PhD position on sensitivity of past warm climates to CO2

at  ETH Zrich

100%, ZURICH, FIXED-TERM

The Climate Geology group is looking for a curious and motivated PhD candidate interested in combining careful laboratory analyses and model-data comparison to understand Earth’s climate sensitivity in past warm time periods.

JOB DESCRIPTION

In this PhD project, you will develop new records of atmospheric CO2 and of changes in the surface ocean temperature. CO2 records will be produced from carbon isotopic fractionation in alkenone biomarkers. New temperature records will be developed from the clumped isotopic composition of coccoliths, calcite plates produced by a family of phytoplankton. Within the project, the PhD student will conduct several short mobility research stays with our project partners at Purdue University in the USA, in order to develop and refine proxy system models and compare the new data with results from climate models, and become familiar with climate modeling. In addition to the research project, you will gain experience in teaching, broader science communication, and/or laboratory management by contributing to departmental teaching, outreach and laboratory tasks constituting up to 10% of the work time.

Please refer the Job description for details