Research Fellow - Glacier Dynamics and Ocean Interactions

Updated: over 2 years ago
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, ENGLAND
Job Type: FullTime
Deadline: 31 Oct 2021

Northumbria University Newcastle is a research-rich, business-focussed, professional university with a global reputation for academic excellence. Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, and with a campus in the heart of London’s financial district, Northumbria University is located in the UK’s best two cities for students. At Northumbria we are global in our scope and reach, with operations in London, Amsterdam, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Singapore, and we remain the largest English provider in Hong Kong. The University continues its strong commitment to internationalism, including its valuable and long-standing links with Europe.

Working within the Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences and the research theme Extreme Environments, you will conduct research related to the dynamics of the Antarctic Ice Sheet and its interactions with the surrounding ocean. This project is a part of the EU funded project TiPPACCs  on Tipping Points in the Antarctic Climate Components.  You will be working as a part of a large international team including researchers at Northumbria University, Newcastle, and several other European research groups (https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/820575).

The work involves running ice-flow and simplified ocean circulations models (plume and box models) and contributing to the further development and testing of the model configuration. There is considerable scope for exploring new research directions and testing and trying new methodologies to understand that stability regime of the coupled ice+ocean system.

You must hold a PhD degree in earth sciences, physical geography, physics, mathematics, or related fields. Previous experience in ice-flow modelling and/or the use of ocean circulations models is of advantage, but not an essential requirement.

For informal enquiries about this post please contact Prof. G. Hilmar Gudmundsson (Hilmar.Gudmundsson@northumbria.,ac.uk).

To apply for this vacancy please click 'Apply Now', and submit a covering letter, CV including research /education statements, and grants and publications list. Please highlight your highest quality research outputs (please indicate a rank from 1 to 4) up to a maximum of 4, since 2017.  In addition, candidates are asked to provide copies of the top 2 research outputs (Journal / book chapter /practice-based portfolio).Where possible candidates are asked to combine all of these documents into a single file.

Northumbria University takes pride in, and values, the quality and diversity of our staff. We welcome applications from all members of the community. The University holds an Athena SWAN Bronze award in recognition of our commitment to improving employment practices for the advancement of gender equality and is a member of the Euraxess  network, which delivers information and support to professional researchers.

We welcome applications from the UK and across the world.Visit our web pages for details about the Information and Support for InternationalColleagues .

Currently, due to COVID-19, academic staff will normally be on campus for approximately two days per week when face to face teaching is scheduled, and as required to undertake research using specialist facilities.  

Please note this vacancy will close on 31/10/2021



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