Facultatea de Geografie Str. Clinicilor nr. 5-7 Cluj-Napoca, RO-400006 Tel.: 0264 - 59 61 16 0264 - 59 22 14 Fax: 0264 – 59 79 88 geogr@geografie.ubbcluj.ro http://geografie.ubbcluj.ro/ NOTICE POSITION: RESEARCH ASSISTANT (part-time: 2 h/day) Position available within the research project entitled: “Extreme weather events related to air temperature and precipitation in Romania”, project code PN-II-RU-TE-2014-40736. APPLICATION DEAD-LINE: 23.11.2015, 13.00 h, Romanian Time INTERVIEW DATE: 25.11.2015, 13.30 h, Romanian Time Project coordinator: Adina-Eliza Croitoru Work place: Babeş-Bolyai University, Faculty of Geography/Department of Physical and Technical Geography DESCRIPTION: Testing the homogeneity of climate data series, Identification of heat/cold waves and wet/dry spells, Statistical analysis of Extreme Weather Events related to air Temperature and Precipitation (EWETR) in Romania: frequency, occurrence probability, trends; Setting up the synoptic maps database in order to identify the causes for each type of extreme phenomena considered; Analysis of synoptic conditions which led to the heat/cold waves and wet/dry spells occurrence. Investigation of causal relationships between each type of EWETP occurrence in Romania and meso- and macroscale circulation patterns; The choice of case studies for EWETP and setting the database of generated effects on the environment and society of each chosen event; Synthesizing the impacts of each EWETP category on the environment and society; Constructing the daily data series of extreme temperatures and precipitation for the period 2020-2100 from global and regional climate models outputs by downscaling procedure; EWETP identification from modelled data series for the period 2020-2100; Analysis of EWETP modelled data similar to the analysis carried out at observations data and comparing the results. Research results dissemination. Nr. Job Position: 2 RESEARCH FIELDS: Climatology CAREER STAGE: □ Early stage researcher or 0-4 years (post graduate) □x experienced researcher or 4-10 years (post doc) □ more experienced researcher or > 10 years (senior) RESEARCH PROFILE: the researcher should be able to work as part of a team, to work with different software application as RHtest, AnClim, XLSTAT, HYFRAN or GIS. REQUIREMENTS: Required Educational Level DEGREE □ primary degree or equivalent □ master degree or equivalent □x PhD or equivalent DEGREE FIELDS ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Required Research Experiences - at least three research articles published in the field of Climatology in journals with impact factor calculated (Thompson-Reuters) higher than 1.0. MAIN RESEARCH FIELDS ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE RESEARCH SUBDOMAIN (area) Earth science Years of research experience At least 3 yrs (including PhD. studies) Required Languages LANGUAGE Romanian LANGUAGE LEVEL B2 Additional Requirements/ Specific Requirements: COMMENT/WEB SITE FOR ADDITIONAL JOB DETAILS: www.ubbcluj.ro Additional details at: (contact person/project coordinator email address): croitoru@geografie.ubbcluj.ro Project coordinator Adina-Eliza Croitoru