Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Updated: over 1 year ago
Deadline: 20 Oct 2022

Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy

Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences.

This full-time post is available immediately for a fixed-term period until 30/09/2026.

The post

The Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences wishes to recruit a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to participate in the Convex Blue Carbon Seascape Survey, an international project that seeks to solve the question of what role the oceans play in climate change via carbon sequestration. This privately funded (Convex Insurance Group) post is available immediately. The successful applicant will be responsible for:

  • Data mining of existing resources (maps, cores, seabed sediment assessments) worldwide and to identify core material for carbon analysis
  • Involvement in devising a seatime campaign to obtain new cores from shelf mud sequences
  • Deriving age models for both legacy and fresh cores
  • analysing the cores for organic and inorganic carbon, content to derive measurements of carbon flux/burial
  • Using these data to constrain hydrodynamic simulations of continental shelf sedimentation derived from another module of the project.

About you

The successful applicant will be able to develop research objectives, projects and proposals; identify sources of research funding and contribute to the process of securing funds 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 Quaternary marine geology 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. Applicants will be able to be fully involved in the CONVEX Blue Seascape Survey project, to provide intellectual and technical leadership in the field of blue carbon, to publish in a timely manner all results deriving from the project, to deliver the results of the project at appropriate scientific meetings, to initiate and deliver appropriate outreach activity relating to the project, to develop an independent scientific research portfolio leading to an academic career, to supervise technical staff, to co-supervise research students both within and outside the projcet as appropriate, and to contribute to teaching activity within the Department of Earth and Environmental Science as appropriate.

Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role by clicking on the attachment.

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 beautiful campus set in the heart of stunning Cornwall.

The University of Exeter

We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 150 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2022 and QS World University Ranking 2022). We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2017.

Our research income in recent years means we’re the fastest growing UK Research University with some of the world’s most influential scientists, and we seek to answer some of the most fundamental issues facing humankind today through this. 98% of our research is of international quality (2014 Research Excellence Framework). We encourage proactive engagement with industry, business and community partners to enhance the impact of research and education and improve the employability of our students. Read about our world leading research – Green Futures and how we are transforming education for a changing world. We are located in a beautiful part of the country and Exeter (a fast growing tech hub) is one of only a few UK cities to have been designated as a UNESCO Creative City

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment

With over 27,000 students and 6,400 staff from 180 different countries we offer a diverse and engaging environment where our diversity is celebrated and valued as a major strength. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where all members of our community are supported to thrive; where diverse voices are heard through our engagement with evidence-based charter frameworks for gender (Athena SWAN), race equality (Race Equality Charter Mark), LGBTQ+ inclusion (Stonewall Diversity Champion) and as a Disability Confident employer. Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community. Reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.

For further information please contact Professor James Scourse: e-mail [email protected]



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