PhD in Physics

The Department of Earth Sciences at Uppsala University is Sweden's largest and most versatile department of its kind with approximately 300 employees. Our activities are interdisciplinary and combine natural science and technology with social science. We have research programs in air, water and landscape science; geophysics; natural resources and sustainable development; petrology, mineralogy and tectonics; paleobiology, and wind energy. By investigating the history of Earth, we understand how our planet has developed over time and how sustainable development benefits from this knowledge. Geophysics is about "looking into" and understanding the Earth's structure, its history and processes-based on measurements of the Earth's physical properties. In geophysics we use quantitative physical methods to investigate the Earth and its environment. The Program currently runs several national and international projects and has a wealth of world-class infrastructures. It also leads the Smart Exploration Research Center, which is a collaborative work among four Swedish universities and several tech and industry partners. The PhD candidate will conduct research within a series of planned innovative work inside and outside Sweden sponsored by a number of industry and research funding organizations (e.g., The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research, SSF) and within the recently established Smart Exploration Research Centre for sustainable and responsible exploration of critical raw materials. While the topic of the PhD is broad, we are looking for a candidate with interest in seismic methods, physical properties of rocks and minerals as well as machine-learning solutions. The PhD candidate will work within a larger research team, which implies teamworking and data sharing. A major component of the work will be on seismic methods and physical properties of rocks for mineral deposit targeting and will include joint interpretations with other geological and geochemical data. The position is full-time for four years and may be extended due to research or teaching assistantship up to 20%.