Post-Doctorate in Late Quaternary Paleoceanography

Field of knowledge: Geosciences

Working area: Paleoceanography of the late Quaternary

Positions: 1

Principal investigator: Cristiano Mazur Chiessi

Unit/Instituition: Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades, Universidade de São Paulo (EACH-USP)

Deadline for submissions: 2025-10-10

E-mail for proposal submission: chiessi@usp.br

Summary:

This post-doctoral project aims at reconstructing the internal structure of Heinrich stadials of the last two glacial stages with unprecedented temporal resolution focusing in changes of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation strength, as well as in northeastern Brazilian rainfall. The selected candidate will apply the following main proxies in marine sediments: (i) radiocarbon; (ii) stable carbon isotopes; and (iii) major elements.