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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Position available within the Radical Measurements Group for a<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">PhD student</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly-skilled physicist, chemist or meteorologist for:
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">The role of stabilized Criegee intermediates in the atmosphere,
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">based on ground/based and airborne measurements<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Stabilized Criegee intermediates (SCI) are highly reactive compounds whose potential role in atmospheric self-cleaning processes has been long discussed. However, experimental evidence for atmospheric reactions of SCI
has only recently been provided, and direct or indirect measurements of SCI in the atmosphere are almost inexistent. An instrument to measure SCI in the atmosphere has recently been developed in the Department of Atmospheric Chemistry of the MPI for Chemistry.
First results indicate a significant contribution of SCI to atmospheric oxidation processes which lead to the removal of pollutants from the atmosphere.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN" style="mso-fareast-language:ES">The Department for Atmospheric Chemistry plans two major measurement campaigns in Asia in 2014 and 2015 to study atmospheric self-cleaning.
A ground-based campaign in India will include measurements of a large set of atmospheric compounds in different seasons, to analyze the mix of anthropogenic as well as biogenic emissions and their evolution with the seasons. Emissions tend to accumulate during
the dry season and are effectively washed out once the Monsoon rains set in. The campaign will aim to study chemical cleansing mechanisms in the pre-Monsoon season as well as clarify the contribution of such processes during the Monsoon season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN" style="mso-fareast-language:ES">Since the Monsoon season is characterized by strongly convective systems, i.e. thunderstorms, air is efficiently transported to higher
regions of the troposphere and into the stratosphere. The chemical processing occurring during this upward transport and after its arrival at higher will be studied during an airborne campaign in summer 2015 over the Himalayan region.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN" style="mso-fareast-language:ES">The Radical Measurements group will measure OH, HO<sub>2</sub>, RO<sub>2</sub>, NO<sub>2</sub> and SCI during these campaigns. The
open position will involve the SCI measurements and their interpretation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Tasks </span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:12.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">• Improvement and characterization of the existing instrumentation in laboratory experiments.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:12.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">• Preparation of the instrumentation for aircraft deployment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:12.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">• Measurements of SCI ground-based and air-borne field campaigns.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">• Investigation of the role of SCI in the atmospheric radical chemistry cycles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:12.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">• Presentation at international conferences and publication in scientific journals.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Requirements
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">• M.Sc. in physics, chemistry or meteorology and interest in atmospheric chemistry.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">• Technical skills and a strong interest in experimental work.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">• Independent work-style and a taste for problem solving.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:21.3pt;text-indent:-9.3pt"><span lang="EN-US">• English language proficiency.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:21.3pt;text-indent:-9.3pt"><span lang="EN-US">• Programming skills.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:21.25pt;text-indent:-9.35pt"><span lang="EN-US">• Good teamwork skills and the willingness to actively cooperate with a diverse international working group.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">The position is available as a stipend for 3 years within the International Max Planck Research School for Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (<a href="http://www.atmosphere.mpg.de/school" target="_blank">www.atmosphere.mpg.de/school</a>).
Applications will be accepted until an appropriate candidate is found. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN">Applications including CV and degree certificates should be submitted by September 15th, 2013, electronically to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:Hartwig.Harder@mpic.de"><span lang="EN-US">Hartwig.Harder@mpic.de</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"> (</span><span lang="EN-US">phone:
+49 6131 305 4400)<span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">or by mail to:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB">Max-Planck-Institute for Chemistry,
</span><span lang="EN-US">Personnel Administration, </span><span lang="FR">P. O. Box 3060, D-55020 Mainz.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">The Max Planck Society seeks to increase the number of women in those areas where they are underrepresented
<span style="color:black">and therefore explicitly encourages women to apply. The Max Planck Society is committed to employ more handicapped individuals and especially encourages them to apply.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Dr. Cheryl Tatum Ernest
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">55128 Mainz, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Phone: (+49-6131) 305-4422<br>
Fax: (+49-6131) 305-4009<br>
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email: <a href="mailto:cheryl.ernest@mpic.de"><span style="color:blue">cheryl.ernest@mpic.de</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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