Postdoctoral Research Associate or Fellow

3 months ago

Devon, United Kingdom University of Exeter Full time

The above full-time post is available immediately, on a fixed term basis, until 31st January 2026 in the Faculty. This role offers the opportunity for flexible hours and optional hybrid working, with some time worked on Streatham campus in Exeter, and some from home.

The post

The Faculty wishes to recruit a Postdoctoral Research Associate/Fellow to participate in an exciting project “TroPeaCC: Tropical Peatlands and the Carbon Cycle”. This European Research Council funded post is available from 1st July 2024 until 31st January 2026. The successful applicant will work with Prof. Gallego-Sala and a wider team of experts on the addressing the key questions: will tropical peatlands become a carbon source or sink in the future? And more generally, in understanding interactions between climate and low-latitude peatland carbon dynamics. This is a collaborative project with a large internal team and many external collaborators. This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No 865403).

In this post, you will extend the group’s existing work on modelling peatland ecosystems to the tropics. Specifically, you will compile existing data and run the JULES land surface model to evaluate simulations of ecosystem fluxes of energy, water and carbon at the site level across multiple tropical locations.

About you

The successful applicant will be able to achieve project objectives, present information on research progress and outcomes, communicate complex information, orally, in writing and electronically and prepare proposals and applications to external bodies, and make presentations at conferences and other events.

Applicants will possess a relevant PhD (in environmental physics, tropical ecology, peatland science, carbon cycle science, mathematics, etc.).or be near completion (for PDRA role) or possess an equivalent qualification/experience in a related field of study. They will be able to demonstrate sufficient knowledge in the discipline to work within the project, including experience of computer programming (e.g. FORTRAN, C and/or C++), and wider computing skills (e.g. R, Python or Matlab or similar).

The University of Exeter

We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 200 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 and QS World University Ranking 2024). We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2023, underpinned by Gold ratings for Student Experience and Student Outcomes.

Our world-leading research impact has grown more than any other Russell Group university in recent years, and we are home to some of the world’s most influential researchers, seeking to answer some of the most fundamental issues facing humankind today. More than 99 percent of our research is of international quality and 47 percent is world-leading (2021 Research Excellence Framework).

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment

We are committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.

Benefits

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

  • 41 days leave per year
  • options for flexible working
  • numerous discounts at leading retailers
  • onsite gyms on all of our campus’ and a cycle to work scheme
  • sector leading policies around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), paternity leave (up to 6 weeks full pay) and a Fertility Treatment Policy
  • stunning campus environments in Exeter and Cornwall, in the beautiful South West of England

For further information please contact Prof. Angela Gallego-Sala, email: A.Gallego-Sala@exeter.ac.uk.

The starting salary will be from £32,982 on Grade E as PDRA and from £41,732 on Grade F as PDRF, depending on qualifications and experience

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