Position

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Lower-Mantle Thermochemical Imaging and Core–Mantle Boundary Heat Flux Modeling

Employer

University of São Paulo - Polytechnic School (EP-USP)

Location

São Paulo, Brazil

Sector

Academic

Salary

€1,960–2,000 monthly (24 months with possible extension), equivalent to R$12,570 monthly.

Required Education

PhD

Application Deadline

7 July 2026

Job Description

We invite applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate position at the University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil, within Work Package 3 (WP3) of the SHARP Thematic Project (FAPESP 2024/08341-6). The successful candidate will develop a quantitative pipeline connecting an ab initio thermodynamic database of lower-mantle mineral phases to global seismic tomography, delivering laterally varying core‑mantle boundary (CMB) heat flux maps for geodynamo simulat...