Coral environmental histories in the region of Singapore and Indonesia.

The Center for Environmental Sensing and Modeling (CENSAM), an Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) of the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) Centre, is currently seeking a Postdoctoral Associate to participate in a new research project to create environmental histories of the marine environment using annually-banded corals.

Applicants are expected to have a doctoral degree in atmospheric sciences, oceanography, geochemistry, mathematics, physics or related fields and have strong skills in conducting independent field work. Applicants should have experience in working with coral paleoenvironmental records, including the skills to sample corals in the field and interest in developing chemical and/or isotopic paleoenvironmental records for this region. Ability to work independently is extremely important.

This position will be based at the MIT SMART Center in Singapore with visits to MIT. Successful candidates will receive a competitive remuneration package commensurate with their qualifications and experience.

Applications should include a cover letter and a full CV/resume, together with names and contact information of 3 references. Please submit applications via email to censam@mit.edu.

For more information, visit CENSAM website at http://censam.mit.edu/.

To apply:

Interested applicants please email to(mailto:censam@mit.edu) your detailed resume, academic transcripts, references and a cover letter.

Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) Centre is a major new research enterprise in Singapore established by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the National Research Foundation (NRF) of Singapore. SMART, MIT's first such research unit outside of Cambridge, MA, will serve as an intellectual hub, allowing faculty, researchers and graduate students from MIT to collaborate with their academic and industrial counterparts from Singapore and the region in exciting new areas of science and technology.