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The School of Geographical & Earth Sciences is looking to recruit a Research Associate to make a leading contribution to quantify hinterland denudation during the Cenozoic evolution of the Central and Eastern European Alps integrating landscape evolution and thermo-kinematic numerical models. Driven by new low-thermochronological data along key geophysical transects (NFP-20E, TRANSALP, EASI), the project will link surface responses preserved in the present-day geomorphology of the Alpine hinterland and the strati graphic record to long-wavelength climatic variability and mantle processes.

Changes in hinterland denudation will be evaluated in the context of (i) potential slab break-off events in the Central to Eastern Alps during Oligocene/Miocene time, (ii) climate change since the Miocene, and (iii) a proposed subduction polarity reversal in the Eastern Alps.

Through this work the successful candidate will make a leading contribution to the project “Quantifying the Effects of Mantle Processes and Climate Variability on Hinterland Denudation in the Central and Eastern Alps since the Oligocene” that is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) within “Theme 2:
Surface response to changes in deep structure on different time scales” of the priority program “Mountain Building Processes in Four Dimensions (MB-4D)”. The candidate will work in close collaboration with Dr Paul R. Eizenhöfer as well as 25 linked projects distributed across universities in Germany.

• Lead research efforts to quantify hinterland denudation during the Cenozoic evolution of the Central and Eastern European Alps.
• Integrate landscape evolution and thermo-kinematic numerical models using low-thermochronological data from key geophysical transects.
• Evaluate hinterland denudation in context of slab break‑off events, climate change, and subduction polarity reversal.
• Contribute to formulation and submission of research publications and proposals.
• Help manage and direct the complex project, providing leadership opportunities as they arise.

Informal enquiries about the role are welcomed and should be addressed to Dr. Paul R. Eizenhöfer (Pa).

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