ISSI invites applications for  Two Post-Doctoral Positions for a two-year period starting in January 2014 or by agreement.

One of the two positions is in Space Sciences, the other is in Earth Sciences. The successful
candidates should have received a Ph.D. within the last five years in a field relating to either
Space or Earth Sciences in general.

Applications for the post-doctoral position in Space Sciences relating to space physics, or to solar
system sciences, or to astronomy are particularly welcome.

Applications for the post-doctoral position in Earth Sciences relating to remote sensing of the
Earth system including climate are particularly welcome.

The successful candidate will participate in the Institute’s research and meetings programme and
will work in close contact with the scientific staff of the Institute. He or she may also lead or
participate as a member in projects conducted by international teams at ISSI. Thus he or she will
be exposed to, and interact with, a numerous and varied community of scientists from throughout
the world.

Nationals from ESA Member States shall have priority. Salary and conditions of employment
will be similar to those provided by the Swiss National Science Foundation.

Further information may be obtained from the ISSI home page (http://www.issibern.ch) and from
Professor Rudolf von Steiger, phone: +41 31 631 48 96, email: vsteiger@issibern.ch).

The submission should include a letter of application including a brief outline of foreseen
research, the curriculum vitae, the list of publications and the names, addresses and means of
contact of three references, not exceeding 7 pages in total. They shall be addressed to ISSI, attn.
Professor R. von Steiger, Hallerstrasse 6, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland; email:
vsteiger@issibern.ch. Submissions by email are preferred provided all the documents are in the
form of a single PDF file.

All applications must be received by ISSI no later than October 31st, 2013.