The University of Canterbury, New Zealand seeks a highly motivated postdoctoral fellow to join in on-going research related to ground motion and site response aspects of the 2010-2011 Canterbury earthquakes. The fellow will be involved in various aspects of performing nonlinear (total and effective stress) site response simulations, as well as further developing the underlying near-surface nonlinear soil models.

The fellowship is externally-funded for two years. The successful applicant will have completed a PhD in Earthquake/ Civil Engineering, Geophysics, or a closely related subject. Applicants nearing completion of their PhD in the stated subject area will also be considered.

Further details of this vacancy can be found as job number 2322 at: http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/joinus/

The closing date for this vacancy is September 15, 2014, and prospective applicants are welcome to email Brendon Bradley (brendon.bradley@canterbury.ac.nz) to further discussion the opportunities associated with this position.