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<p class="preFlex flexIn" style="white-space: pre-wrap; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.19, 1, 0.22, 1); transition-duration: 0.65s;">Dear colleagues,
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<p class="preFlex flexIn" style="white-space: pre-wrap; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.19, 1, 0.22, 1); transition-duration: 0.65s;">The Center for Oldest Ice Exploration (COLDEX) is looking to hire a postdoctoral researcher at the Oregon State University ice core laboratory to investigate the geochemistry of some of the oldest polar ice samples ever recovered from Antarctica (1 to 3 million years old). </p>
<p class="preFlex flexIn" style="white-space: pre-wrap; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.19, 1, 0.22, 1); transition-duration: 0.65s;">COLDEX (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.coldex.org">www.coldex.org</a>) is an NSF Science and Technology Center formed in 2021 to explore Antarctica for the oldest possible ice core records of our planet’s climate and environmental history, and to help make polar science more inclusive and diverse. </p>
<p class="preFlex flexIn" style="white-space: pre-wrap; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.19, 1, 0.22, 1); transition-duration: 0.65s;">The postdoctoral researcher will work as part of a collaborative, multi-institutional project that aims to further develop and operate an analytical set up for continuous-flow (CFA) and discrete analysis of various geochemical tracers (water isotopic composition, major ion chemistry, dust, atmospheric methane). The laboratory will be used to analyze ice cores from Antarctic blue ice areas, such as the Allan Hills site, that have been shown to harbor extremely old ice. The new data will significantly extend the existing Antarctic ice core record toward older time periods, providing new climatic insights into past climate periods. </p>
<p class="preFlex flexIn" style="white-space: pre-wrap; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.19, 1, 0.22, 1); transition-duration: 0.65s;">This is a full-time, 3-year position within the College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (CEOAS) at Oregon State University. The start date is negotiable, but ideally in the Fall of 2022. The postdoc will work under the mentorship of Christo Buizert and Edward Brook, and in close collaboration with other COLDEX researchers at various institutions across the U.S., members of the OSU ice core lab, and the wider paleoclimate community at OSU. The project may involve field work in Antarctica, but this is not a requirement for the position. </p>
<p class="preFlex flexIn" style="white-space: pre-wrap; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.19, 1, 0.22, 1); transition-duration: 0.65s;">More information on the position can be found here: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://coldex.org/postdocs">https://coldex.org/postdocs</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please forward this announcement to
potential candidates, and apologies for cross-posting.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Best, Christo</p>
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Christo Buizert (he/him)
Assistant Professor
Oregon State University
104 CEOAS Admin Bldg.
Corvallis OR 97331-5503
+1 (541)-737-1572
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://icecore.ceoas.oregonstate.edu/">https://icecore.ceoas.oregonstate.edu/</a></pre>
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