Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Centre for Geography and Environmental Science

This hybrid full time post is available immediately on a fixed term contract.

We are recruiting for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Centre for Geography and Environmental Science (which is within the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences).

This role will be working across two projects which have a focus on the climate and carbon. Working within the Convex Seascape Survey project, the Research Fellow will be studying, quantifying and evaluating the environmental impacts of marine scientific research from ship, lab and desk activities. This will involve analysing categorical and numerical data to identify recommendations on how to reduce these impacts, with a particular focus on carbon emissions, and we have a large dataset ready for this analysis. Working within the European Space Agency (ESA) project ‘Marine-Atmosphere eXtreme Satellite Synergy (MAXSS)’ the Research Fellow will be quantifying how hurricanes, tropical cyclones and polar lows influence and change the global ocean carbon sink. Again, here we have a large dataset that is ready to be exploited by the successful candidate.

The research will involve the design of experiments, the exploitation of some existing dataset along with the generation of new data, and the development and use of scientific Python programming.

About you

The successful applicant will be responsible for undertaking research and analysing results. You will able to develop research objectives, projects and proposals and make presentations at conferences and other events.

Applicants will possess a relevant PhD or equivalent qualification/experience in a related field of study. The successful applicant will be a nationally recognised authority in their field and possess sufficient specialist knowledge in the discipline to develop research programmes and methodologies. The successful applicant will also be able to work collaboratively, supervise the work of others and act as team leader as required.

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What we can offer you

• Freedom (and the support) to pursue your intellectual interests and to work creatively across disciplines to produce internationally exciting research;
• Support teams that understand the University wide research and teaching goals and partner with our academics accordingly
• An Innovation, Impact and Business directorate that works closely with our academics providing specialist support for external engagement and development
• Our Exeter Academic initiative supporting high performing academics to achieve their potential and develop their career
• A multitude of staff benefits including sector leading benefits around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), Paternity leave (up to 6 weeks full pay), and a new Fertility Treatment Policy
• A beautiful campus set in the heart of stunning Cornwall

The University of Exeter

The University of Exeter is an equal opportunity employer. We are officially recognised as a Disability Confident employer and an Athena Swan accredited institution. Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented in the workforce. 

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