Dear colleagues

I am presently advertising three new funded PhD projects. These form part of a team of about 15 working on tracking and predicting the future of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet. The project is well supported with travel and professional development funds through a recent ARC Laureate Fellowship award.

Beyond GPS: Tracking Antarctica’s changing shape using multiple Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS)
https://www.utas.edu.au/research/degrees/available-projects?id=12040

Resolving glacier and solid Earth interactions in the Antarctic Peninsula with machine learning and numerical modelling
https://www.utas.edu.au/research/degrees/available-projects?id=12039

Data-Informed reconstructions of East Antarctic surface mass balance and firn densification
https://www.utas.edu.au/research/degrees/available-projects?id=12041

Eligibility: these are all open to international and Australian domestic applicants, with relocation support

Closing date: there is an initial closing date of December 1, 2025 but they will be reopened if the positions are not filled

Commencement: during 2026

Application process: please send me your CV and academic transcripts and outline which of the projects you are interested in. Formal application details are on the above links.

I expect to advertise further PhD positions in 2026 for 2027 commencement. If you have a strong track record in quantitative Earth sciences (broadly) and wish to have a discussion please let me know.

Four new postdoctoral researchers are also being recruited, with all positions listed here: https://careers.utas.edu.au/en/listing/

Postdoctoral Fellow in Antarctic Satellite Geodesy (4yr)

Postdoctoral Fellow in Environmental Spatio-Temporal Statistics (4yr)

Postdoctoral Fellow in Glacial Isostatic Adjustment Modelling (4yr)

Postdoctoral Fellow in Antarctic Ice Sheet Reconstruction (3.5yr)

Matt King

Professor of Polar Geodesy | Director of the Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science

School of Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences | University of Tasmania

Postal: PO BOX 807, University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay, Tasmania, 7006, Australia

Office: Room 109F (IMAS Salamanca) | Room 422, Centenary South (Sandy Bay Campus)

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