Université de Strasbourg – ITES (Institut Terre et Environnement de Strasbourg)

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The Université de Strasbourg (ITES) is recruiting a post-doctoral researcher in DAS seismology for DASEC (Deep listening: fiber-optic seismology in the Antarctic ice sheet), a two-year project funded through a USIAS Fellowship.

During the 2027–2028 austral summer, DASEC will deploy DAS fibre in the EPICA ice-core borehole and along a surface array at Concordia Station, Dome C, East Antarctica, together with seismic nodes and active seismic sources. The data will address the crystal fabric of the deep ice beneath a dome, the properties of the ice–bedrock interface, whether passive seismic sources exist in a slowly deforming dome, and how firn properties vary where snow accumulation is very low.

The post-doctoral researcher will plan the deployment, develop and test the analysis suite, lead the field campaign at Concordia (six to eight weeks, December 2027 – January 2028) as the only DASEC team member on site, and lead the first analysis and publications. They will have first access to the new dataset.

Duration: 18 months, full time, starting 1 March 2027. Location: ITES, Strasbourg, France, with fieldwork at Dome C.

Requirements: PhD in seismology, geophysics, glaciology or a related field, obtained less than 3 years ago; field experience with DAS or dense seismic arrays; scientific programming in Python, including large continuous datasets; less than two years of post-doctoral experience. Polar experience is welcome but not required. French is not required.

Full description: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/475703

Send a CV with a list of publications, a cover letter explaining how your experience matches the four stages of the project, a copy of your PhD diploma, and the names and contact details of two to four referees to Alessia Maggi (alessia.maggi@unistra.fr) by 27 November 2026.