Three (3) PhD Positions, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Switzerland (2015)

The Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) and the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research (WSL-SLF) seek 3 PhD positions to work on the distribution of impurities in snow and glacier ice in a cross-disciplinary project.

The planned innovative experimental studies are predominately laboratory based. The project’s main goal is to investigate the re-distribution of particulate and soluble impurities in snow during metamorphism. This is a fundamental topic with high relevance to snow chemistry, atmospheric science, and to the integrity of ice cores as climate and environmental archives.

We are looking for highly skilled and enthusiastic young researchers to work in this cooperative project in the surface chemistry research group at PSI, the analytical chemistry research group at PSI, or in the snow physics research group at WSL-SLF.
Main tasks:

- Plan, carry out, analyse, and interpret laboratory-based experiments with trace levels of impurities
- Help developing new instrumentation and new experimental approaches
- Collaborate with project members and external partners
- Presentation of results at international conferences and publication in scientific journals

Further details:
http://academicpositions.eu