Volcano PhD opportunity New Zealand, University of Canterbury
We have a fully funded PhD project to work on experimental earthquake triggering of volcanic eruptions with supervisor Ben Kennedy based at the University of Canterbury Christchurch NZ.
The project will involve several months of high temperature lab work in Munich working with Dr Fabian Wadsworth in 2017 and possibly continued lab work in 2018 working with Dr Jon Castro and/or Dr Thomas Walter. There will be a field component, likely working on Merapi volcano, Indonesia sample collecting for detailed textural analysis using computed micro tomography.
There will be $27,000 NZ per year stipend plus funded conference a fieldwork opportunities.
The position is funded for three years and available to start between Nov 2016 and March 2017.
Preference will be given to students with research publication experience, experience with high temperature experiments and or micro tomography, and A grade (or first) equivalent GPAs, and numerical skills.
Please send an email stating why you are suited to the position and or CV to Ben Kennedy Ben.kennedy@
Geological Sciences
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
8140
Christchurch
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