Job Title:  Post Doctoral Fellow - Geological Storage of carbon dioxide
Job Number:  4009524 (Ref.#. VIC00183)
Date Posted:  06/30/2011
Application Deadline:  7/27/2011

Job Description

    * Excellent opportunity to start your professional research career
    * Work in a leading scientific environment with dedicated professionals
    * Join CSIRO - Australia's premier science & technology research organisation

 

We are seeking to employ a Post Doctoral Fellow within the Reservoir Simulation team of the Reservoir Engineering group. The position will be based at CSIRO Earth Science and Resource Engineering's Clayton Laboratory, Victoria. You will be conduct numerical simulations of the behaviour of carbon dioxide injected into geological storage sites as a means of reducing carbon dioxide emissions.

You will be mentored by senior scientists as part of CSIRO’s Postdoctoral Fellows Program which aims to train early career scientists for a research role

Specifically you will

 

    * Develop a good working knowledge of reservoir simulation software and how to apply it usefully and correctly.
    * Perform simulations of potential and actual storage sites.
    * Recognise opportunities for innovation and generate new theoretical perspectives by pursuing new ideas and approaches and networking with scientific colleagues across a range of disciplines.
    * Communicate results through report-writing, conference presentations and publications in highly respected journals.

 

Location: Clayton, Victoria

Salary: AU$73K - $80K per annum plus up to 15.4% superannuation

Tenure: 36 months

Ref No: VIC00183

To be successful you will have :

 

    * A PhD in mathematics, physics, computer science or engineering
    * Demonstrated ability to solve applied problems, especially with the use of numerical modelling or simulation.
    * Demonstrated experience with scientific programming.
    * Highly motivated, and the ability to work independently within established guidelines

 

About the Research Group

CSIRO Earth Science and Resource Engineering provides science and engineering solutions for the continuing growth of Australia's resources industry whilst delivering benefits to the economy, society and the environment. Through participation in the Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technology (CO2CRC), the reservoir engineering group within the Division is studying underground storage of carbon dioxide.

For more information on CSIRO Earth Science and Resource Engineering please visit our website at: http://www.csiro.au/org/CESRE.html
Contact:  Jonathan Ennis-King
CSIRO
Gate 5, Normanby Road
Clayton , 3168
Australia
Phone: +61 3 9545 8355
Fax: +61 3 9545 7970
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