Postdoctoral Geoscience Fellow: Tibetan Plateau Research

PeopleAdmin, Inc.; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte invites applications for a Post Doctoral Fellow in the Division Academic Affairs. The successful candidate will work on the topographic growth of the Tibetan Plateau, using stable and clumped isotope geochemistry to constrain paleoclimate, paleoelevation, and depositional ages.

Responsibilities include fieldwork in sedimentology, stratigraphy, and structural geology, data analysis, and pursuing independent research topics with strong support for

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Geology, Geochemistry, Geoscience, or Earth Sciences required.
• Strong training in stable (clumped) isotope geochemistry and related geochronology is preferred.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills required.

Responsibilities

• Utilize stable and clumped isotope geochemistry to reconstruct diagenesis, paleoclimate, and paleoelevation evolution.
• Apply geochronology and thermochronology to constrain depositional ages, provenance, and regional exhumation history.
• Conduct fieldwork in sedimentology, stratigraphy, and structural geology to clarify basin evolution.

Skills

Stable isotope geochemistry

Clumped isotope geochemistry

Low-temperature thermochronology

Sedimentology

Structural geology

Geodynamics

Communication skills

Education

Ph.D. in Geology, Geochemistry, Geoscience, or Earth Sciences

Job description

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte invites applications for a Post Doctoral Fellow in the Division Academic Affairs. The successful candidate will work on the topographic growth of the Tibetan Plateau, using stable and clumped isotope geochemistry to constrain paleoclimate, paleoelevation, and depositional ages.

Responsibilities include fieldwork in sedimentology, stratigraphy, and structural geology, data analysis, and pursuing independent research topics with strong support for