Senior Research Associate in Ocean Biogeochemistry (RA1590)
Vacancy Details
| Summary | |
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| Location: | ENV - Sch of Environmental Sciences |
| Job Type: | Full-Time |
| Category: | Research & Analogous (RA) |
| Closing Date: | 03/12/2019 |
| Date Posted: | 02/11/2019 |
| Reference: | RA1590 |
Description
Faculty of Science
School of Environmental Sciences
Senior Research Associate in Ocean Biogeochemistry (RA1590)
£33,199 per annum, pro rata
Applications are invited for the post of Senior Research Associate (SRA) to undertake research on the ocean carbon sink and downward carbon transport in sub-polar waters of the Southern Ocean. The SRA will work with Dorothee Bakker on the consortium project CUSTARD (Carbon Uptake and Seasonal Traits of Antarctic Remineralisation Depth, https://roses.ac.uk/custard/, 2018-2022). CUSTARD is part of the National Environment Research Council (NERC) RoSES (Role of the Southern Ocean in the Earth System, https://roses.ac.uk/) research programme.
The Southern Ocean south of 35°S takes up about 40% of the carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted by human activity. Much of this uptake occurs north of the Polar Front, in the upper limb of the Southern Ocean overturning circulation. The CUSTARD project aims to quantify the impact of nutrient and iron availability on phytoplankton carbon uptake in these sub-polar waters and the transport of carbon to depth away from atmospheric contact on climaticallyimportant timescales, using a combination of numerical and observational (shipboard and autonomous) techniques.
The SRA will participate in the planning and delivery of carbonate system measurements for the full water column on the CUSTARD research cruise (November 2019 to January 2020) and the CUSTARD mooring recovery cruise (January 2020). The SRA will combine these observations with year-round sensor data from the mooring and autonomous robotic gliders and will assist with calibration of sensors on the mooring. The SRA will quantify seasonal CO2 air-sea fluxes and the contribution of the solubility, carbonate and soft tissue carbon pumps to seasonal carbon dynamics and downward carbon transport. The SRA will publish the scientific results in international peer reviewed journals.
The research will be based within the Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (COAS) at UEA. It will be carried out in collaboration with CUSTARD scientists and project partners, and where appropriate with other RoSES scientists.
The SRA will be expected to participate in the CUSTARD research cruise and the mooring recovery cruise in the remote Southern Ocean, subject to a medical and sea survival training.
You will have a minimum of a PhD in biogeochemical oceanography, environmental, chemistry, chemistry (or equivalent independent research experience) and a scientific publication record showing evidence of international quality. The SRA should have excellent oral and written communication skills, with experience of presenting results at conferences and be able to fulfil all essential elements of the person specification.
This post is available from 1 May 2019 on a full time or part-time 0.8FTE basis for a fixed term period of 2 years (or longer for part-time).
Closing date: 12 March 2019.
The University is a Bronze Athena Swan Award holder, currently working towards Silver
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| Contacts | |
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| Contact 1 | |
| Contact Name: | Dr Dorothee Bakker |
| Telephone: | 01603 592648 |
| Email Address: | d.bakker@uea.ac.uk |