The School for Climate Studies at Stellenbosch University (www.climate.sun.ac.za ) in collaboration with the Southern Ocean Carbon Climate Observatory (SOCCO) at CSIR, DFFE: Oceans and Coasts Branch, and SAEON and UKZN is building a new research programme to support South Africa’s emerging science, technology and policy needs in the emerging field of marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (mCDR).
We are offering a Post-Doc in the following theme:
What is the effectiveness of mCDR of scalable ocean kelp afforestation (OKA) and alkalinity enhancement (OAE) Carbon Dioxide Removal (mCDR) in the Southern African ocean region? How do the sharply contrasting high energy regional ocean dynamics and ecosystems enhance or suppress the effectiveness of scalable mCDR interventions? This strategic approach to mCDR will focus on well-considered high resolution numerical modelling experiments to analyze the role of regional ocean physics on CO2 and heat equilibration as well as biogeochemical feedbacks.
Requirements
- A PhD with a background oceanography physics-CO2- biogeochemical modelling
- Skills in numerical analysis and Python coding are essential
- An interest in the use of machine learning and wider AI methodologies.
This is a unique opportunity to work on the feasibility of scalable mCDR in one of the most scientifically challenging global ocean regions: the Agulhas – Benguela Systems, one of the most physically and biologically energetic parts of the global ocean and a bottleneck of the MOC.
If you are interested, please send us a 1-page Expression of Interest letter explaining why this may be of interest as well as your CV.
This would be a 2-year appointment with possible extension by an additional 1 year subject to review. We reserve the right not to award any fellowships and to make awards in support of Stellenbosch University, UKZN and NRF equity principles.
Contact: Pedro M. S. Monteiro pmsmonteiro@sun.ac.za (marine carbon – climate modelling)
Closing Date: when filled