Post-Doctoral researcher in paleoclimatology W/M

Employeur

The university of Bordeaux is a great dynamic and responsible university that cares about the well-being of its staff. Joining us means working in a privileged environment within a particularly diverse and open professional community, benefiting from welcome and inclusion schemes, training and internal mobility. It means participating in an academic, scientific and human adventure. It means committing to meeting the challenges of the 21st century.

Join the Oceanic and Continental Environments and Palaeoenvironments (EPOC) – laboratory of the University of Bordeaux!

This laboratory is a Joint Research Unit under the joint supervision of the University of Bordeaux, the CNRS, Bordeaux INP and the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes.

EPOC is a multidisciplinary UMR developing a strong and recognized expertise in ecotoxicology, ecology, biogeochemistry, environmental chemistry, sedimentology, paleoclimatology, coastal oceanography, marine geosciences.

As part of the project Pliocene Hominin Dispersal to southern Africa: Choice or Chance? (PLIODIS) we are recruiting a Post-Doctoral Researcher W/M whose work will focus on new hydroclimatic reconstructions in Africa, integration of data and numerical models of climate and evolution of hominids.

This project, funded by the European Research Council (ERC), aims to establish a link between climate and environmental changes and the evolution of hominid populations.

Votre mission

The project will test several hypotheses: that early hominin ranges in East Africa expanded and contracted with changing wet and dry phases, that shifts in dispersal corridors led to intermittent gene flow between East African and South African populations, and that tectonic changes eventually turned the Zambezi River into a significant barrier, prompting South African hominins to adapt to distinct ecological niches.

Your mission will consist of carrying out geochemical analyses on marine sediment cores in order to reconstruct the variations of the past hydrological cycle in Africa.

These reconstructions will be compared and integrated with numerical simulations of past climate (last millions of years) and a link will be established with the dynamics of ancient populations of Hominids. 

# Geochemical analyses in marine sediment cores

•       On foraminiferous (d18Oc measurements)

•       On n-alkanes (dD measurements)

•       You compile the results 

# Climate modelling

•       You perform transient simulations over 3 million years thanks to the iLOVECLIM numerical model

•       You compare the models with the palaeoclimatic data available

# Valorization of results

•       You integrate climate and environmental changes with the evolution of Hominids in Africa

•       You present your results to the team and at seminars

Vos atouts / Vos talents

Holder of a PhD in Climate Sciences, you have proven knowledge of paleoclimate data and have an interest in hominid evolution.

•       You are autonomous and organized in your work

•       You demonstrate scientific rigor

•       You master geochemical analysis techniques

•       You have experience in programming or climate modeling and comparing digital data

•       You are proficient in oral and written scientific English in a multicultural work context (level C1 / C2)

Do you recognize yourself? Apply!

More information:

By joining this project you will work within the Paleoclimate team of the EPOC laboratory whose objective is the identification and quantification of atmospheric and oceanic processes involved in long-term and short-term climate changes. You will be supervised by Thibaut CALEY.

Based in Pessac, Gironde, FRANCE – access by tramway line B (stop « François Bordes ») buses, bike.

The laboratory is near the city-centre of Bordeaux and about 60 Km of the Atlantic coasts.

30-month fixed-term contract

Gross monthly salary: from 2750€ to 3000€ according to the salary grid

Job Benefits:

50 days of annual leave from the first year

75% of the cost of a Gironde public transport pass covered

Contribution to private healthcare insurance of 15€ / month

Subsidised meals

Leisure, sports and cultural activities for all staff

Disabled-friendly establishment

Possibility of staff parking

Sustainable mobility package for commuting between home and work

Welcome programme and training courses

Recruitment process: Applications are reviewed as they arrive.

Candidates selected for an interview will be contacted by the Recruitment Officer for a first pre-qualification phone conversation. An interview with the supervisor will then be organised by videoconference.

Interested applicants should send a CV, brief statement of qualifications and basis for interest in the position, a list of your relevant publications, and the email addresses of 2 appropriate references.