PhD Candidate in Glaciology & Hazard Modeling (ICEFAL)

VAW Glaciology; Zürich; On-site; CHF 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

VAW Glaciology at ETH Zurich invites applications for a Doctoral Student position within the ICEFAL project in the French and Swiss Alps. The four-year program combines fieldwork at high elevations in Switzerland with state-of-the-art thermo-mechanical modeling (Elmer/Ice) to study hanging glacier stability under climate warming.

The successful candidate will map glaciers, perform ice temperature measurements, and develop hazard indices from model results, working in a multilingual,

Qualifications

• Master's degree in geophysics, physics, environmental or earth science, environmental engineering, or related fields.
• Excellent knowledge of English, both in oral and written form (C1 to C2).

Responsibilities

• Create an inventory of hanging glaciers using manual mapping and possibly machine-learning aided approaches.
• Perform field measurements at high-elevation sites in Switzerland, including ice temperatures and mass balance measurements.
• Drive a thermo-mechanical model (Elmer/Ice) to investigate past and future temperature evolution of glaciers and stability.
• Predict basal temperatures and intersect with stability criteria to derive a hazard index for hanging glaciers.

Skills

Master's degree

English (C1-C2)

Education

Master's degree in geophysics/physics/environmental or earth science

Tools

Elmer/Ice

QGIS

Job description

VAW Glaciology at ETH Zurich invites applications for a Doctoral Student position within the ICEFAL project in the French and Swiss Alps. The four-year program combines fieldwork at high elevations in Switzerland with state-of-the-art thermo-mechanical modeling (Elmer/Ice) to study hanging glacier stability under climate warming.

The successful candidate will map glaciers, perform ice temperature measurements, and develop hazard indices from model results, working in a multilingual,