<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear all,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I am seeking applicants for PhD and postdoctoral opportunities in volcanology/geomechanics in the Department of Earth Sciences at University of Oregon, to start in the fall of 2019.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Particular projects can be tailored according to applicants' interests, but a few examples of target questions could include:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(49,43,44);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">How are crustal magma chambers assembled and what promotes their growth into large, long-lived reservoirs?</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(49,43,44);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">How do interactions between crystals, melt, and magmatic fluids lead to reservoir-scale compositional and rheological heterogeneities?</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(49,43,44);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">How and why does the architecture of volcanic plumbing systems evolve over time?</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(49,43,44);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">What controls the propagation and arrest of magmatic dikes/sills, veins, or other fluid-filled fractures? </span></p></li></ul><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(49,43,44);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Projects might involve some combination of field work and modeling. Field work likely would consist of mapping and sample collection at ancient volcanoes where the plumbing system (dikes/plugs, plutons) is exposed. Modeling work might include developing and applying thermal, mechanical, and/or fluid dynamical models to better understand magmatic and volcanic processes and to explain observations made in the field. Other methods also may become important, for example microstructural or petrologic analysis of samples collected in the field. </span></p><div dir="ltr"><u><br></u></div><div dir="ltr"><u>PhD applicants:</u><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(49,43,44);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The deadline to apply for the PhD program is December 21, 2018. Application instructions can be found at: </span><span style="text-decoration-line:underline;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://earthsciences.uoregon.edu/graduate-program/how-to-apply/" style="text-decoration-line:none">https://earthsciences.uoregon.edu/graduate-program/how-to-apply/</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><u><br></u></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><u>Postdoc applicants:</u></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">The postdoc position is for approximately 12 months, and postdocs will be engaged with writing proposals to extend funding. To apply, please submit the following directly to me at <a href="mailto:mtownse4@uoregon.edu">mtownse4@uoregon.edu</a>: </p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">CV, contact info for 3 references, and a 1-2 page informal research proposal explaining one or two project ideas to be completed together at UO</p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(49,43,44);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For more information, please contact Meredith Townsend: </span><a href="mailto:mtownse4@uoregon.edu" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">mtownse4@uoregon.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(49,43,44);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(49,43,44);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thanks,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(49,43,44);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Meredith
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