Post Type: Education, Research & Enterprise | Faculty/PSG: Natural & Environmental Sciences | Division/Prof Service: Ocean & Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton | Section: Palaeoceanography & Palaeoclimate | Location: National Oceanography Centre Southampton | Post Type: Full Time | Closing Date: 11 Aug 2014 |
Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow within a NERC-funded research project. It is a full-time position for a peiod of 36 months.
You will join a large (n~50) and vibrant Palaeoceanography and Palaeoclimate Research Group at the University of Southampton and work on a collaborative project with Dr Steve Bohaty (Southampton), Prof Paul Wilson (Southampton), and Dr Tina van de Flierdt (Imperial College London).
The project aims to address the following questions: What was the nature and scale of high-latitude climate and ice-sheet variability in the Oligocene? What regions of Antarctica were glaciated? How sensitive were Antarctic ice sheets under higher-than-present pCO2 levels? The project will utilize marine sediments recovered from the Antarctic margin on Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expedition 318 (Wilkes Land) and legacy Ocean Drilling Program drillcores.
This postdoctoral project is focused on the development of a combination of neodymium isotope and foraminiferal carbon and oxygen isotope records at Southern Ocean sites. Laboratory work will take place both at the University of Southampton and Imperial College London. Data generated will be integrated with records from lower latitude and Northern Hemisphere sites and used to develop a broad picture ofOligocene climate behaviour.
The necessary minimum qualification is a PhD or equivalent in an earth, ocean, or (palaeo-) climate science discipline. An understanding of the use of geochemical and isotopic data in palaeoclimate reconstruction is required, as well as specific skills in clean laboratory sample preparation and analysis of radiogenic isotopes via multi-collector ICP-MS.
The Research Fellow will be expected to lead the generation of chemostratigraphic records, data interpretation and publication/ dissemination of the results.
Further details may be obtained from Dr Steve Bohaty (S.Bohaty@noc.soton.ac.uk).
The start date for the position is 1 October 2014
The National Oceanography Centre Southampton (NOCS) represents an unparalleled investment in ocean and Earth science and technology in the UK. We are located in a large purpose-built waterfront campus in a collaboration between the University of Southampton and NERC. The Campus is populated by a critical mass of around 500 research staff, 600 undergraduate and 200 postgraduate students. Myriad cross-disciplinary collaborations exist among scientists in the Palaeoceanography and Palaeoclimate Research Group across NOCS in Geochemistry, Ocean Biogeochemistry, Physical Oceanography and Climate Modelling. Further information can be found at http://www.southampton.ac.uk/oes/.
Application procedure:
You should submit your completed online application form at www.jobs.soton.ac.uk. If you need any assistance, please call Carol Read (Recruitment Team) on +44 (0) 23 8059 3649. Please quote reference 436914HN on all correspondence.