The RING project in Germany: 1 Postdoc and 14 PhD positions in Physics, Geophysics, Geodesy

We would like to draw your attention to the 4-year RING project recently funded by the German Research Foundation (extendable to 8 years).

Successful candidates will have the opportunity to join a vibrant, multidisciplinary team formed by 14 PhD students, one postdoc, the lead and associate scientists tackling various science questions in the unique environment of the RING research unit in the fields of laser physics, geodesy, geophysics, hydrology, and seismology. The project aims at pushing the sensitivity and stability limits of rotational motion sensing with ring laser technology into new realms using approaches from quantum optics and metrology. The ultimate goal is to enable ring laser observations as a complement to classic space-geodetic techniques towards more precise, high-rate estimation of Earth Orientation Parameters (EOP). This will lead to a better understanding what affects polar motion and length-of-day variations on small time scales. Furthermore, we plan to develop (trans-) portable ring lasers fit for weak, broadband 6 degree-of-freedom ground motion observations towards better understanding of atmosphere-solid Earth coupling (also relevant for seismic decoupling of gravitational wave detection facilities).

More information, links to the individual research projects and open positions can be found here: https://www.ringlaser.de

We would ask you to forward this information to potential candidates, PhD/MSc student mailing (or other relevant) lists at your institutions.