Crystal2Plate, a Initial Training Network financed by the European Union, is seeking (amongst others) a Postdoc ("Experienced Researcher", ER) to image upper mantle seismic heterogeneity and depth-dependent anisotropy in the western/central Mediterranean and the Gulf of California using surface wave modelling techniques and receiver functions. The research will be embedded in the larger Crystal2Plate context: How does mantle convection produce, and is modified by, plate tectonics. The Postdoc will be based at Utrecht University. Supervisors are Hanneke Paulssen (Utrecht University) and Goetz Bokelmann (Universite Montpellier 2), Collaborators are Claudio Faccenna (Universita Roma TRE), Taras Gerya (ETH Zurich) and Neil Reibe (CNRS-FAST, Paris). The postdoc position is for 2 years. Following the conditions for EC Marie Curie programs, suitable candidates must (i) at the time of recruitment be in the first five years of their research careers, calculated from the start(!) of their PhD position, (ii) at the time of recruitment be in possession of a PhD degree or have at least 3 years of full-time equivalent research experience, (iii) have a non-Dutch nationality, and (iv) not have resided or worked in the Netherlands for more than 12 months in the 3 years prior to their recruitment. For additional information on Crystal2Plate and application for this position, as well as 11 other PhD and Postdoc positions, see the CRYSTAL2PLATE website: http://www.gm.univ-montp2.fr/CRYSTAL2PLATE/home.html