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Research positions are currently available in the following areas:
Note that each possition is headed with the Research Level:
indicating the level of position.
Please also note this is not a full list of our available research projects. You should contact our supervisors in order to find out if they are recruiting for a project.
Please also note this is not a full list of our available research projects. You should contact our supervisors in order to find out if they are recruiting for a project.
Geological Sciences
Research Level: Graduate
Title: Diamonds in Archean conglomerates of Eastern Canada
Start-Date: Sep/09
Degree Program: MSc or PhD
Supervisor: M.Kopylova
Description: The project investigates the origin of diamonds in sedimentary Archean conglomerates of Northern Quebec. It is relatively uncommon to find diamonds in consolidated sedimentary rocks. What was the primary volcanic rock that brought diamonds from the mantle? Had the diamonds been transported a long distance? Are the Quebec diamonds similar to diamonds found in Archean conglomerates in Wawa? These and other questions will be solved through studies of diamond morphology, infrared and cathodoluminescence spectroscopy.
Link to more info: http://www.dianor.com/baie_james_en.html
Title: Diamonds in Archean conglomerates of Eastern Canada
Start-Date: Sep/09
Degree Program: MSc or PhD
Supervisor: M.Kopylova
Description: The project investigates the origin of diamonds in sedimentary Archean conglomerates of Northern Quebec. It is relatively uncommon to find diamonds in consolidated sedimentary rocks. What was the primary volcanic rock that brought diamonds from the mantle? Had the diamonds been transported a long distance? Are the Quebec diamonds similar to diamonds found in Archean conglomerates in Wawa? These and other questions will be solved through studies of diamond morphology, infrared and cathodoluminescence spectroscopy.
Link to more info: http://www.dianor.com/baie_james_en.html
Research Level: Graduate
Title: Alluvial diamonds of the North Eastern Siberia
Start-Date: Sep/10
Degree Program: PhD
Supervisor: M.Kopylova
Description: A suite of polycrystalline and fibrous diamonds from placers of the NE Siberia contain some diamonds that are uncharacteristically rich in fluid inclusions. The diamonds have octahedral habits, fibrous growth patterns and host abundant CO2-rich fluid inclusions with high concentrations of gaseous N2. Such a set of diamond characteristics is endemic to the NE Siberia, but is not represented among the Phanerozoic kimberlitic diamonds in the area. The project investigates the origin of the alluvial diamonds by studying their mineral and fluid inclusions. The diamond suite also provides a rare opportunity to study N-rich diamond-forming fluids directly, by analyzing N sources in the fluid in a mass-spectrometry Lab at the Universite de Paris.
Title: Alluvial diamonds of the North Eastern Siberia
Start-Date: Sep/10
Degree Program: PhD
Supervisor: M.Kopylova
Description: A suite of polycrystalline and fibrous diamonds from placers of the NE Siberia contain some diamonds that are uncharacteristically rich in fluid inclusions. The diamonds have octahedral habits, fibrous growth patterns and host abundant CO2-rich fluid inclusions with high concentrations of gaseous N2. Such a set of diamond characteristics is endemic to the NE Siberia, but is not represented among the Phanerozoic kimberlitic diamonds in the area. The project investigates the origin of the alluvial diamonds by studying their mineral and fluid inclusions. The diamond suite also provides a rare opportunity to study N-rich diamond-forming fluids directly, by analyzing N sources in the fluid in a mass-spectrometry Lab at the Universite de Paris.
Geophysics
Research Level: Graduate
Title: Several positions at the Seismic Laboratory for Imaging and Modeling (SLIM)
Start-Date: Jan/11
Degree Program: MSc or PhD
Supervisor: F.Herrmann
Description: We are seeking several graduate students to participate in the industry-funded project DNOISE for research in seismic data acquisition, processing, and imaging.
Successful candidates have a strong interest in solving quantitative problems in exploration seismology.
Link to more info: http://slim.eos.ubc.ca/index.php?module=articles&func=display&aid=120
Title: Several positions at the Seismic Laboratory for Imaging and Modeling (SLIM)
Start-Date: Jan/11
Degree Program: MSc or PhD
Supervisor: F.Herrmann
Description: We are seeking several graduate students to participate in the industry-funded project DNOISE for research in seismic data acquisition, processing, and imaging.
Successful candidates have a strong interest in solving quantitative problems in exploration seismology.
Link to more info: http://slim.eos.ubc.ca/index.php?module=articles&func=display&aid=120
Research Level: PDF
Title: Three postdoctoral positions at the Seismic Laboratory for Imaging and Modeling (SLIM)
Start-Date: Sep/11
Degree Program: NA
Supervisor: F.Herrmann
Description: Candidates have a strong background in geophysics, mathematics, computer science, electrical engineering, with a strong record in one of the following areas: seismic imaging, inverse problems, PDE-constrained optimization, signal processing, sparse approximation and compressed sensing, convex/stochastic optimization.
Link to more info: http://slim.eos.ubc.ca/index.php?module=articles&func=display&aid=344
Title: Three postdoctoral positions at the Seismic Laboratory for Imaging and Modeling (SLIM)
Start-Date: Sep/11
Degree Program: NA
Supervisor: F.Herrmann
Description: Candidates have a strong background in geophysics, mathematics, computer science, electrical engineering, with a strong record in one of the following areas: seismic imaging, inverse problems, PDE-constrained optimization, signal processing, sparse approximation and compressed sensing, convex/stochastic optimization.
Link to more info: http://slim.eos.ubc.ca/index.php?module=articles&func=display&aid=344
Oceanography
Research Level: Graduate
Title: trace gas cycling in Antarcitc polynyas
Start-Date: Sep/11
Degree Program: PhD
Supervisor: P.Tortell
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Title: trace gas cycling in Antarcitc polynyas
Start-Date: Sep/11
Degree Program: PhD
Supervisor: P.Tortell
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