[OBSIPtec] Postdoctoral Researcher for Structural Seismology Group, JAMSTEC

[Kasey Aderhold]

Institution: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Open Until: 2018-10-02

The Structural Seismology Group at the Research and Development (R&D) Center for Earthquake and Tsunami (CEAT), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), is soliciting applications for two Postdoctoral Researcher positions in a research project entitled “Subduction Zone Observation and Monitoring for Hazard Mitigation”, which is an integrated seismogenic zone research project through seismic surveys, seafloor observations, and monitoring earthquakes and tsunamis.

Please refer to our website for details about the Research and Development Center for Earthquake and Tsunami and our research plan.
http://www.jamstec.go.jp/ceat/e/

[Research Description]
Project tasks will include the following:
Research to reveal the seismogenic process in the seismogenic zones around Japan, such as the Nankai Trough and Japan Trench, using data processing and interpreting seismic data from active source seismic surveys using a multichannel seismic reflection system and/or ocean bottom seismometers.

[Relevant Research Fields]
Marine Seismology, Marine Geology, Geophysics, etc.

[Requirements]
Applicants are required to have been awarded or expect to have obtained a Ph.D. in a related field by the date of employment. In addition, no more than 5 years can have passed between the last day of the fiscal year in which the applicants obtained a Ph.D. and the date of employment.

[Work Place]
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
Yokohama Institute for Earth Sciences (YES),
3173-25 Showa-machi, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama city, Kanagawa,
236-0001, JAPAN

Details of our Agency:
http://www.jamstec.go.jp/e/

Details of this recruitment:
http://www.jamstec.go.jp/e/about/recruit/ceat_20181002.html