A position as Research fellow (PhD) is available at the Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo. The fellowship is for a period of 3 years, starting as soon as possible.
The geosciences are the studies of planet Earth - the atmosphere, the hydrosphere (including oceans, freshwater and glaciers), the earth's surface and its interior. The Department of Geosciences at the University of Oslo comprises sections for Environmental Geology and Hydrology; Tectonics, Petrology and Geochemistry; Petroleum Geology and Geophysics; Meteorology and Oceanography, and Physical Geography. The Department is affiliated with four Centers of Excellence. The faculty consists of 40 professors and approximately 80 research fellows. For more information, see http://www.geo.uio.no.
Job Description
The position is connected to the project "Offshore Mid-Norway: Integrated Margin and Basin Studies (OMNIS)" funded by the Research Council of Norway (NFR) under the PETROMAKS programme. OMNIS is an interdisciplinary strategic research project aimed at understanding fundamental geological processes that led to the formation of sedimentary basins and the continental margin offshore mid-Norway. The new knowledge will be used to reduce hydrocarbon exploration risk in the challenging Norwegian Sea province. The project involves integrated geological, geophysical, numerical and analogue model studies. The focus is on five work packages defined in the project, encompassing northeast Atlantic plate tectonics, basin processes, breakup magmatism, geodynamic modeling, and integration.
The main topics to be addressed by the project are:
- Basin formation and development as linked to plate dynamic and geodynamic processes
- Basin architecture linked to deep crust and upper mantle structure
- The effect of farfield and local compressional stresses on basin configuration, structuring, hydrocarbon trap generation and potential for hydrocarbon leakage
- The effect of early Eocene magmantic sill emplacement on hydrocarbons generated in the Vøring and Møre basins.
- The analyses and modelling of these themes demand integration of geological and geophysical data on various scales, utilizing all available reflection seismic data, potential field data and well data.
Requirements
Applicants must hold a masters degree in geology/geophysics or a related field. Preferably the candidate should document experience within one or more of the following disciplines/tasks:
- Integrated analysis of geological and geophysical data
- Plate tectonics and conjugate margin studies
- Basin analysis – structure, stratigraphy and evolution
- Modelling – numerical and/or analogue
- Linking deep and shallow structures
- Linking onshore and offshore geology
The purpose of the fellowship is research training leading to the successful completion of a PhD degree. The fellowship requires admission to the research training programme at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. Firstly, the applicants must have obtained undergraduate (Cand.mag., i.e. B.Sc. level) and postgraduate (Cand.Scient., M.Sc., or Siv.ing., i.e. M.Sc. level) qualifications. This represents approximately five years of full time studies after completion of European Upper Secondary School/International Baccalaureate. Appointment to a research fellowship is conditional upon admission to the Faculty's research training programme. An approved plan for the research training must be submitted no later than two months after taking up the position, and the admission approved within three months.
For more information please see:
http://www.admin.uio.no/admhb/reglhb/personal/tilsettingvitenskapelig/regulationstermcondition.xml
Alternatively, for information in Norwegian:
http://www.lovdata.no/for/sf/kd/td-20060131-0102-001.html
A good command of English is required of all students attending the University of Oslo.
The University of Oslo is an equal opportunity employer and seeks in particular to increase its number of female scientists. Women are therefore particularly encouraged to apply.
Salary
PhD Research fellow (SKO 1017), pay grade: 48 – 56 (NOK 391 100 – 448 100 per year, depending on granted seniority)
The application must include:
- Application letter
- CV (summarizing education, positions and academic work - scientific publications)
- Copies of transcripts of records, and educational certificates
- Names and contact details of 2-3 referees (name, relation to candidate, e-mail and telephone number)
- Documentation of proficiency in English is required.
Foreign applicants are advised to attach an explanation of their university's grading system. Please remember that all documents should be in English or a Scandinavian language.
UiO has an agreement for all employees, aiming to secure rights to research results a.o.
In accordance with the University of Oslo's equal opportunities policy, we invite applications from all interested individuals regardless of gender or ethnicity.
- Application deadline:
- 21 October 2011
- Reference number:
- 2011/12137
- Home page:
- http://www.geo.uio.no
- Contacts:
- Professor Jan Inge Faleide
Telephone: +47 22856677 - Professor Roy H. Gabrielsen
Telephone: +47 22856600
