Lund University

Lund University was founded in 1666 and is repeatedly ranked among the world’s top universities. The University has around 47 000 students and more than 8 800 staff based in Lund, Helsingborg and Malmö. We are united in our efforts to understand, explain and improve our world and the human condition.

Lund University welcomes applicants with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We regard gender equality and diversity as a strength and an asset.

Homepage: https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/

Applications are open for three fully funded PhD positions in computational Earth Science and ice core research at Lund University, Sweden. The successful candidates will join a larger research team in Lund funded by two ERC grants: PastSolarStorms and PaleoCore. The projects will use novel modelling techniques and high-resolution cosmogenic radionuclide and geomagnetic field data to study a wide range of processes ranging from solar storms to polarity reversals.

Enormous solar storms have occurred in the past, but little is known about these events despite their potential to devastate modern society. The aim of one PhD project is to push the limits of solar storm detection by analyzing high-resolution radionuclide data from ice cores to reconstruct solar activity and storm events over the Holocene. On longer timescales, cosmogenic radionuclides also provide information on geomagnetic field variations and paleoclimate. The objective of the two other PhD projects is to use novel statistical methods and independent geomagnetic field/climate data to disentangle these effects and study long-term variations in solar activity, the carbon cycle and deep Earth processes responsible for generating the geomagnetic field. A special focus will be on the geomagnetic field collapse around 41,000 years ago.

Please find the detailed job announcements and instruction of how to apply at:

Doctoral student in ice-core research with a focus on past solar activity and solar storms
https://lu.varbi.com/what:job/jobID:792662/

Two doctoral students in Computational science with a focus on geomagnetic field, solar activity and paleoclimate
https://lu.varbi.com/what:job/jobID:792785/

The closing date for applications is March 9 2025.