The candidate will have the responsibility to conduct internationally visible research in the project KOMET² “Komatiite metamorphic devolatilization and metal mobilization: Implications for orogenic gold deposit formation”. Your responsibility will be literature research, field work in Western Australia, sampling and sample preparation, petrography, whole rock geochemical analysis, P-T modelling of metakomatiite and investigation of a hypozonal orogenic gold deposit (petrography, geochronology, stable isotopes geochemistry). You are expected to interpret the data and publish research results in internationally recognized journals. You will be given the opportunity to prepare a PhD thesis.
We offer an attractive international work place with modern state-of-the-art geochemical lab equipment and access to the world-class analytical pool of the KIT. We have a strong team in economic geology, geochemistry and geochronology and a partnership with other researches at KIT. This project will be run in close collaboration with colleagues from other institutions and industry.
Salary category EG 13 TV-L, depending on the fulfillment of professional and personal requirements.
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June 22, 2025
For further information, please contact Dr. Simon Hector.
Applications should include a letter of motivation and the usual documents (CV, complete publication list, certificates).