CEDAR email: 2 postdocs in Switzerland at ISSI - applications due 31 Oct

[Barbara Emery]

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Two Post-Doctoral Positions at ISSI in Switzerland for a two-year period 
starting January 2014 or by agreement - applications due 31 October.
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The ISSI team (secretary at issibern.ch) and Tony Van Eyken (anthonyvaneyken at 
sri.com).

Dear Colleagues,

The International Space Science Institute invites applications for Two 
Post-Doctoral Positions
for a two-year period starting in January 2014 or by agreement. One of the two 
positions is in
Space Sciences, the other is in Earth Sciences. The successful candidates should 
have received
a Ph.D. within the last five years in a field relating to either Space or Earth 
Sciences in
general. All applications must be received by ISSI no later than October 31st, 2013.

For more information, please read the job descriptions below or click on the link
http://www.issibern.ch/spotlight/PostDoc13.pdf

Best regards,

The ISSI Team

International Space Science Institute,
Hallerstrasse 6,
CH-3012 Bern,
Switzerland,
Tel. +41-31-631 48 96
Fax +41-31-631 48 97
http://www.issibern.ch

<b>Job Descriptions:</b>

ISSI invites applications for Two Post-Doctoral Positions for a two-year period 
starting in January 2014 or by agreement.

One of the two positions is in Space Sciences, the other is in Earth Sciences. 
The successful
candidates should have received a Ph.D. within the last five years in a field 
relating to either
Space or Earth Sciences in general.

Applications for the post-doctoral position in Space Sciences relating to space 
physics, or to solar
system sciences, or to astronomy are particularly welcome.

Applications for the post-doctoral position in Earth Sciences relating to remote 
sensing of the
Earth system including climate are particularly welcome.

The successful candidate will participate in the Institute’s research and 
meetings programme and
will work in close contact with the scientific staff of the Institute. He or she 
may also lead or
participate as a member in projects conducted by international teams at ISSI. 
Thus he or she will
be exposed to, and interact with, a numerous and varied community of scientists 
from throughout
the world.

Nationals from ESA Member States shall have priority. Salary and conditions of 
employment
will be similar to those provided by the Swiss National Science Foundation.
Further information may be obtained from the ISSI home page 
(http://www.issibern.ch) and from
Professor Rudolf von Steiger, phone: +41 31 631 48 96, email: vsteiger at issibern.ch).
The submission should include a letter of application including a brief outline 
of foreseen
research, the curriculum vitae, the list of publications and the names, 
addresses and means of
contact of three references, not exceeding 7 pages in total. They shall be 
addressed to ISSI, attn.
Professor R. von Steiger, Hallerstrasse 6, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland; email:
vsteiger at issibern.ch. Submissions by email are preferred provided all the 
documents are in the
form of a single PDF file.

All applications must be received by ISSI no later than October 31st, 2013.

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