<html><body><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Dear Colleagues</span><br></div><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__"><div style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000"><div style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000"><br><div><div style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000"><div><span style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt">A 3-year PhD position in the field of climate extremes is open at the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium in the context of an ITN project, EDIPI, <a href="https://edipi-itn.eu/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://edipi-itn.eu/</a>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt">We are looking for a motivated candidate <span style="color:rgb( 41 , 58 , 75 );font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );float:none;display:inline !important">wishing to pursue a PhD degree in theoretical/computational physics in the field of climate extremes. The specific subject will be</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><span style="color:rgb( 41 , 58 , 75 );font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );float:none;display:inline !important"><span style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt">: investigation of extreme climate instabilities. This will involve the use of tools from nonlinear science, dynamical systems theory and large deviation theory. </span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><span style="color:rgb( 41 , 58 , 75 );font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );float:none;display:inline !important"><span style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><br></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt">For more information please visit,https://www.meteo.be/fr/infos/actualite/1-phd-fellow-position-3-year-available-in-the-field-of-climate-extremes-at-the-royal-meteorological-institute-of-belgium </span><span style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt">The deadline for application is May 15, 2021.</span></div><br><div><span style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Best regards</span></div><div><span style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Stéphane Vannitsem (<a href="mailto:Stephane.Vannitsem@meteo.be" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Stephane.Vannitsem@meteo.be</a>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><br></span></div><div><div><div style="padding-left:10px"><br></div><div style="padding-left:10px"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></body></html>