Dear Colleagues, (with apologies for cross posting)

The MSCA Doctoral Network SEASOUNDS (Innovative marine soundscape characterization to effectively mitigate ocean and sea noise pollution, GA no. 101119769)  will soon be recruiting 10 highly motivated PhD students. We would appreciate your assistance in advertising within your channels of communication and helping us find highly motivated students.

SEASOUNDS aims to better characterize and predict marine soundscapes, in order to provide recommendations for appropriate and proportionate underwater noise mitigation solutions, for improved know-how, decision-making and standards setting for a sustainable Blue Growth limiting the impact on marine wildlife. The project addresses important knowledge gaps related to understanding, characterization and modeling of the entire noise transfer chain, from the noise source (e.g. offshore foundation installation, UXO disposal, shipping) to the receiver (whether a technological tool or an animal). SEASOUNDS’ methodological approach incorporates concepts, models, and tools from a variety of disciplines including underwater acoustics, seismology, mechanics, bioacoustics, and marine biology. Thus, SEASOUNDS will train 10 PhD students with high multidisciplinary, inter-sectoral, and transverse skills, who will comprehend noise pollution issues in a holistic way.

The Network gathers 15 partners from France, Spain, Italy, The Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Monaco and USA (see https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101119769), and will run for 4 years from January 2024.

The PhD positions will have staggered starting dates between September-December 2024 for a duration of 3 or 4 years, depending on the host institution’s rule. The 10 individual projects are :

• PhD position 1 at TU Delft (The Netherlands) - Environmental vibrations and acoustic emissions from offshore foundation installation
• PhD position 2 at CNRS-Géoazur (France) - Imagery of seabed sediments and sub-surface properties by Distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) measurement
• PhD position 3 at CNRS-LMA (France) - Noise pollution generated by historical Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) disposal in shallow waters
• PhD position 4 at NTNU Trondheim (Norway) - Modeling of shipping noise in arctic fjords
• PhD position 5 at CNRS-LMA (France) - Uncertainties in the source and environment description: influence on noise impact assessment
• PhD position 6 at Università degli studi di Padova (Italy) - Impact of anthropogenic activities on underwater noise pollution in the Venetian Lagoon
• PhD position 7 at Università degli studi di Padova (Italy) - Natural and Anthropogenic Dynamics of Marine Soundscapes
• PhD position 8 at NTNU Trondheim (Norway) - Marine mammal monitoring using Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS)
• PhD position 9 at Aarhus University (Denmark) - Moving animals in a variable soundscape
• PhD position 10 at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya – BarcelonaTech (Spain) – Impact of underwater noise pollution on marine invertebrates and plants

Each position includes secondment opportunities.

For more information about SEASOUNDS, the individual projects, and the eligibility and mobility criteria, applicants can visit the webpage 

https://laboratoire-mecanique-acoustique.fr/actualites/1166-the-doctoral-network-seasounds-is-recruiting-10-highly-motivated-phd-students

and/or contact the SEASOUNDS coordinator, Dr. Nathalie Favretto-Cristini (favretto@lma.cnrs-mrs.fr).

Best regards,

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