The University of Otago is advertising for a Postdoctoral Fellow/Research Fellow: Sea Ice Observations.

This position is part-time (0.8 FTE), fixed-term appointment for one year based in Dunedin, New Zealand.

This Postdoctoral Fellow/Research Fellow position is an exciting opportunity for an early career sea ice researcher to join one of the world’s leading sea ice observational research groups to collaborate on the systematically compiling sea ice, pack ice observations from the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research’s sea ice expert group Antarctic Sea Ice Processes and Climate (ASPeCt) and fast ice records through the Antarctic Fast ice Network (AFIN).

The position is part of SYNCHRONY (Synchronous Southern Ocean Observatory), a Horizon Europe project advancing a coordinated, multidisciplinary and sustainable observing system for the Southern Ocean and Antarctica. SYNCHRONY contributes to Antarctica InSync, a broader international initiative coordinating circumpolar and year-round observations to strengthen our understanding of the Antarctic environment.