Postdoc: Geophysics for Thermally Induced Seismicity

Delft; Delft; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent ABP pension

Education and training opportunities

Leave hours budget and buy/sell

Relocation assistance

Health insurance discounts

Job summary

TU Delft invites a postdoctoral researcher to study thermally induced seismic events, combining laboratory experiments, field monitoring, and numerical reservoir modeling in a 2-year project.

The candidate will invert waveforms for small induced events, develop robust inversion strategies for sparse data, and connect results to geothermal-induction theory, collaborating with KNMI and TU Delft’s Geothermal Theme.

Qualifications

• PhD in Geophysics, Physics, Earth Sciences or closely related discipline.
• Experience with and love for linking models to field data.
• Solid understanding of seismic wave fields and their mechanics.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate within a multidisciplinary team.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication, including publishing in peer-reviewed journals.

Responsibilities

• Perform centroid-moment tensor inversions for small induced events in Groningen.
• Devise an inversion strategy for small events with sparse seismic data in geothermal contexts.
• Invert centroid-moment tensor for low-magnitude induced events, relating results to geothermal-induction theory.

Skills

Linking models to field data

Seismic wave fields

Independent work

English publication skills

Education

PhD in Geophysics or related field

Tools

SeisSol

SPECFEM3D

Job description

TU Delft invites a postdoctoral researcher to study thermally induced seismic events, combining laboratory experiments, field monitoring, and numerical reservoir modeling in a 2-year project.

The candidate will invert waveforms for small induced events, develop robust inversion strategies for sparse data, and connect results to geothermal-induction theory, collaborating with KNMI and TU Delft’s Geothermal Theme.