PhD position in BepiColombo, Mercury's space plasma physics, and high-performance computing
Position
PhD position in BepiColombo, Mercury's space plasma physics, and high-performance computing
Employer
Finnish Meteorological Institute
Location
Helsinki, Finland
Sector
Government
Relevant divisions
Planetary and Solar System Sciences (PS)
Solar-Terrestrial Sciences (ST)
Solar-Terrestrial Sciences (ST)
Type
Contract
Level
Student / Graduate / Internship
Salary
Open
Required education
Master
Application deadline
10 November 2025
Posted
22 October 2025
Job description
We have opened a recruitment for a 2-year doctoral researcher position in the "Mercury in the solar wind" ERC project at the Finnish Meteorological Institute. The PhD student will apply our global particle-based models to study the solar wind influence on Merhttps://www.egu.eu/jobs/cury and its environment and interpret observations from the BepiColombo mission, or, alternatively, focus on the model development for our supercomputer applications, depending on skills and interests.
Team website:
How to apply
More information and apply here:
https://valtiolle.fi/en/jobs/doctoral-researcher-space-weather-modelling-16176/