<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">We invite applications for a post-doctoral researcher in climate dynamics at the <b>Department of Earth Sciences of Uppsala University</b>. This positon provides funding for 2 years, with the possibility for outstanding candidates to progress to a research scientist position after this.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The focus will be </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5)">on characterising the large-scale drivers and improve the prediction of mid-latitude weather extremes by combining the study of atmospheric dynamics with a statistical/mathematical approach.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5)"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5)">The exact focus of the research is flexible, providing a unique opportunity for the candidate to develop his/her own original ideas.</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5)">Possible topics may include – but are not limited to – the identification of recurring planetary wave-breaking patterns linked to regional extremes, the use of dynamical systems theory to characterise the predictability of instantaneous atmospheric states, the use of idealised models to study the co-occurrence of geographically remote extreme weather events. The postdoc will also have the opportunity to engage in teaching/supervising duties</span>.<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">For full details and to apply:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.uu.se/en/about-uu/join-us/details/?positionId=224445" target="_blank">https://www.uu.se/en/about-uu/<wbr>join-us/details/?positionId=<wbr>224445</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Aria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