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The Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Iowa is recruiting two highly motivated and academically strong PhD students to conduct research attached to two NASA-funded projects: 1. Characterizing the seismotectonic structure of the Arabia-Eurasia Plate boundary. This project is a joint seismic-geodetic project investigating active deformation … Continue Reading »
CICESE, through its Division of Earth Sciences, invites applications for a tenure-track researcher position in the Department of Seismology. CHARACTERISTICS AND REQUIREMENTS a) Academic qualifications · PhD in Earth Sciences or related fields. b) Experience and capabilities · Seismotectonics with strong background in Geodesy. · Applicant must have experience … Continue Reading »
AIR Worldwide (AIR), a member of the Verisk Insurance Solutions group at Verisk Analytics, is the scientific leader and most respected provider of risk modeling software and consulting services. AIR founded the catastrophe modeling industry in 1987 and today models the risk from natural catastrophes and terrorism in 90 countries. … Continue Reading »
We wish to bring your attention to the following two Mendenhall Postdoctoral Research Opportunities. Applications close May 2. Interested applicants are encouraged to contact the Research Advisors to discuss potential projects and details of the program. (1) 16-23. Improving numerical simulations of earthquake ground motions using high-resolution 3-D seismic velocity … Continue Reading »
We would like to announce a post-doctoral opportunity to study injection-induced seismicity, with the specific aim of enhancing the USGS estimates of the hazard posed by induced earthquakes. Many avenues of research would make valuable contributions to this effort. These include, but are not limited to: 1) determining the maximum … Continue Reading »
We would like to announce a post-doctoral opportunity in the exciting field of quantifying the uncertainties in crustal deformation models (with emphasis on improving understanding of earthquake hazards). A wide variety of research projects could be proposed as part of this opportunity. These include, but are not limited to, studying … Continue Reading »