The Department of Geosciences and Petroleum (IGP) has a vacancy for a

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A three-year PhD scholarship is available in the center of excellence PoreLab, within the group Reservoir Engineering and Petrophysics at the Department of Geoscience and Petroleum (IGP), NTNU.

The primary workplace will be Department of Geoscience and Petroleum, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway. Information about the workplace can be found at http://www.ntnu.edu/igp. The Reservoir engineering and petrophysics group is a partner in the center of excellence PoreLab (http://porelab.no/). The research will be conducted in cooperation with both academic and industry partners.

The position reports to the department leader.

The PhD research is in the area of pore scale laboratory experiments and modelling of fluid flow in porous media. The focus for this candidate will be pore scale laboratory experiments within PoreLab. These experiments are centered on two-phase flow properties, with special focus on the impact of wettability on multiphase flow. Further information about PoreLab can be found here: https://porelab.no/

The PhD-position's main objective is to qualify for work in research positions. The qualification requirement is completion of a master's degree or second degree (equivalent to 120 credits) with a strong academic background in petroleum engineering, physics, chemistry, or equivalent education with a grade of B or better in terms of NTNU's grading scale. It is advantageous with prior knowledge of pore-scale experimental work, core flooding, image analysis methods and software. Applicants with no letter grades from previous studies must have an equally good academic foundation. Applicants who are unable to meet these criteria may be considered only if they can document that they are particularly suitable candidates for education leading to a PhD degree.

The appointment is to be made in accordance with the regulations in force concerning State Employees and Civil Servants and national guidelines for appointment as PhD, postdoctor and research assistant
 

Other qualifications

• Good written and oral English and Norwegian language skills

• A positive, balanced personality who can take initiative, think creatively and critically,
• Work independently and consistently on the research project.
• She/he should also enjoy interdisciplinary research and take keen interest in learning and working in teams

In the evaluation of which candidate is best qualified, emphasis will be placed on education, experience and personal suitability, as well as motivation, in terms of the qualification requirements specified in the advertisement

• exciting and stimulating tasks in a strong international academic environment
• an open and inclusive work environment with dedicated colleagues
• favourable terms in the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund
• employee benefits

PhD candidates are remunerated in code 1017, and are normally remunerated at gross from NOK 449 400 before tax per year. From the salary, 2 % is deducted as a contribution to the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund.

The period of employment is 3 years without required duties. Appointment to a PhD position requires admission to the PhD programme in engineering (https://www.ntnu.edu/iv/doctoral-programme).

As a PhD candidate, you undertake to participate in an organized PhD programme during the employment period. A condition of appointment is that you are in fact qualified for admission to the PhD programme within three months.

Appointment takes place on the terms that apply to State employees at any time, and after the appointment you must assume that there may be changes in the area of work.

Working at NTNU

A good work environment is characterized by diversity and equality. Moreover, the Department of Geoscience and Petroleum as well as PoreLab actively pursues diversity and gender balance for a good scientific environment. We encourage qualified candidates to apply, regardless of their gender, functional capacity or cultural background. NTNU wishes to increase the proportion of women in its academic positions, and women are therefore encouraged to apply.

Trondheim offers great possibilities to enjoy nature, culture and family life (http://trondheim.com/). Having a population of 200,000, Trondheim is a small city by international standards, and thus has low crime rates and little pollution. It also has easy access to a beautiful countryside with tall mountains and a dramatic coastline.

Our aim at PoreLab is to offer a successful and thriving working environment for our PhD candidates through different initiatives. As examples, we set up clusters around each PhD candidate with MSc and post-docs, plus supervisors from different work packages in order to ensure cross-disciplinary. Each student has an individual plan for interdisciplinary training. We encourage and facilitate for the students to spend time at one of our collaborating institutions. We created as well the PoreLab Junior Forum that brings together our young community of PhDs, post-docs and early career researchers into regular venues with the objective to share their work/scientific interests."

Under the Freedom of Information Act (offentleglova), information about the applicant may be made public even if the applicant has requested not to have their name entered on the list of applicants.

Questions about the position can be directed to Associate Professor Carl Fredrik Berg, e-mail carl.f.berg@ntnu.no, phone number +47 907 08 869 or Professor Ole Torsæter, e-mail: ole.torsater@ntnu.no, phone number +47 918 97 302.

About the application:
Publications and other academic works that the applicant would like to be considered in the evaluation must accompany the application. Joint works will be considered. If it is difficult to identify the individual applicant's contribution to joint works, the applicant must include a brief description of his or her contribution.

Please submit your application electronically via jobbnorge.no with your CV, diplomas and certificates. Applicants invited for interview must include certified copies of transcripts and reference letters. Please refer to the application number IV-69/19 when applying.

Application deadline: 27.01.2019.