[ES_JOBS_NET] Postdoctoral Research Associate position Area: reactive transport during carbon storage, Universities of Calgary, British Columbia and Victoria

[Christine Wiedinmyer]

Postdoctoral Research Associate position
Area: reactive transport during carbon storage in seafloor basalts
Duration: Up to 3 years, depending on progress and funding
Start date: January 2020 (negotiable)
Salary: ≥$45,000/year plus benefits - negotiable based on funding, qualifications, and experience
Application Deadline: Evaluation of applications will begin on November 29, 2019
Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Associate position funded for up to 3 years by the
Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions working on a joint project between the Universities of Calgary, British
Columbia, and Victoria. The project is aimed at understanding the processes governing CO2 storage in
oceanic basalts. More information about the scale and scope of the project may be found here:
https://www.uvic.ca/news/media/2019+solid-carbon-partnership+media-release. The successful candidate
will employ a reactive transport modeling approach to assess the feasible rates of CO2 injection at Ocean
Networks Canada's Cascadia Basin site in the eastern Pacific Ocean, and adapt this approach to the
evaluation of other prospective sites globally. Hydrogeologic and reactive transport modeling of the
associated processes will be the primary focus, with additional work effort dedicated to performing fluid-
rock reaction experiments at conditions matching those in the study area to calibrate the modelling efforts.
The successful candidate will have a PhD in the geosciences or a closely related field, including but not
limited to geology, geochemistry, or hydrogeology. Experience using hydrogeological and/or reactive
transport models is imperative. Familiarity with performing water-rock interaction experiments will be
viewed favorably. The position requires excellent communication and interpersonal skills, intellectual
independence, and a willingness to explore unfamiliar aspects of the geosciences.
The successful candidate will be working under the supervision of Drs. Benjamin Tutolo and Rachel Lauer at
the University of Calgary and Dr. Laurence Coogan at the University of Victoria, in collaboration with Dr.
Gregory Dipple at the University of British Columbia and other members of the "Solid Carbon" project
partnership team. They will have routine access to the University of Calgary's Advanced Research
Computing cluster and hydrogeologic, geochemical, and reactive transport modeling software as well as an
extensive suite of experimental and analytical tools for performing and characterizing water-rock-CO2
interaction experiments.
Major Duties/Responsibilities:
∙ Simulate the fate of injected CO2 under a wide range of pumping scenarios and hydrological
conditions in close collaboration with the project's engineering team
∙ Simulate leakage scenarios and develop recommendations for detection in close collaboration with
the project's technological acceptance team
∙ Use the model results to parameterize a simplified model of CO2 injection and storage that can be
used as a preliminary tool for screening other areas of the ocean basins, and work with team
members to develop this into an open access web tool
∙ Perform fluid-rock reaction experiments to parameterize and calibrate the reactive transport models
∙ Present and report research results in peer-reviewed journals in a timely manner
∙ Co-supervise undergraduate students' complementary research projects
∙ Maintain a safe, collegial, interactive, and welcoming research environment

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