Position Announcement
Polar Atmospheric/Snow Chemist
British Antarctic Survey
Application Deadline: Sunday, 22 July 2007
Date of Scheduled Interviews: Tuesday, 14 August 2007
For further information, please go to:
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/Employment/vacancies/job.php?JobID=245
or contact:
Manuel Hutterli
E-mail: mahut [at] bas.ac.uk
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is seeking a Polar Atmospheric/Snow
Chemist, with skills for both laboratory and fieldwork, to join its
Atmospheric Chemistry group. As part of the Natural Environment Research
Council (NERC), BAS aims to undertake a world-class program of
scientific research and to sustain for the UK an active and influential
regional presence and a leadership role in Antarctic affairs.
The BAS core project CACHE (Climate and Chemistry) - CEFAC (Chemical
Exchange and Feedback between the Atmosphere and the Cryosphere) aims to
determine the chemical exchanges that take place between ice and the
atmosphere and to estimate how the size of the cryosphere would affect
atmospheric chemistry in the present day, under past glacial conditions,
and in a future warmer world with reduced snow cover.
The successful candidate will be based in Cambridge, but will be
involved in field research in Antarctica on an occasional basis, and
will be working on a project to investigate the photochemical production
of a range of trace gases from snow. The project aims to further
understanding of primary production and quantify the factors controlling
production so that these can be used to parameterize numerical model
calculations into wider impacts. The work will be carried out primarily
in a new suite of warm lab/cold room at BAS and will use trace gas
analyzers commonly used in field campaigns. BAS has a number of such
instruments already, but the candidate will seek external collaborations
to extend its capability. In addition, the candidate will travel to
Concordia Station (inland Antarctica) in collaboration with LGGE
Grenoble to run the BAS NO/NO2 trace gas analyzer in order to study
ambient mixing ratios in the boundary layer and the photochemical
production and fluxes of these trace gases from the snowpack. Other
fieldwork projects may arise at a later date.
This position offers a high level of diversity and the chance to work as
part of a world-class research team in a stimulating scientific
environment. Applicants must have a PhD in a scientific subject where
atmospheric chemistry was a major component or equivalent experience
(e.g. an MSc plus a minimum of two years research experience in
operating atmospheric chemistry instruments). As this position involves
working in the BAS cold rooms as well as Antarctic Service, applicants
should be physically capable and medically fit to work in Antarctic
conditions.
Application forms and instructions, as well as complete position
details, are available at:
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/Employment/vacancies/job.php?JobID=245
or by contacting:
British Antarctic Survey
Personnel Section
High Cross, Madingley Road
Cambridge, CB3 0ET
UK
Phone: +01223-221508
Applications must be received by Sunday, 22 July 2007, and interviews
are scheduled for Tuesday, 14 August 2007.