The Helmholtz Young Investigators Group SAIDAN aims at:

(1) Generating a thorough, quantitative understanding on deformation processes ranging from aseismic slip to brittle failure in earthquakes.

(2) Characterizing precursory processes preceding the occurrence of large and moderate earthquakes in relation to both plate-bounding transform faults and reservoir engineering activities.

These processes are investigated across a wide range of scales and environments from large strike-slip plate boundary faults to geological reservoirs producing resources from the subsurface.

Your responsibilities:

• application of novel signal-detection techniques to create high resolution catalogs of seismic and low-frequency signals
• integrate seismic waveforms with other complementary data to characterize the entire bandwidth of deformation processes
• willingness to perform fieldwork for deployment and maintenance of seismic stations
• publish research results in peer-review ISI journals

Your qualifications:

• Master's degree and PhD in Geophysics with a strong focus on either seismology, seismo-mechanics or seismo-geodesy
• experience in novel earthquake detection and/or location techniques (e.g. machine learning, fingerprints, deep learning)
• ability to perform complete analysis of deformation processes from seismic to aseismic
• field work experience will be valued
• excellent programming skills
• ability to publish shown by a track record of publications
• experience in proposal writing would be a plus, willingness to apply for follow-up projects
• ability to work both independently and in a team environment with collaborations to national and international colleagues
• fuency in spoken and written English is a prerequisite, basics of the German language would be helpful