Tenure-track Research Director position in planetary seismology
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Category: Tenure and tenure-track faculty Institution: CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) Location: France Duration: 6 years Can be extended: yes Salary: Annual salary from 54 600 Euros to 57 800 Euros depending on professionnal experience. |
Number of positions: 1 Application deadline: 2026-09-02 Reference code: CPJ-2026-043 Inquiries: Philippe Lognonné Posted: 2026-07-23 Posted by: 0000-0001-9790-2972 |
Job Description
The project aims to analyse seismological and/or radio data to decipher dynamic processes occurring in the interiors of terrestrial and icy bodies, in support, notably, of Juice (Jupiter's icy moons), ExoMars (geophysics/seismology of Mars) and EnVision (internal structure and geo-logical activity of Venus), FSS and SPSS (internal structure and seismicity of the Moon). Ex-pertise in planetary seismology and/or radar or radio investigation techniques will be essential for interpreting the data from these missions. The development of advanced analytical meth-ods to interpret seismic, radar and radio signals will enable us to constrain models of internal structures, tectonic processes and structures of the near-surface subsurface, in order to bet-ter understand the geological evolution of these bodies. This work will thus help to answer key questions regarding the habitability of icy moons, the dynamics of terrestrial planets and the mechanisms of planetary differentiation.