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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">I am writing to advertise a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>PhD project on extreme temperatures at the University of St Andrews (in collaboration with Dr Nick Dunstone at the Met Office).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">The project will involve theory, performing numerical simulations as well as analyses of state-of-the-art climate models. The position will be based at St Andrews' School of Earth and Environmental
Sciences and the start date will be approximately September 2024. Project description here:
<a href="https://iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships/heatwave-dynamics-on-decadal-timescales-mechanisms-and-predictability/">
https://iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships/heatwave-dynamics-on-decadal-timescales-mechanisms-and-predictability/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">The PhD position is suitable for a student with an undergraduate/masters degree or equivalent in physics, mathematics, engineering, atmospheric science, computer science, or a related field. <b>A
strong background in mathematics and physics is more important than previous experience in climate science.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Please email me if you are interested in discussing this PhD project informally.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Mike Byrne<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Michael P. Byrne, Ph.D.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">email: <a href="mailto:mpb20@st-andrews.ac.uk"><span style="color:#0563C1">mpb20@st-andrews.ac.uk</span></a>
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web: <a href="https://sites.google.com/tcd.ie/michaelbyrne/home?authuser=0" title="https://sites.google.com/tcd.ie/michaelbyrne/home?authuser=0"><span style="color:#0563C1">climate-dynamics.co.uk</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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