MSCA-IF: Joint application at the University of Granada. Department of Environmental Fluid Dynamics Group

Professor Manuel Díez-Minguito, from the Department of Environmental Fluid Dynamics Group at the University of Granada, welcomes postdoctoral candidates interested in applying for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (MSCA-IF) in 2018 at this University. Please note that applicants must comply with the Mobility Rule (more information: http://sl.ugr.es/09Qg).

Brief description of the institution:

The University of Granada (UGR), founded in 1531, is one of the largest and most important universities in Spain. It serves more than 60000 students per year, including many foreign students, as UGR is the leader host institution in the Erasmus program. UGR, featuring 3650 professors and more than 2000 auxiliary personnel, offers a total of 75 degrees through its 112 departments and 28 centers.

UGR is also a leading institution in research, located in the top 5/10 of Spanish universities by a variety of ranking criteria, such as national R&D projects, fellowships awarded, publications, or international funding. UGR is one of the few Spanish Universities listed in the Shanghai Top 500 ranking (http://www.arwu.org/), and it is also well recognized for its web presence (http://www.4icu.org/top200/).

Internationally, we bet decidedly by our participation in the calls of H2020, both at partner and coordination. For the duration of the Seventh Framework Programme, the UGR has obtained a total of 66 projects, with total funding of 17.97 million euros, and for H2020, until 2015, more than 25 projects with total funding of more than 6 million euros. Our more than 3,000 researchers are grouped into 365 research groups covering all scientific fields and disciplines.

Brief description of the Centre/Research Group

The Environmental Fluid Dynamics Group of the University of Granada is an interdisciplinary, high-performance team comprised of six professors and more than twenty researchers including Post-Docs, PhD and MS students. Our mission is to gain fundamental knowledge of the ocean-atmosphere-land interactions to provide creative solutions to social challenges in a changing world. Outstanding research lines are the study of physical and biogeochemical processes in shelf seas, estuaries, and beaches; the integrated management and risk analysis of coastal environments, catchment areas, and structures; and the numerical, experimental, and analytical modelling of marine and freshwater systems.

Project description

Despite recent advances on submarine canyon circulation, the role of submarine canyons in linking shelf seas and deep ocean basins is still controversial (e.g., [Klinck, 1996; Kämpf, 2006; Jordi and Wang, 2008; Hall et al, 2011; Zhao et al, 2012]). In particular, little is known on the role of storm passage on its circulation.

The overall objective of this investigation is to determine the relative influence of storm passage on the circulation in submarine canyons at different temporal scales, from intratidal to subtidal. Specific objectives are to:

I) Determine how does storms affect the circulation in submarine canyons.

II) Determine whether the influence of storms on the circulation of a canyon persists over temporal scales longer than a few days.

III) Determine whether other forcings (e.g., tides, baroclinicity) disrupt or enhance the influence of storms.

IV) Develop analytical and numerical models that describe the influence of storm passage in the canyon circulation.

This project will be carried out in collaboration with the University of Florida. A combination of data analysis and analytical and numerical modelling will be used to tackle the objectives.

Research Area

• Enviromental Sciences and Chemistry (ENV-CHE)
• Physics and Mathematics (PHY-MAT)

For a correct evaluation of your candidature, please send the documents below to Professor Manuel Díez-Minguito (mdiezm@ugr.es):

• CV
• Letter of recommendation (optional)