Location: | York |
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Salary: | £36,024 to £44,263 per annum |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 14th August 2024 |
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Closes: | 28th August 2024 |
Job Ref: | 13508 |
Department
The University of York’s Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories (WACL) wish to recruit a Research Associate to investigate iodine emissions from seawater using state-of-the-art online mass spectrometry in novel gas-exchange laboratory experiments. The post is available from 1 October 2024 for up to 12 months.
WACL is the largest dedicated atmospheric chemistry facility in the UK, home to more than 70 researchers. WACL supports an exceptional research environment, providing access to state-of-the-art facilities and a wide range of interdisciplinary expertise. The Department of Chemistry, within which WACL sits, is proud of its Athena SWAN Gold Award and strives to provide a working environment which allows all staff and students to contribute fully, to flourish, and to excel.
Role
You will develop improved parameterisations of sea-air emissions of HOI and I2 using novel experiments with a gas exchange tank. The tank has been designed to generate precisely controlled water-side turbulence measured via the gas transfer velocities of selected gases of differing solubilities. Iodine gases will be generated using a flow of ozonized air over iodide solutions and artificial seawater. You will use a TofWerk VOCUS S high resolution chemical-ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometer (CI-ToF) to measure the resulting emissions of I2 and HOI at different temperature and turbulence settings. The results will be used in a global model to assess the influence of oceanic iodine emissions on present day ozone and hydroxyl radical concentrations.
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Skills, Experience & Qualification needed
Interview date: TBC
For informal enquiries: please contact Professor Lucy Carpenter (lucy.carpenter@york.ac.uk)
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