PhD position in BepiColombo, Mercury's space weather, and high-performance computing
Position
PhD position in BepiColombo, Mercury's space weather, 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
Full time
Level
Student / Graduate / Internship
Salary
Open
Preferred education
Master
Application deadline
1 December 2025
Posted
19 November 2025
Job description
We are seeking for a motivated doctoral researcher (PhD candidate) to work on the modelling of Mercury's space plasma physics in a BepiColombo related project. The position is part of the MErcury in the sOlar Wind (MEOW) ERC project at the Finnish Meteorological Institute. You will use our global particle-based space weather models to study the solar wind influence on Mercury and its environment and interpret observations from the BepiColombo mission. Alternatively, you can focus on the development of simulation methods for supercomputer environments, depending on your skills and interests.
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