Postdoctoral Researcher Positions For PhD Students At National University Ireland Galway 2009
Position Description:
OH Radicals and Sulfur Gases in the Coastal Atmosphere
Ref. no. NUIG-061-09
Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for a 19 month fixed term contract position as postdoctoral researcher with the Centre for Climate & Air Pollution Studies.
Position Background:
The Centre for Climate & Air Pollution Studies (C-CAPS) in NUI Galway’s Environmental Change Institute focuses on the impact of atmospheric composition on climate change and air pollution. Research activities include aerosol formation and transformation, aerosol-cloud-climate interactions, atmospheric chemistry, air-sea exchange of aerosols and gases, air-quality and health, ocean acidification, ocean dynamics and climate change. Researchers at C-CAPS are involved in remote sensing of aerosols and clouds, aerosol and gas air-sea flux measurements, in-situ observations, process modelling and regional (ocean-atmosphere) climate and air quality modelling. Large scale facilities include the GAW/EMEP supersite Mace Head and a wide range of state of the art equipment.
Position Objectives:
This particular research focuses on long-term studies of the atmospheric oxidation efficiency and its relation to particle nucleation and growth as part of a four year project funded by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI): Variation of the Oxidation Efficiency and Particle Precursor Gases in the Coastal Atmosphere. The researcher will conduct measurements of atmospheric OH radicals and sulfur gases (H2SO4, MSA) using a chemical ionization mass spectrometer (CIMS). The measurement programme will be conducted during selected periods at the Mace Head Atmospheric Research Station, about 80 km from Galway on the Atlantic coast. Contributing partners in the project will be the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), USA, and Research Center Juelich (FZJ), Germany.
Further responsibilities will include training and supervision of a PhD student, overall management of the measurements, data evaluation using a regional atmospheric chemistry model (RACM), close collaboration with NCAR and FZJ teams, further extension of measurements to other free radicals and/or trace gases. The research post is funded for 19 months.
Position Requirements:
A PhD degree in Atmospheric Physics, Chemistry, Meteorology, or related discipline is required. We seek an individual with, in order of priority, experience in atmospheric mass spectrometry, or measurements and modelling of atmospheric trace gases. Knowledge of chemical ionization mass spectrometry and atmospheric chemistry modelling would be desirable.
Position Salary: €40,578
Position Description:
OH Radicals and Sulfur Gases in the Coastal Atmosphere
Ref. no. NUIG-061-09
Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for a 19 month fixed term contract position as postdoctoral researcher with the Centre for Climate & Air Pollution Studies.
Position Background:
The Centre for Climate & Air Pollution Studies (C-CAPS) in NUI Galway’s Environmental Change Institute focuses on the impact of atmospheric composition on climate change and air pollution. Research activities include aerosol formation and transformation, aerosol-cloud-climate interactions, atmospheric chemistry, air-sea exchange of aerosols and gases, air-quality and health, ocean acidification, ocean dynamics and climate change. Researchers at C-CAPS are involved in remote sensing of aerosols and clouds, aerosol and gas air-sea flux measurements, in-situ observations, process modelling and regional (ocean-atmosphere) climate and air quality modelling. Large scale facilities include the GAW/EMEP supersite Mace Head and a wide range of state of the art equipment.
Position Objectives:
This particular research focuses on long-term studies of the atmospheric oxidation efficiency and its relation to particle nucleation and growth as part of a four year project funded by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI): Variation of the Oxidation Efficiency and Particle Precursor Gases in the Coastal Atmosphere. The researcher will conduct measurements of atmospheric OH radicals and sulfur gases (H2SO4, MSA) using a chemical ionization mass spectrometer (CIMS). The measurement programme will be conducted during selected periods at the Mace Head Atmospheric Research Station, about 80 km from Galway on the Atlantic coast. Contributing partners in the project will be the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), USA, and Research Center Juelich (FZJ), Germany.
Further responsibilities will include training and supervision of a PhD student, overall management of the measurements, data evaluation using a regional atmospheric chemistry model (RACM), close collaboration with NCAR and FZJ teams, further extension of measurements to other free radicals and/or trace gases. The research post is funded for 19 months.
Position Requirements:
A PhD degree in Atmospheric Physics, Chemistry, Meteorology, or related discipline is required. We seek an individual with, in order of priority, experience in atmospheric mass spectrometry, or measurements and modelling of atmospheric trace gases. Knowledge of chemical ionization mass spectrometry and atmospheric chemistry modelling would be desirable.
Position Salary: €40,578
Start Date: January 2010 (or earliest possibility thereafter)
Position Applications:
Interested candidates should send a cover letter, detailed CV to include the names and contact details of three (3) referees via post to Dr. Harald Berresheim, School of Physics & Environmental Change Institute/CCAPS, NUI Galway, University Road, Galway Ireland or via e-mail (in word or PDF only) to harald.berresheim@nuigalway.ie
Please put ref. no. NUIG-061-09 in subject line of e-mail application and on correspondence.
Closing Date: 14 September, 2009
Source: www.nuigalway.ie/news/docs/Postdoctoral%20researcher%20-%20CCAPS_NUIG06109.doc
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