: COMPETITION FOR GRANTING ONE POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP - PCIF/GFC/0078/2018 - 3/2021

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Title : COMPETITION FOR GRANTING ONE POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP - PCIF/GFC/0078/2018 - 3/2021

A tender is open for the attribution of one Postdoctoral Research Scholarship, within the scope of the R&D project "Influence of VOCs (volatile organic compounds) on the extreme behavior of forest fires”, (PCIF/GFC/0078/2018), funded by by “Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, I.P through national funds (PIDDAC), under the following conditions:

Scientific Area:

• Physics

• Technology

• Other - Fire Management and Extreme Fire Behavior

Recipients profile/category:

The work to be carried out by the candidate aims the identification and location of volatile compounds present in the atmosphere of forests, checking the differences between examples without the presence of fire and examples of time series after the presence of a fire. The objective of this work will be to analyze the data from the Sentinel-5P satellite, through the TROPOMI sensor, processing the level 1B and level 2 data. This analysis will be compared with the data obtained by the FTIR-OP (Fourier-Transform) technique Infrared Spectroscopy Open Field).

Mandatory requirements:

Candidates holding a doctoral degree in Biomedical Eng., Physics Eng., Electrotechnical Eng., Chemistry Eng, or similar, may apply to this grant. Documents proving this situation must be presented, at the latest, up to the stage of contracting of the grant. They may be replaced by a declaration under a commitment of honour.

The registration and/or recognition in Portugal of the doctorate degree will be verified at the time of signing the contract under the provisions of article 25 of Decree-Law No. 66/2018, of 16 August.

• Analysis of images and signals from Sentinel satellites

• Experience in hyperspectral image analysis

• Image processing using Matlab.

• Scientific dissemination

Preferred factors:

The experience acquired in the preparation and participation in scientific projects in multidisciplinary areas and in the will also be considered.

Work Plan:

The work will be developed in the following areas:

Analysis of data from the TROPOMI sensor available on the Sentinel-5P satellite

The. Selection of global data collected in the event of significant forest fires

Identify the specific compounds detected by TROPOMI in these situations

Globally detect in which situations arise such specific compounds previously detected and correlate with the existence of forest fires.

Generate images with geographic coordinates, representative of the detected compounds.

Merge the data obtained from TROPOMI with those from FTIR-OP

Realization of scientific dissemination.

Applicable legislation and regulations::

Law No. 40/2004, of August 18, amended and republished by Decree-Law No. 202/2012 of August 27 (Statute of the Scientific Research Fellow) and amended by Decree-Law No. 233/2012 of October 29, by Law No. 12 /2013 of 29 January, by Decree-Law No. 89/2013, of 9 July and Decree-Law No. 123/2019, of 28 August; Regulation of Research Grants of NOVA.id.FCT – Association for Innovation and Development of FCT; Regulation of Research Grants of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P. in force (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/regulamento.phtml.pt );

Workplace:

The work will be carried out in the Department of Physics of the Faculty of Science and Technology of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, under the scientific guidance of Professor/Doctor Pedro Manuel Cardoso Vieira, the contracting entity being NOVA.id.FCT – Association for Innovation and Development of FCT.

Fellowship duration:

The fellowship is for an initial period of 6 months, scheduled to start in January 2022.

Monthly maintenance allowance amount:

The scholarship amount corresponds to € 1.646, based on the table of scholarships awarded directly by FCT, I.P., in the country, with payment made monthly by bank transfer.

Selection criteria:

The selection methods to be used will be the following: curricular evaluation and interview, with the respective valuation of 60% (score from 1 to 20) and 40% (score from 1 to 20).

Composition of the Selection Jury:

President of the Jury: Pedro Manuel Cardoso Vieira (FCT/UNL)

Effective members of the Jury: Francisco Castro Rego (ISA/UL) and José Manuel Florêncio Nogueira (FC/UL)

Substitute member of the Jury: Cátia Mágro (FCT/UNL) and Leónia Nunes(FCT/UNL)

Form of advertising/notification of results:

The evaluation results proposed by the juri will be notified, up to 90 days after the deadline for the submission of applications, by email, of the results proposed by the jury, with access to the minutes and the final ranking list.

After notification, candidates will have 10 working days to comment on the draft decision (prior hearing of interested parties, under the terms of the Code of Administrative Procedure). The final decision will be taken after the expiry of the prior hearing period, again notified to all candidates by e-mail. Of this final decision the candidates can file a complaint within 15 working days (to the e-mail address used for the notification), or an hierarchical appeal, within 30 working days, addressed to NOVA.ID.FCT's Board through the address [email protected] .

Application deadline and form of application submission:

The tender is open from November 8, 2021 to November 19, 2021.

Documentation to be provided when applying: Applications must be formalized, obligatorily, by sending the following documents: Curriculum Vitae, Motivation Letter and certificate of qualifications.

Form of submission of applications: Applications should be sent by mail to the address: [email protected]

Documentation to be provided upon contracting: The registration and/or recognition in Portugal of the degree of doctoral.

Drafts:

The drafts of: i) fellowship contract, ii) final report to be presented by the fellowship holder, iii) final report to be presented by the scientific advisor, and; iv) declaration on honor, can all be found on NOVA.id.FCT website.