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Eleanor Frajka-Williams
@eleanorfrajka.bsky.social
Physical oceanographer + climate scientist, Professor at the University of Hamburg (She/her)

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🌊 #Postdoc position available

📍 At WHOI with Dr. Le Bras

Analyse data from moored oxygen as part of the Overturning and Horizontal circulation of the Subpolar North Atlantic Program (GOHSNAP).

Requirements
✅ PhD in physical #oceanography

To apply: whoi.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WHOI-E...
Postdoctoral Investigator – Physical Oceanography
Job Summary The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) invites applications for a Postdoctoral Investigator (PDI) in observational physical oceanography under the supervision of Dr. Isabela Le Br...
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October 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
My sister! So proud! Mathematician—theoretical, but sometimes related to solitons (don’t ask me how)…

news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

www.macfound.org/fellows/clas...
October 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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What’s it like to spend weeks at sea in one of the harshest and most remote parts of our planet? Find out as WHOI oceanographer Bob Pickart leads a research expedition to the Nordic Seas!

Climb aboard the R/V Roger Revelle with author Dallas Murphy: <a href="http://go.whoi.edu/Pickart" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">go.whoi.edu/Pickart <a href="http://go.whoi.edu/Pickart" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">go.whoi.edu/Pickart
September 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Fieldwork Friday—onboard the RV Meteor for M212. epoc-eu.org/our-work/exp... Just at the moment we are repositioning to avoid the storm.
August 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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👩🔬 "Breaking the Surface – Women in Marine Research"
New photo exhibition at the Maritime Museum Hamburg: Eleven portraits, no ships, no labs – but stories of resilience, networks, and structural barriers in science. On view until end of year. 🔗 www.cen.uni-hamburg.de/en/about-cen... #science #women
July 30, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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As scientists warn that #AMOC may slow/collapse, experts are trying to improve research on this critical ocean conveyor system
We need:
- Better measurements
- Global cooperation
- Sustained funding
- New tech for real-time data

AMOC research=climate security. Let's keep it going! 🌍💙
@noc.ac.uk
July 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
🚨Job advert 🚨 AWI postdoc in Bremerhaven, Germany to work with Wilken von Appen on the MIXSED project. Apply here: www.mixsed.uni-hamburg.de/news/mixsed-...
Deadline: **5 August**
MIXSED postdoc opportunity at AWI
www.mixsed.uni-hamburg.de
July 16, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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check PhD position available in my group to work on the @erc.europa.eu project EXPAND www.southampton.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Can nitrogen fixation contend ocean desert expansion?
Discover more about our research project: Can nitrogen fixation contend ocean desert expansion? at the University of Southampton.
www.southampton.ac.uk
May 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Hi everyone,

As you know, there are now many initiatives being offered by other countries to support US researchers whose funding has been pulled or threatened.

Here is my attempt to gather the relevant information about all of these efforts in one place. Please share.

jmlilly.net/blog/2025/05...
Foreign opportunities for US researchers
As the Trump administration continues to slash funding for research, many of us are considering our options elsewhere. A number of initiatives have been announced by other countries to attract researc...
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May 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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🌍✨ Yippee! CLICCS will receive funding for another seven years as a Cluster of Excellence @uni-hamburg.de‬ ! Over 200 international researchers are exploring which climate futures are plausible—and how we can work towards achieving the desired ones.
www.cliccs.uni-hamburg.de/about-cliccs...
May 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Just a few more days to apply for our new post-doc position on changes in the AMOC and potential AMOC tipping points. Closing date 27th of April!
We are hiring!

Interested in better understanding how the AMOC has changed, and how it might change in the future? Have a look at our new post funded as part of the EU EPOC and TipESM projects.

Closing date 27th April

jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Research Scientist (AMOC):Whiteknights Reading UK
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April 23, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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The 2026 budget passback plan calls for eliminating NOAA Research, the scientific backbone that keeps weather forecasts, alerts, and warnings accurate and effective. This would have disastrous consequences.

