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Dear all, I would like to draw your attention to the availability of (up to) 6 PhD fellowships within the graduate research school GEOSIM in Berlin/Potsdam. The ad is included in this email, more information to be found on our website www.geo-x.net/geosim. Thank you for informing potential candidates! With very best wishes, Karen Leever GEOSIM coordinator [log in to unmask] -- The graduate research school*GEOSIM*(Explorative Simulation in Earth-Sciences) is a collaborative effort of researchers in departments of Earth and Mathematical Sciences at the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ Potsdam), Potsdam University and Freie Universität Berlin. By October 2011, 17 PhD students from 8 countries and 3 continents will have started their projects in the various participating groups. To complete our ranks, we invite applications for an additional *6 PhD fellowships* ** in the field of simulation of Earth System processes. GEOSIM focuses on research in three critical fields of Earth Sciences by using numerical and physical simulation as an explorative tool dedicated to advancing our qualitative and quantitative understanding of Earth's complex systems. These fields are solid earth dynamics and earthquakes, atmosphere-hydrosphere dynamics and climate, and hydrological flow and transport processes. The fields will be studied through methods such as data exploration and assimilation, model selection and validation; experimental simulation and their quantitative analysis; analysis of scaling properties of geo-processes; explorative simulation and computer-aided modelling of incompletely known systems. We aim to train a new generation of young, interdisciplinary scientists with skills in combining applied geosciences with the development of physical concepts of Earth systems, mathematical abstraction, and the use of high-performance computing. *What we offer:***Training will include advanced courses in the above subjects, summer schools, and workshops complementing the research work in the topic of the PhD thesis. Candidates will be co-supervised by an earth scientist and a mathematician and will benefit from a stimulating interdisciplinary research environment. The three-year PhD fellowships amount 1500 euro/month. *What we ask:***We expect candidates to contribute to the development of their own research topic and to participate in the school's curriculum. At the time of appointment, candidates should have a MSc degree (or equivalent) in at least one of the following fields as well as a strong affinity with a complementary discipline: Earth Sciences, Physics, Chemistry, Meteorological Sciences, Mathematics, Computer Sciences or Engineering. The website http://www.geo-x.net/geosim provides more information on candidate requirements and the onlineapplication procedure, on the groups and scientists involved in GEOSIM, potential thesis subjects and the PhD curriculum. Candidate evaluation will begin after the application deadline on October 20^th , 2011; the anticipated start of the PhD projects is on April 1^st , 2012. GFZ, Potsdam University and Freie Universität Berlin are equal opportunity / affirmative action employers. Prof. Dr. O. Oncken (GFZ Potsdam) Prof. Dr. R. Klein (FU Berlin) Prof. Dr. F. Scherbaum (Potsdam University) Dr. K. Leever (GEOSIM coordinator) -- dr. Karen A. Leever Geo.Sim coordination Section 3.1: Lithosphere Dynamics Phone: +49 (0)331/288-1326 Email:[log in to unmask] Website:www.geo-x.net/geosim _______________________________________ Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre For Geosciences Public Law Foundation State of Brandenburg Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam