This is a 30 Month PDRA in Computational Micromagnetism at Edinburgh University, open to home and international applications. The link to the job description and application is at: https://www.vacancies.ed.ac.uk/pls/corehrrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobsp... Please contact Wyn Williams (<mailto:wyn.williams@ed.ac.uk>wyn.williams@ed.ac.uk<mailto:wyn.williams@ed.ac.uk>) for informal enquiries. Postdoctoral Research Associate in Micromagnetic Modelling School of GeoSciences, The University of Edinburgh Grade 7 Salary £33,199 to £39,609 Applications are invited for a 30 month post-doctoral research associate (PDRA) with extensive computational experience to join the mineral magnetism group at the School of GeoSciences, The University of Edinburgh. The position is funded by the Natural Environmental Research Council award “Determining ancient magnetic field strengths from the Earth and Solar System”, which is a collaborative project between Prof Wyn Williams (Edinburgh Univ.), Dr. Adrian Muxworthy (Imperial College), and Prof. John Tarduno (Univ. Rochester). The aim of the project is to better understand the magnetic recording fidelity of ‘non-ideal’ magnetic domain states and their ability to hold accurate recordings over periods of billions of years. Using the finite-element micromagnetic modelling software MERRILL (www.rockmag.org<http://www.rockmag.org>) you will develop detailed models of magnetic recording characteristics of particles of iron oxides and sulphides. These models will be compiled into a relational data-base and used to simulate ‘whole-sample’ magnetic recording properties of standard and single crystal paleomagnetic samples. The numerical models will be validated using high-resolution magnetic, mineralogical and tomographic experimental observations from project partners at Imperial College and University of Rochester. You will have a PhD (or near completion) in a physical or computational science with extensive experience of numerical modelling, preferably finite-element modelling and ideally micromagnetic modelling. You should have knowledge of FORTRAN and Python or similar. Experience in parallel programming and database management would be useful but not essential. You should also have a track-record of publishing peer-reviewed research articles in international journals and demonstrate enthusiasm to contribute to the aims of the overall project as part of a wider team. You will also have excellent communication, planning, and team working skills. The position is open from January 2019 with a latest possible start date of April 2019. Closing date: 3 Jan 2019 Wyn Williams Professor of Mineral Magnetism School of GeoSciences University of Edinburgh Edinburgh EH9 3FE Tel: +44 (0) 131 650 4909 Email: wyn.williams@ed.ac.uk<mailto:wyn.williams@ed.ac.uk> The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.