PhD position in fjord modelling, BCCS, University of Bergen

website link:
http://www.bccs. uib.no/positions

PhD position in fjord modelling at CMU, BCCS

A three-year PhD position is available at Unifob AS. The place of employment will be at Bergen Center for Computational Science (BCCS) within the Computational Mathematics Unit (CMU).

BCCS has approximately 50 employees counting 20 different nationalities. The center operates the high performance computing facilities of the University of Bergen, and has units within high-performance computing (Parallab), bioinformatics (CBU), and
mathematics (CMU). The staff at CMU consists of professors, senior scientists, scientists, post doctoral fellows, and PhD students. CMU carries out research funded by industry, research councils and the European Commission and currently focuses on problems within hydrodynamics and geophysics.

The PhD candidate will work on a project which is financed by the Research Council of Norway and is a collaboration between BCCS, the Department of Mathematics at the University of Bergen, Institute of Marine Research and Norwegian Institute for Water Research.

BCCS' part of the project aims to use 3d non-hydrostatic terrain following ocean general circulation models to investigate propagation of pathogens and food and faeces in Norwegian fjords connected to the fish farm industry. Special interests will be connected to identifying possible accumulation sites of pathogens and spreading of waste from the industry. The PhD candidate will perform process studies of fjords and assist in the development of model tools.

The applicant must have a master's degree in mathematics, geophysics, civil engineering or equivalent. The applicant must have a good background in mathematical/ numerical modelling preferably in geophysical hydrodynamics. Applicants must have good skills in English.

The PhD student will enter an approved programme leading to the degree of PhD within a time frame of three years. It is a prerequisite, however, that the formal admission requirements for the PhD programme are met before appointment can be made.

Salary in accordance with the Civil Service pay grade table scale for PhD students; currently NOK 353 200 gross per year; following ordinary meriting regulations. Unifob AS offers Group Pension Insurance and Personnel Insurance Scheme for their employees. The successful applicant must comply with the guidelines that apply to the position at any time.

Applications containing

- a letter of motivation with statement of research interests,

- curriculum vitae,

- copies of relevant university-level diplomas with grade transcripts,

- names and contact information of 2-4 references

should be sent by e-mail to HR consultant Monika Voit (Monika.Voit@ bccs.uib. no) with copy to project leader Øyvind Thiem (Oyvind.Thiem@ bccs.uib. no).

Applications which do not include all required documents will not be considered. It is assumed that we have the applicant's permission to contact the references named in the application.

Evaluation of applicants will commence February 23rd 2009 and continue until the position is filled.

For more information about CMU and BCCS, please refer to
http://www.bccs. uib.no/
or
contact
Senior Scientist Øyvind Thiem (Oyvind.Thiem@ bccs.uib. no, phone: +47 55 58 40 76),
or
professor Jarle Berntsen (Jarle.Berntsen@ math.uib. no phone: +47 55 58 48 54).