<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Dear colleagues,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We invite applications for a full-time postdoc position to work on a Japan-Germany joint project about “Wave coupling processes of the middle and upper atmosphere: Interannual and long-term variability”. This research project is jointly funded by Japan JSPS and German DFG science foundations in the framework of JSPS-DFG cooperation program. Successful candidate will have the opportunity to closely work with partner institutes in both countries.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">1.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Field of research: Middle Atmosphere Physics or Theremosphere-Ionosphere Physics</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">2.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Job responsibilities:</div><div class="">-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>To examine the long-term variability in tides and gravity waves using a combination of LEO satellites and long-term ground meteor radar network and multi-year whole atmosphere model (GAIA) simulations.</div><div class="">-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>To investigate the physical mechanisms pertaining to wave coupling at interannual and long-term scales by using whole atmosphere model simulations.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">3.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> Requirements</div><div class="">-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Doctor degree in Atmosphere Physics or Space Physics</div><div class="">-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Expertise in study of MLT region dynamics and its coupling to the upper atmosphere </div><div class="">-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Experiences and skills in analyzing big datasets of satellite and ground-based radar observations</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">4.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Contract period: </div><div class="">April, 1, 2020 – Mar. 31 2021, but can be extended to Feb 28, 2022 based on performance evaluation.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">5.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> Salary:</div><div class="">Will be determined according to Kyushu University’s regulations based on experiences.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">6.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Application materials required:</div><div class="">a.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>CV (free format but with photo and birthday)</div><div class="">b.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>A list of publications</div><div class="">c.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>3 major publications in PDF format</div><div class="">d.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2 Recommendation letters</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">7.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Application deadline: Feb. 15, 2020</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">8.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Where to send: </div><div class=""> Please email your questions and application to Huixin Liu: liu.huixin.295 at <a href="http://m.kyushu-u.ac.jp" class="">m.kyushu-u.ac.jp</a>. Please keep the application file below 5 MB.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best regards,</div><div class="">Huixin Liu</div><div class="">------------------</div><div class="">Dr. Huixin Liu</div><div class=""><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div><div><div>Associate professor<br class="">Editor Space Weather, AGU</div><div>Editor Ann. Geophysical, EGU<br class="">Dept. of Earth and Planetary Science<br class="">Faculty of Science<br class="">Kyushu University<br class="">Fukuoka, 819-0395<br class="">Japan<br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>