Constraining the Earth’s deep interior with geodesy

Organisation / Company CNRS Alsace Laboratory ITES - Institut Terre & Environnement de Strasbourg (UMR 7063) Is the Hosting related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer description

My research area focuses on using geodetic observables (Earth's gravity field, rotation, surface deformation) to observe and model the signatures of Earth's deep interior dynamical processes. The studied inner layers range from the inner core to the D"-layer, above the Earth's fluid core, at time-scales covering interannual periods to seismic modes. The expertise of the team covers time-varying gravity field (data analysis, modelling of tides and loading), surface deformation (GNSS data processing, loading modelling) and Earth’s viscoelastic response to internal and external sources.

Candidates are expected to have skills in signal analysis, Earth’s continuum mechanics and potential fields’ theory (geomagnetism or gravity field). Competences in magneto-hydro-dynamics or in Earth’s global dynamics modelling will be an advantage.

The laboratory is located on the central campus of the University of Strasbourg. Researchers are strongly involved in the formation within the EOST engineering school of Earth’s sciences and within the licence-master classes in Earth’s sciences of the university.

Who can apply?

• Have completed a PhD or will complete it at the date of the call deadline (September 2026).
• Have a maximum of 8 years full-time equivalent experience in research at the time of the call deadline.
• Have not resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in France for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the call deadline.

Beware that applicants who have applied to the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship 2025 call and received an evaluation below 80% are not eligible for an application in 2026.

How to apply

We encourage all motivated and eligible postdoctoral researchers to send their expressions of interest to the supervisor’s e-mail address before 24th April 2026.

Your application shall include:

• a CV (5 pages max)
• a cover letter outlining your research background and its synergies with the supervisor’s field and/or the proposed research topic.

Estimated timetable

• Deadline for sending an expression of interest: 24th April 2026
• Selection of the applicant: May 2026 at the latest