Postdoctoral Researcher in Image Analysis (Glaciology)

As part of the UKRI funded `Glaciers and Ice Sheets in a Warming World¿ project, we have an exciting opportunity for a postdoctoral researcher who has expertise in image analysis to join the project team.

 

The focus of your work during the project will be a near 7-year record of time lapse camera data collected overlooking the marine terminating glacier Narsap Sermia, SW Greenland. This hourly dataset has tracked the retreat of the glacier from three different locations, with imagery from at least two viewpoints available from 2022-present. Your work will help address research questions related to the drivers of velocity variations at marine terminating glacier margins across a range of temporal scales; glacier stability; iceberg calving behaviour; and the influence of mélange and meltwater plumes on glacier behaviour, including extreme events.

 

For this work you should be familiar with image (pre-)processing techniques to obtain high quality quantitative data from time lapse imagery. This may include image cross-correlation, particle image velocimetry, feature/object tracking, orthorectification, image segmentation and/or image analysis techniques that may be novel to glaciology (including AI methods). You will work with the Principal Investigator (Prof. James Lea) to agree a programme of work that both delivers project aims and draws on your strengths. There will also be opportunities to pursue your own research ideas related to the overall project aims, and to conduct maintenance of off-ice and on-ice instrumentation currently deployed in the field.

 

Pre-existing knowledge of glacial environments is desirable, though candidates from non-glaciological/environmental science backgrounds will be considered and are actively encouraged to apply.  You should have a PhD or equivalent applied experience in glaciology, environmental science, computer science, data science, or related discipline that is relevant to the role.

 

The post is available from February 2026 and is fixed term for 24 months. If the successful candidate is only able to take up the position later than April 2026, the post will run until 30th April 2028.

 
 

 

The University of Liverpool is committed to enhancing workforce diversity. We actively seek to attract, develop, and retain colleagues with diverse backgrounds and perspectives. We welcome applications from all genders/gender identities, Black, Asian, or Minority Ethnic backgrounds, individuals living with a disability, and members of the LGBTQIA+ community.

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