<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><span style="font-family: Ubuntu; font-size: medium; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Dear colleagues,</span></div><div><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><font face="Ubuntu" size="3"><br></font></div><font face="Ubuntu" size="3"><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">ICTP's Earth System Physics section (ESP, </span></span></span><a href="https://www.ictp.it/research/esp.aspx" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">https://www.ictp.it/research/esp.aspx</span></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">) seeks applications for its </span></span></span><strong style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; box-sizing: border-box;"><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">"<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Vilhelm Bjerknes</em>" Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship from highly motivated scientists with multiple interests and skills and a strong research record </span></span></strong><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">for a two years period, renewable for an additional third year subject to performance, starting as soon as possible in 2026, ideally not later than beginning of <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">March 2026</strong>.</span></span></span><br><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">If you are you passionate about regional climate change and climate extremes and you want to play a role in the IPCC framework, </span><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">we are looking for a dedicated professional to join us in the</span><span class="white-space-pre" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; box-sizing: inherit; margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); outline: var(--artdeco-reset-base-outline-zero); font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; 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white-space: pre !important; line-height: inherit !important;"> </span><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">as a Chapter Scientist for WGI Chapter 7. This is a senior post-doc opening that offers a unique vantage point into the global climate assessment process.</span></font><br><font color="#5856d6" face="Ubuntu" size="3"><span style="caret-color: rgb(88, 86, 214);"><br></span></font><font face="Ubuntu" size="3"><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">As Senior Post-doc, the candidate is required to engage in the following 3 areas:</span></font></div><div><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><font face="Ubuntu" size="3"><br></font></div><font face="Ubuntu" size="3"><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">1. Act as </span><b style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Chapter Scientist</b><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;"> for Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (</span><b style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">IPCC</b><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">) Seventh Assessment report (</span><b style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">AR7</b><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">) for </span><b style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Working Group I, Chapter 7</b><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">: Projections of regional climate and extremes (50%)</span></font></div><div><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><font face="Ubuntu" size="3"><br></font></div><font face="Ubuntu" size="3"><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">2. Conduct </span><b style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">frontline research</b><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;"> in the area of </span><b style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">projections of regional climate and extremes</b><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;"> (30%)</span></font></div><div><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><font face="Ubuntu" size="3"><br></font></div><font face="Ubuntu" size="3"><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">3. </span><b style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Engage in the ICTP-IAP-IPCC Chapter Scientist programme</b><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">, in particular supporting the ICTP Principle Investigator of this programme in organizing training activities for Chapter Scientists (20%).</span><br><font color="#5856d6"><span style="caret-color: rgb(88, 86, 214);"><br></span></font><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b>Requirements</b>: </span></span></span><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Fellows must have completed a PhD in a Climate Sciences related field.</span></font></div><div><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><font face="Ubuntu" size="3"><br></font></div><font face="Ubuntu" size="3"><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">The ICTP takes seriously its commitment to equal opportunity and diversity in hiring, and in its global mission to promote science in the developing world.</span></font></div><div><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><font face="Ubuntu" size="3"><br></font></div><font face="Ubuntu" size="3"><b style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">How to apply</b><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;"> : Application link at </span><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://e-applications.ictp.it/applicant/login/4302">https://e-applications.ictp.it/applicant/login/4302</a></span></font></div><div><font face="Ubuntu" size="3"><br><b style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Application deadline: 9 February 2026</b><br><font color="#5856d6"><span style="caret-color: rgb(88, 86, 214);"><b><br></b></span></font><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">For question regarding the areas 1 and 2 please contact Prof. Erika Coppola (coppolae@ictp.it), for question related to area 3 please contact Prof. Fred Kucharski (kucharsk@ictp.it) for any other question please refer to esp@ictp.it</span><br>Best Regards<br>Erika Coppola</font><br><font color="#5856d6"><br></font>-- <br>Coppola Erika , Ph.D<br>Earth System Physics Section<br>The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics<br>Strada Costiera 11<br>34100 Trieste, ITALY<br>Phone: + 39 040 2240 407<br>Fax: + 39 040 2240 449<br><font color="#5856d6"><br><span style="caret-color: rgb(88, 86, 214);"><br></span></font><blockquote type="cite"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">
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