International Max Planck Research School for Maritime Affairs at theUniversity of Hamburg

The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of science, in cooperationwith three Max Planck Institutes, has established an International MaxPlanck Research School for Maritime Affairs at the University ofHamburg. The Research School will awardAir-sea exchange2 Ph.D. grants(euro 1468 per month) The grants will start on October 1, 2005 and willcover a period of two years (with possible extension up to one moreyear).

The candidates should have a degree in oceanography,meteorology, geophysics, physics, chemistry or related fields.Study 1: Air-sea exchange of marine pollutants - Laboratory studies onturbulence mediated exchange processes (Physical oceanography).Experiments are to be conducted at the wind-wave tank of the Universityof Hamburg. In the focus are exchange processes at the water surfacethat are mediated by sub-surface turbulence. Such processes includemicro-breaking of ind-generated waves, air-sea gas fluxes, and aerosolproduction.

The grant holder will design and participate in laboratoryexperiments, will analyse the results, and will compare them withnumerical simulations. It is expected that the results of this studywill also help improving the analysis of remote sensing data acquiredby various space-borne sensors. See alsohttp://www.ifm.zmaw.de/~wwwrs/WWK/UHH_WWK_main.html.

Applicants shouldhave experience in laboratory experiments of hydrodynamic processes,time series analysis and numerical modelling (UNIX, FORTRAN).

Study 2: Air-sea exchange of marine pollutants - Its impacts onlarge-scale cycling of persistent pollutants (Numerical modelling): Anumerical model of the global cycling of persistent organic substancesin the ocean, atmosphere and terrestrial compartments using coupledgeneral circulation models is to be further developed with regard tothe representation of trace substance cycling in the ocean and oceanmargins. The grant holder will extend and refine processes, perform andvalidate numerical simulations of the exposure of the marine and totalenvironment towards hazardous substances and will analyse the results.See also http://mpi-web.dkrz.de/en/depts/dep2/aec/field3.php.

Applicants should have experience in numerical modelling (UNIX,FORTRAN) and data analysis.For both grants applicants should be fluent in English and open tointerdisciplinary work. The doctoral thesis can be written in Englishor in German.Both the Max Planck Society and the University of Hamburg want toenhance the share of women in those areas where they areunderrepresented. Women are therefore encouraged to apply. Applicantswith serious physical disabilities are also expressly encouraged toapply and will be preferred to others being equally qualified.

Deadline for applications is June 30, 2005.

Applications must include adetailed curriculum vitae, complete set of copies of relevantcertificates and up to two letters of reference. Please submit yourapplication to PD Dr. Gerhard Lammel, Max-Planck-Institute furMeteorologie, Bundesstr. 53, 20146 Hamburg, Germany, E-mail:lammel@dkrz.de.