Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Physical Oceanography

We have an open position as Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Physical Oceanography with a focus on oceanographic processes that influence ice–ocean interactions and ecosystem dynamics in Antarctica.

This is a fixed-term position for a period of 4 years, funded by the Research Council of Norway through iC3 – Center for Ice, Cryosphere, Carbon and Climate, and will contribute to the international initiative “Antarctic InSync”. Open to all nationalities.

The position is based at the Norwegian Polar Institute in Tromsø and will involve collaboration within a multidisciplinary Antarctic program, together with researchers from related fields such as marine ecology, sea ice, and glaciology.

You will participate in research cruises to the Southern Ocean. Some additional travel may be required for conferences and research dissemination.

Research focus

You will work with the collection and analysis of oceanographic data, focusing on processes in the Antarctic coastal- and slope current in the King Haakon VII Sea off the coast of Dronning Maud Land. Specifically, you will:

• Analyze data from cruises, gliders, and multi-year time series from moored observatories, focusing on boundary current dynamics, heat transport toward ice shelves, and the links to large-scale atmospheric and ocean circulation in the Southern Ocean.
• Combine new sea ice measurements from moored instruments, ADCP, and microstructure data with results from fine-scale numerical models to understand the vertical force balance and mixing processes, e.g., driven by tidal waves over the continental shelf break.
• Contribute to the collection and analysis of high-resolution transects along the ice shelf front using a TRIAXUS underway system during research cruises on R/V Kronprins Haakon in early 2027.
• Take responsibility for data acquisition and maintenance of the Troll Observing Network Multidisciplinary Ocean Moored Observatory off the coast of Dronning Maud Land during the Norwegian Polar Institute’s TrollTransect cruises, as part of Antarctica InSync.
• Contribute expertise on the physical environment within a multidisciplinary research group to help understand how dynamic ocean processes influence local algal blooms and vertical carbon fluxes.

Qualifications

You must hold a completed PhD in physical oceanography or a related field and have documented experience publishing in peer-reviewed journals.

A Norwegian PhD or an equivalent PhD from foreign universities is required. If you have not yet defended your thesis, you are still welcome to apply, but you must document that your doctoral work has been submitted for evaluation before the application deadline. Your defense must be approved before we can hire you.

Questions about the position?

Reach out to our iC3 researchers:

• Tore Hattermann: tore.hattermann@npolar.no
• Philipp Assmy: philipp.assmy@npolar.no

Note: All applications have to be submitted through Jobbnorge.