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            style="color:rgb(52,52,52)">Postdoctoral Position in Climate
            Dynamics</span></b></p>
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          style="color:rgb(52,52,52)">The University of Texas Institute
          for Geophysics (UTIG), part of the Jackson School of
          Geosciences (JSG) at the University of Texas at Austin, seeks
          a postdoctoral research fellow in climate dynamics. UTIG is
          known for international field programs in geophysics,
          planetary science, and earth sciences.</span></p>
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            style="color:rgb(52,52,52)">Responsibilities:</span></u><span
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          style="color:rgb(52,52,52)">The selected candidate will
          collaborate with Dr. Pedro DiNezio on projects focusing on the
          dynamics of the Earth’s climate. Particular areas of interest
          include tropical climatology, ENSO dynamics and prediction,
          decadal variability, as well as past and future climate
          changes. Research will involve configuring, running, and
          analyzing climate model simulations, observational analysis,
          and the development of process-based diagnostics and
          proxy-model synthesis. Candidates are invited to propose
          specific research projects aligned with the themes outlined
          above (optional).</span></p>
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            style="color:rgb(52,52,52)">Required Qualifications:</span></u><span
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          style="color:rgb(52,52,52)">•   </span><span
          style="color:rgb(52,52,52)">Ph.D. in climate dynamics,
          physical oceanography, atmospheric science, or meteorology;
          ability analyzing large multi-model climate datasets; ability
          designing and performing climate model experiments using CESM
          or a similar model on a shared super-computing platform;
          experience using MATLAB, NCO, Python, or NCL; experience with
          UNIX shell scripting and Fortran.</span></p>
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          style="color:rgb(52,52,52)">•   </span><span
          style="color:rgb(52,52,52)">Written and oral communication
          skills sufficient to lead author manuscripts and present
          research at conferences.</span></p>
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          style="color:rgb(52,52,52)">The initial appointment is for one
          year with a potential extension for an additional year.
          Starting date is flexible during summer/fall of 2016. Salary
          is $60,000 per year and appointees are eligible for group
          health and dental insurance. Limited support will be available
          for travel, equipment, and other research expenses.</span></p>
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          style="color:rgb(52,52,52)">Consideration of applications will
          begin May 1, 2016, and will continue until the position has
          been filled.</span></p>
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          style="color:rgb(52,52,52)">Applications must contain: 1) a
          current Curriculum Vitae (CV) that includes education,
          employment history, and publications; 2) a concise statement
          of research interests and how they align with the climate
          research done at UTIG; and 3) names and contact information
          for three individuals willing to provide references.</span></p>
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          style="color:rgb(52,52,52)">Please visit</span><span
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          <a href="http://ig.utexas.edu/about/job-listings/"
            target="_blank"><span
              style="color:#548dd4;text-decoration:none">http://ig.utexas.edu/about/job-listings/</span></a></span><span
          style="color:rgb(52,52,52)"> for more details. Applicants can
          send applications electronically as email attachment to </span><span
          style="color:rgb(84,141,212)"><a
            href="mailto:postdocUTIG@ig.utexas.edu" target="_blank"><u><span
                style="color:#548dd4;text-decoration:none"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:postdocUTIG@ig.utexas.edu">postdocUTIG@ig.utexas.edu</a></span></u></a></span><span
          style="color:rgb(52,52,52)">. Informal enquiries can be made
          to </span><span style="color:rgb(84,141,212)"><a
            href="mailto:pdn@ig.utexas.edu" target="_blank"><u><span
                style="color:#548dd4;text-decoration:none">Dr. Pedro
                DiNezio</span></u></a></span><span
          style="color:rgb(52,52,52)">.</span></p>
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