<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; "><b>Postdoctoral Position in Seismology and Geodynamics<o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; "><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Hawaii-Manoa</st1:placename>, <st1:city w:st="on">Honolulu</st1:city><br><br>A postdoctoral research position is available to conduct research on the upper mantle dynamics of plume-plate interaction using geodynamic-based solutions to seismic observations of the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Iceland</st1:place></st1:country-region> hotspot.<span> </span>The project involves creating geodynamic models of mantle convection to predict anisotropic seismic velocity structure, and then simulating seismic wave propagation to generate synthetic data for quantitative comparisons with observations.<span> </span>The successful applicants will have experience in computational geophysics either related to mantle convection and/or seismic wave propagation, and have written manuscripts in these or related fields.<span> </span>We seek an ambitious, creative, and independent researcher who is eager to collaborate with our multidisciplinary team of geodynamicists (Garrett Ito) and seismologists (Robert Dunn and Aibing Li).<span> </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; ">The position begins in Sept 2009 (negotiable), last for one or more years contingent on an annual evaluation, and comes with a stipend of about $49 K per year. Applicants must have completed their Ph. D. by the time they are appointed.<span> </span>Apply electronically by sending a cover letter briefly stating research interests and CV, which includes a publication list and contact information for at least 3 references.</div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; ">Send formal or informal inquiries to: Prof. Garrett Ito, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Hawaii</st1:placename></st1:place>, <a href="mailto:gito@hawaii.edu">gito@hawaii.edu</a>,<a href="http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/GG/FACULTY/ITO">www.soest.hawaii.edu/GG/FACULTY/ITO</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; "><br></div></body></html>