Postdoctoral Research Associate or Research Associate – Ice Sheet Modelling

We are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Associate with experience in numerical modelling to lead investigations into the dynamic component of the Antarctic ice sheet's observed decadal variability. Although it is often overlooked, this variability offers a window of opportunity to understand ice-sheet-climate interactions and, also, calibrate models. In this project, you will leverage the observed decadal variability, to project Antarctic contributions to sea level rise with improved accuracy. You will have a passion for Antarctica and quantitative skills that include programming and machine-learning or numerical ice sheet modelling. As the successful candidate, you will investigate Thwaites and Pine Island glaciers in West Antarctica, where decadal variability occurs alongside long-term ice elevation change and glacier acceleration of a sustained nature. You will also - importantly – investigate Totten and Denman glaciers in East Antarctica, where dynamic change is emerging. With observational time series to constrain spatial and temporal perturbations in ice velocity and dynamic elevation change, you will calibrate poorly constrained model parameters using the simulated response obtained through ice flow modelling. The research is funded by the Australian Research Council.