Research Associate in Antarctic Climate Change

Contract type: Fixed-term for 30 months We have an exciting opportunity in the Department of Geography at The University of Sheffield (TUoS). The position is funded through the NERC highlight topic project PICANTE (Processes, Impacts, and Changes of ANTarctic Extreme weather’), led by Dr Julie Jones in the Department of Geography at TUoS, involving a...

We have an exciting opportunity for a talented individual interested in climate change mitigation to join the School of Biosciences to investigate the unexamined and unintended consequences of large-scale deployment of land-based CO2 removal (CDR) strategies (reforestation, peatland restoration, bioenergy crops and enhanced rock weathering), and the extent...

An exciting opportunity to join iHuman, working on Cultural Climate Models, a major new European research project investigating how culture models climate futures. We are looking for a hard-working individual to join the team as a Research Associate, analysing multimodal climate change communication on social media platforms. You will take a lead role on the...

Are you an ambitious researcher with skills in computational ecology or mathematical modelling? Are you interested in paleoecology links to climate change and mass extinctions, and looking for your next challenge? Do you want to be part of a large, cutting-edge research programming linking deep time patterns of extinction to contemporary insights about...

THIS IS AN UNPAID VOLUNTEERING ROLE.Role Title: Principal/Senior/ Research Officers (Energy & Environment)Role Nature: VolunteerLocation: Home-basedThe Blockchain & Climate Institute (BCI) is an international volunteers-led think tank supporting and advocating the application of blockchain technology in the global fight against climate change.We are looking...

We are seeking to appoint an experienced Research Associate in the general field of modelling of freshwater geochemistry to join a dynamic, high-profile research project: the Greenhouse Gas Removal with UK agriculture via enhanced rock weathering Demonstrator, funded by UKRI-BBSRC (2021-2025) (Beerling et al. 2020, Nature, 583, 242-248). The Demonstrator is...

The Faculty Research Fellowship scheme aims to provide outstanding enthusiastic and dedicated scientists, who have the potential to become leaders in their chosen field, with the opportunity to build an independent research career. We are seeking a new ECR Fellow to lead in the broad field of Nature-based climate-solutions, encompassing mitigation and...

Chemical and Biological Engineering is a thriving department within one of the UKs top Faculties of Engineering. We have a vibrant research culture spanning Materials and Products, Biological Engineering, Sustainability, and Processes and Systems themes. The Department has 34 academics, 35 researchers, 16 technical staff, 16 professional support staff and...

Are you interested in working for a world top 100 University? We have an exciting opportunity in the School of Law is seeking to appoint a Research Associate to join a team of academic, policing, health and service user partners to evaluate police-led drug diversion (PDD) schemes for drug-involved suspects. These schemes, which are currently in operation in...

How does a photoreceptor synapse use mechanical motion to improve information transfer? Mikko Juusola's lab at the University of Sheffield is seeking a Research Associate to study this question in the fruit fly Drosophila.We study ultrafast morphodynamic adaptation in photoreceptor synapses to light changes using a range of methods, such as in vivo...

How does a photoreceptor synapse use mechanical motion to improve information transfer? Mikko Juusola’s lab at the University of Sheffield is seeking a Research Associate to study this question in the fruit fly Drosophila. We study ultrafast morphodynamic adaptation in photoreceptor synapses to light changes using a range of methods, such as in vivo...

We are seeking to appoint a Research Associate to support The Productivity Institute’s Regional Productivity Forum (RPF) in Yorkshire, Humber & the North East, based at Sheffield University Management School. The Productivity Institute (TPI), which is funded by the Economic & Social Research Council, brings together world-leading and UK experts from a...

Our goal is to investigate the technical feasibility of integrating contextual and visual information with adaptive AI techniques into a mobile solution for climate-smart pest management. We will frequently engage with four arable farmers throughout the project, field-testing the mobile solution in their fields, and present the work to members of the ADAS...

Are you interested in working for a world top 100 University? We have an exciting opportunity in the School of Education for a Research Associate who will be based in the School of Education and iHuman (the interdisciplinary institute for the study of the human) to take a key role in supporting the delivery on a body of scholarship in relation to issues of...

How does the brain encode sensory information and form associative memories? Andrew Lin’s lab at the University of Sheffield is seeking a Research Associate to study these questions in the fruit fly Drosophila. We study memory using a range of methods, such as in vivo two-photon calcium imaging, electrophysiology, fly genetics, behavioural experiments,...

Bringing fresh and diverse perspectives, you will integrate into the Division of Neuroscience, one of the three constituent divisions of The School of Medicine and Population Health, and join a multidisciplinary team of researchers within the Division and the associated NIHR Sheffield Biomedical Research Centre (BRC). As a world leading centre for research...

We have an exciting opportunity for a postdoctoral research associate to join the the Mechanisms of Health and Disease Research Group led by Professor Chery Miller. The Mechanisms of Health and Disease Research Group undertakes leading research into advanced biomaterials and medical devices, making scientific and technical advances to restore the form and...

Are you interested in working for a world top 100 University? We have an exciting opportunity in the School of Health and Related Research to appoint a motivated post-doctoral Research Associate to join the Sheffield Alcohol Research Group (SARG). SARG is an internationally leading centre for alcohol policy, epidemiological and economic research, bringing...

Contract Type: Fixed-term for 3 years Summary: Are you interested in developing the first Virtual Mouse Twin for the optimisation of treatments for Osteoporosis? This highly interdisciplinary Research Associate position will advance our understanding of the effect of the combined biomechanical and pharmacological treatments on musculoskeletal biomechanics...

Two Research Associate positions are available in the laboratory of Prof. Walter Marcotti funded by a Wellcome Trust Investigator Award. The remit of the work is to investigate the in vivo mechanisms regulating signal processing in the developing and ageing mouse cochlea in vivo, and how these influence central auditory neuronal pathways. This role will also...