Research Staff (PhD Position) in Experimental Petrology

(salary scale 13 TV-L, 75 %)

The Institute of Earth System Sciences (IESW) welcomes applications for the following position starting at the earliest date possible: Research Staff (PhD Position) in Experimental Petrology (salary scale 13 TV-L, 75 %)

The fixed-term position is limited to 36 months. The preferred starting date is in autumn 2026 but can be negotiated.

Your role

The main objective of the DFG-funded project is to clarify the formation processes of the economically crucial monomineralic magnetite layers in the Upper Zone of the Bushveld Complex in South Africa. We are looking for a PhD candidate to run high-pressure and high-temperature experiments to constrain the liquid line of the descent of the Upper Zone parental magmas and test possible formation hypotheses of magnetite layers. Experimental run products will be analysed using state-of-...