6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6 From: Chiara Montagna <chiara.montagna@xxxxxxx> Dear Colleagues An INGV (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia) funded PhD position in Physics: *Thermal and fluid-dynamical modeling to inform statistical emulators of volcanic plumbing system dynamics,* is available at the Physics Department of the University of Pisa via the Swiss National Science Foundation collaborative grant â??*VAMOS - Data-driven imaging of volcanic plumbing systems*â??. The VAMOS project aims at forecasting the magnitude and duration of volcanic eruptions by combining petrological and statistical analyses of erupted samples, modeling of volcanic plumbing system evolution and statistical emulation. The PhD candidate will work at Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia in Pisa under the supervision of Dr. Chiara Montagna, in close collaboration with the whole multidisciplinary project team based at the Universities of Geneva (Earth Science and Statistics department) and Bologna (Statistics department), which includes 4 professors, 2 post-docs and 4 more PhD students, with expertise spanning from computational fluid dynamics to statistics and machine learning to volcanology. The candidate will focus on developing models of *multiphase magma flow within volcanic plumbing systems*; specifically, he/she will use the OpenFOAM framework to tune and develop computational fluid dynamics solvers for the thermal and dynamical evolution of magmas at shallow depths within the Earthâ??s crust. Numerical models will be constrained by geological observations, and the results will be used to interpret petrological datasets in the framework of the space-time evolution of the volcanic system. Computationally expensive numerical simulations results will be used to build surrogate models/*statistical emulators*, by training machine learning algorithms that will be able to reproduce simulated outputs at much lower costs, thereby allowing for the exploration of a much larger parametersâ?? space. INGV Pisa offers state-of-the-art computational facilities that will be fully available to the PhD candidate. Qualifications The applicant should hold a Master Degree in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Sciences, Engineering or related fields. She/he should preferably have some knowledge of fluid dynamics, as well as an interest in applying advanced physical models to natural system dynamics. Within the project, frequent meetings are foreseen aimed at both cooperating with partners and studying volcanic systems in the field. Interested applicants are welcome to contact the project PI Dr. Chiara Montagna (chiara.montagna@xxxxxxx); applications will be submitted through the University of Pisa portal. Start date is envisioned in September, 2024 but can be moved to March 2025 if needed. 6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6 ------------------------------