Read the AMS statement, in partnership w/ @nwas.org: bit.ly/4cz2RtC
Stand Up for NOAA Research – The Time to Act is Now
The AMS is a global community committed to advancing weather, water, and climate science and service.
bit.ly
April 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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A big thanks to @eleanorfrajka.bsky.social at the University of Hamburg for the invitation to teach time analysis.

I had a great time spending two weeks working with these ~40 participants from all over Europe and beyond. The resources are open and can be found here: jmlilly.net/course/index....
April 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Nominate your colleagues for an AMS award by 1 May!
For oceanography, these include the Stommel medal, Sverdrup medal, Suomi (tech), and Fofonoff (ECR). www.ametsoc.org/ams/about-am...
AMS Awards
The AMS is a global community committed to advancing weather, water, and climate science and service.
www.ametsoc.org
April 1, 2025 at 7:43 PM
🚨**Job advert** 🚨 We are hiring a seagoing technician in Hamburg! Interested in going to sea, handling instrumentation (ship-based, moored, glider) and logistics of research-travel to remote places? See the advert - contact me with any questions. Deadline 4 April.
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March 8, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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MIXSED kick-off meeting end today, was great discussing ideas, previous work, and future steps! Thanks @uni-hamburg.de @eleanorfrajka.bsky.social @annasanchez.bsky.social @davidamblas.bsky.social and Wilken, Mara and Helena for your contributions. Looking forward to start!
March 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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For those of you who want to help, here are some local Altadena organizations who were impacted.

These are all groups I have worked with personally and can vouch for the good work they do.

Thread. #EatonFire
January 10, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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🚨 POST-DOCS, WORK WITH US IN HOBART!

🌊 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲 – 𝗢𝗰𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿

🛰️ Utilise #SWOT satellite data south of the #Antarctic Circumpolar Current and deepen the understanding of ocean dynamics and processes

✍️ Applications close 16 Feb 2025

▶️ careers.utas.edu.au/cw/en/job/50...
December 20, 2024 at 4:31 AM
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At the invitation of @eleanorfrajka.bsky.social, I'll be teaching this 2 week graduate course in person:

Ocean/Atmosphere Time Series Analysis
Univ. of Hamburg
17-28 March 2025

If you are based elsewhere, you can still come, at no cost.

Details & application:
conferences.uni-hamburg.de/event/560
December 15, 2024 at 9:28 PM
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There are so many cool starter packs around here 💙 But I have not seen yet any specifically on the AMOC, so I decided to create one now 🌊 Let me know if you want to be included too!

#AMOC #Atlantic #OceanCirculation

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November 26, 2024 at 5:18 AM
Great opportunity at UMiami!
Want to make a difference? Come work here! Miami needs ocean and climate scientists.
November 27, 2024 at 7:57 PM
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📢Calling all researchers! We are studying what makes a great (or not-so-great) supervisor from the perspective of PhD students and postdocs. Our goal? To improve academic mentorship and research environments. Got 5-10 minutes? Take the survey!✍️
forms.gle/WT9GoiaHxypX...
Labelling my scientific supervisor: A genuine leader or just a big jerk?
Thank you for taking part in this survey. The aim of this survey is to understand which characteristics make a scientific supervisor supportive and constructive or, conversely, detrimental to the grow...
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November 7, 2024 at 2:30 PM
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Interested in working with climate models to understand the ocean’s role in climate?

Here are two postdoc positions in France with JB Sallée and colleagues!

1. Global ocean overturning circulation
2. Ocean-sea ice-atmosphere feedbacks affecting Antarctic sea ice

www.iapsoecs.org/2024-11-04-p...
Two postdoc positions in climate science (Toulouse, France)
CNRM Climate Center
www.iapsoecs.org
November 7, 2024 at 9:30 PM
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🚨New publication alert!🚨 🌊
Adrian Martin (NOC, UK) et al. on when to add a new process to a marine biogeochemistry model – and, perhaps more importantly, when *not*
Fab to be part of the team that took part in this work, and really pleased to see Adrian turning it into something so coherent.
September 24, 2024 at 8:52 AM