on March 2. For more information and to apply, please click here.

Project Geologist - Vizsla Copper Corp.

Vizsla Copper Corp. (VCU) is looking for a Project Geologist for its copper exploration projects in British Columbia. Reporting to the Company’s VP Exploration, the Project Geologist will work with VCU’s team to find and delineate economic copper deposits. The Project Geologist will be responsible for the compilation, collection, and interpretation of data collected during exploration field programs. The role is a full-time position based in Vancouver, BC, and the start date is flexible.

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE:

You have excellent technical skills and sufficient experience in copper exploration to carry out field programs and supervise exploration drilling operations. You are a well-rounded candidate with good organizational skills, a strong sense of responsibility, and an ability to work in a team environment. Most importantly, you are a Treasure Hunter at heart. In addition, you have:

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Geology, Geological Engineering, or equivalent from a recognized post-secondary institution
• 3-5 years of relevant work experience, preferably including exploration for porphyry and VMS deposit styles
• A commitment to Health and Safety in the workplace
• Ability to work in remote locations for extended periods of time
• Strong understanding of structural geology, geochemistry and geophysical methods
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, GIS and experience with geological modelling software

THE COMPANY:

Vizsla Copper is a copper exploration and development company listed on the TSX-V, currently advancing two projects in BC. Carruthers Pass is an early-stage VMS copper project in north central BC, located south of the Kemess mine. Blueberry is an early-stage porphyry copper project southwest of Houston, BC.

VCU was recently spun-out of Vizsla Resources Corp. and belongs to the Inventa Capital group of companies. Inventa Capital is a Venture Capital Advisory Firm dedicated to the acquisition and development of assets in the natural resource and ESG sectors. Since inception in 2017, Inventa has raised and deployed over $500m of capital into related companies and created over $2 billion in shareholder value. Inventa provides its companies access to corporate services, corporate development opportunities and financing support in the market.

Please submit your resume with cover letter to .

News & Events

MSc Thesis Defense: Melissa Friend 

Title: Tectonomagmatic framework for Late Cretaceous postsubduction magmatism in west-central and southern Yukon

Date & Time: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 1:30 pm

Location: Zoom

Database for Cenozoic terrestrial stable isotope data

The GeoPAST Group at the Colorado State University would like to share a resource that they have been developing for Cenozoic terrestrial stable isotope research.

The PATCH Lab (Paleo Analysis of Terrestrial Climate and Hydrology) is a web app for archiving and discovering stable isotope data from multiple proxies, as well as running graphical user interface models that link oxygen and carbon isotopes to environmental conditions.

A preprint describing this effort can be found here.

They are still adding data and refining the interface. If you find any bugs, please report them to Tyler Kukla (cc'd, tykukla@colostate.edu). Any comments / suggestions / questions are welcome!