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      <b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Palatino
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      </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Palatino
        Linotype&quot;,serif;color:#333333">Located in northern New
        Mexico, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is a center for
        research in a wide range of scientific disciplines, including
        climate science, space exploration, geophysics, renewable
        energy, supercomputing, medicine, and nanotechnology. The
        Computer, Computational, and Statistical Sciences (CCS) Division
        is a vibrant scientific research and development organization
        working in multiple mission areas of Los Alamos National
        Laboratory, including its climate program.</span><span
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        Group, CCS-2, seeks a postdoctoral researcher
      </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Palatino
        Linotype&quot;,serif;color:black">to work on a project aimed at
        <b>identifying controls on the strength and variability of the
          Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC).</b> In
        particular we are interested in quantifying the contribution of
        Agulhas Leakage to the heat and salt budget of the Atlantic
        through numerical simulation. </span><span
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        HiLAT, a DOE-funded project to study regional and global impacts
        of high-latitude climate change.</span><span
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        Linotype&quot;,serif;color:black">For candidates interested in
        spending half-time on research of their choice, the possibility
        exists to pursue a joint appointment with LANL’s Center for
        Nonlinear Studies (CNLS), which includes a dynamic community of
        postdocs focused on complex nonlinear problems.</span></p>
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        style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Palatino
        Linotype&quot;,serif;color:black">The ideal candidate would have
        a background in large-scale computational oceanography, and an
        interest to work in an interdisciplinary team of climate
        scientists. But any strong candidate with an interest in
        physical oceanography, strong computational skills, and a
        doctorate in a relevant field like climate science, atmospheric
        science, computational science, mathematics or physics will be
        given serious consideration.</span></p>
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        style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Palatino
        Linotype&quot;,serif;color:black">Doctorate in physical
        oceanography, climate science, atmospheric science,
        computational science, mathematics, physics, or similar field.
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        style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Palatino
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        style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Palatino
        Linotype&quot;,serif;color:black">Interest in physical
        oceanography.</span></p>
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        style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Palatino
        Linotype&quot;,serif;color:black">Ability to effectively
        communicate technical work in presentations and peer-reviewed
        journals.</span></p>
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          style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Palatino
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      <span
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          </span></span></span><span
        style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Palatino
        Linotype&quot;,serif;color:black">Background in large-scale
        computational oceanography.</span></p>
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        style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Palatino
        Linotype&quot;,serif;color:black">Interest to work in an
        interdisciplinary team of climate scientists</span></p>
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          style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Palatino
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        style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Palatino
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      </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Palatino
        Linotype&quot;,serif;color:#333333">relevant field completed
        within the past five years, or soon to be completed.</span></p>
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          1.0pt;padding:0in">Notes to Applicants:</span></b><span
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        Linotype&quot;,serif;color:#333333"> In addition to applying
        on-line at </span><a
        href="http://www.lanl.gov/careers/career-options/jobs/index.php"
        target="_blank"><span
          style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Palatino
          Linotype&quot;,serif">http://www.lanl.gov/careers/<wbr>career-options/jobs/index.php</span></a><span
        style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Palatino
        Linotype&quot;,serif;color:#333333"> (Job # IRC51660),
        interested candidates should send their application package </span>
      <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Palatino
        Linotype&quot;,serif;color:black">(cover letter, curriculum
        vitae, statement of research interests, and names and contact
        information of three references) to Wilbert Weijer (</span><a
        href="mailto:wilbert@lanl.gov" target="_blank"><span
          style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Palatino
          Linotype&quot;,serif">wilbert@lanl.gov</span></a><span
        style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Palatino
        Linotype&quot;,serif;color:black">). Review of applications will
        start October 3, 2016, and continue until the position is
        filled.</span></p>
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          1.0pt;padding:0in">Pre-Employment Drug Test: </span></b><span
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        successful applicants to complete a pre-employment drug test and
        maintains a substance abuse policy that includes random drug
        testing. </span><span
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        Linotype&quot;,serif;color:#333333">Exceptional candidates may
        be considered for a Director's Fellowship and outstanding
        candidates may be considered for the prestigious Marie Curie,
        Richard P. Feynman, J. Robert Oppenheimer, or Frederick Reines
        Fellowships. </span></p>
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        the Postdoc Program go to
      </span><a
href="http://www.lanl.gov/careers/career-options/postdoctoral-research/index.php"
        target="_blank"><span
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          Linotype&quot;,serif">http://www.lanl.gov/careers/<wbr>career-options/postdoctoral-<wbr>research/index.php</span></a></p>
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    <p class="MsoNormal">Link to application page:</p>
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