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Job Information
- Organisation/Company: University of Bucharest
- Department: Research
- Research Field: Geosciences » Geology
- Researcher Profile: First Stage Researcher (R1)
- Positions: PhD Positions
- Application Deadline: 25 Aug 2026 - 17:39 (Europe/Bucharest)
- Country: Romania
- Type of Contract: Permanent
- Job Status: Part-time
- Hours Per Week: 40
- Offer Starting Date: 6 Sep 2026
- Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?: Not funded by a EU programme
Offer Description
The person who will occupy this position will be actively involved in laboratory work and the use of isotopes in geological studies: U-Pb ages on magmatic zircon; U-Pb ages on detrital zircon; U-Pb petrochronology on titanite; element mapping on sections; atomic and determined mass spectroscopy
Where to apply
E-mail: ducea@arizona.edu
Requirements
- Research Field: Geosciences » Geology
- Education Level: PhD or equivalent
Skills/Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Geological Engineering/Geology
- Master's degree in Geological Engineering
- Doctoral student in internship in Geology
Specific Requirements
Topics and bibliography specific to the positions:
Topics:
- U-Pb petrochronology: zircon and titanite
- Radioactive decay systems
- Y-Th-Pb peculiarities
- Geological applications: where, on what materials, what ages
- Zircon and sphene geochemistry
- U-Pb ages on zircon and sphene
- Fundamentals of modern petrochronology - what does the new discipline of petrochronology solve and how?
- Geological applications of stable and radioactive isotopes
- Instrumentation: ICP-MS with laser ablation
- Advantages and disadvantages of ICP-MS over the classical ID-TIMS methodology
- Emerging techniques: Zr isotopes in zircon
- Applications to chemical mochometry
Level: Mother Tongue
Research Field: Geosciences » Geology
Years of Research Experience: 1 - 4
Internal Application form(s) needed
- Anunt eng doc_PCE.pdf
- English
- (75.62 KB - PDF)
- Download
Additional Information
Benefits
Details regarding the submission of the application
The application files are submitted to the University of Bucharest headquarters, Șoseaua Panduri no. 90, Sector 5, Bucharest, Human Resources Department, from Monday to Thursday between 8:30 and 15:30, Fridays between 8:30 and 12:00. The deadline for submitting applications is 25.08.2026 at 15:30. Contact: Human Resources Department.
Eligibility criteria
Details regarding the submission of the application
The application files are submitted to the University of Bucharest headquarters, Șoseaua Panduri no. 90, Sector 5, Bucharest, Human Resources Department, from Monday to Thursday between 8:30 and 15:30, Fridays between 8:30 and 12:00. The deadline for submitting applications is 25.08.2026 at 15:30. Contact: Human Resources Department.
Selection process
Bibliography:
- Balica, C., M.N. Ducea G.E. Gehrels, J. Kirk, R.D. Roban, P. Luffi J.B. Chapman, A. Triantafyllou, J. Guo, A.M. Stoica, J. Ruiz, I. Balintoni, L. Profeta, D. Hoffman, L. Petrescu, 2020, A zircon petrochronologic view on granitoids and continental evolution, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 531, paper 11605 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2019.116005.
- Barla A., Ducea, MN, Jepson, G., Triantafyllou, A, McLelland, W., Giesler, N, Gehrels, GE, 2023, A systematic evaluation of matrix-matched titanite reference materials for U-Pb, trace element, and isotopic analysis, Chemical Geology, article 121635, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2023.121635
- Faure, G. 2004, Isotopes, principles and applications, Wiley and Sons, ISBN: 0471384372, 928 pages.
- Guo, J.-L., Z. Wang, W. Zhang, F. Moynier, D. Cui, Z. Hu, and M. N. Ducea, 2020, Significant Zr isotope variations in single zircon grains recording magma evolution history, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(35), 21125-21131.
- Hoefs, J., 2015. Stable isotope geochemistry. Springer, Berlin. 7th edition.
- Luffi, P., and Ducea, M. N., 2022, Chemical Mohometry: Assessing Crustal Thickness of Ancient Orogens Using Geochemical and Isotopic Data: Reviews of Geophysics, v. 63, no. e2021RG000753, p. 1-42.
- Roban, RD, Ducea, MN, Mihalcea, V I, Munteanu, I, Barbu, V, Melinte-Dobrinescu, M.C, Olariu, C., Vlasceanu M., 2023, Provenance of Oligocene lithic and quartz arenites of the East Carpathians: Understanding sediment routing systems on compressional basin margins, Basin Research, volume 35, Issue 1, p. 244 - 270.
- Triantafyllou, A, Ducea, MN, Jepson, G, Hernandez-Montenegro, JD, Bisch, A and Ganne, J, 2023, Europium anomalies in detrital zircons record major transitions in Earth geodynamics at 2.5 Ga and 0.9 Ga. Geology, v. 51, 141-145.
- Vaiglova, P., Lazar, N.A., Stroud, E.A., Loftus, E., Makarewicz, C.A., 2023. Best practices for selecting samples, analyzing data, and publishing results in isotope archaeology. Quaternary International 650, 86–100. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2022.02.027.
- Vereş, D.S., 2002. A comparative study between loss on ignition and total carbon analysis on minerogenic sediments. Geologia XLVII, 171–182.
Website for additional job details: https://unibuc.ro/despre-ub/cariere/posturi-cercetare/#1544693602256-6d9237ad-7fe3
Work Location(s)
- Number of offers available: 1
- Company/Institute: Universitatea din Bucuresti
- Country: Romania
- City: Bucharest
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Contact
- State/Province: Bucharest
- City: Bucharest
- Website: http://www.unibuc.ro
- Street: Panduri, Nr.90
- Postal Code: 050663
- E-Mail: ducea@arizona.edu
- Phone: 0723091892
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