Overview
Supervisors: Dr Tina van de Flierdt, Dr Dominik Weiss, Dr Mark Rehkämper and Dr Alex Baker (University of East Anglia)
Duration of Studentship: 36 months
Applications are invited for a PhD studentship to join the MAss Spectrometry and Isotope Geochemistry Group at Imperial College London (MAGIC) and the Department of Earth Science & Engineering.
In pristine natural settings, continental soil dust is the principal atmospheric source of dissolved Fe in seawater. Recent studies, however, suggest that in areas downwind of major human activity, combustion aerosols become very important. The South Atlantic is bordered by a number of fast-growing urban agglomerations, including São Paulo and Cape Town. The impact of such megacities on marine micronutrient budgets and the potential implications for global change are currently not constrained but may be significant. Hence, it is important to develop a quantitative understanding of how the ocean system will react to increased urban emissions, particularly in the light of variable future emission scenarios.
This PhD project aims to quantify the importance of anthropogenic vs. natural aerosol sources for micronutrient budgets (Fe, Cu, Zn, Cd) in the South Atlantic. This will be accomplished by partnering measurements of provenance tracers (Pb and Nd isotopes) and micronutrient isotopes (Zn, Cd) with laboratory leaching experiments. The project will take advantage of the unique suite of aerosols that will be collected during the UK GEOTRACES cruise in the Southern Atlantic and at the Falkland Islands time-series station, as well as samples collected by others in South America.
Eligible Candidates
Applications for this project are invited from recently graduated undergraduates or MSc students with an interest in chemical oceanography and atmospheric sciences. Experience in mass spectrometry and analytical chemistry and an active interest in multidisciplinary research and a possible future in academia is desirable. The successful applicant will join the MAGIC laboratories, a leading centre of research in the Earth Sciences.
Amount Awarded
The project is funded by the Department of Earth Science & Engineering and offers a tax-free stipend of approximately £15,000 per annum, rising annually with inflation. Due to funding restrictions it is only open to UK and non-UK EU nationals who have spent the previous three years in the UK undertaking education (undergraduate study or masters). Application forms and instructions can be obtained from our website (http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/earthscienceandengineering/courses/phdopportunities/phdapplicationprocedure)
or from Ms Samantha Delamaine (E-mail: sam.delamaine@imperial.ac.uk, Tel: +44 (0) 207 594 7339). Further information about the project can be obtained from Drs van de Flierdt, Weiss and Rehkämper (e-mail: tina.vandeflierdt@imperial.ac.uk; d.weiss@imperial.ac.uk; markrehk@imperial.ac.uk).
Applications are accepted until the post is filled
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this scholarship
Supervisors: Dr Tina van de Flierdt, Dr Dominik Weiss, Dr Mark Rehkämper and Dr Alex Baker (University of East Anglia)
Duration of Studentship: 36 months
Applications are invited for a PhD studentship to join the MAss Spectrometry and Isotope Geochemistry Group at Imperial College London (MAGIC) and the Department of Earth Science & Engineering.
In pristine natural settings, continental soil dust is the principal atmospheric source of dissolved Fe in seawater. Recent studies, however, suggest that in areas downwind of major human activity, combustion aerosols become very important. The South Atlantic is bordered by a number of fast-growing urban agglomerations, including São Paulo and Cape Town. The impact of such megacities on marine micronutrient budgets and the potential implications for global change are currently not constrained but may be significant. Hence, it is important to develop a quantitative understanding of how the ocean system will react to increased urban emissions, particularly in the light of variable future emission scenarios.
This PhD project aims to quantify the importance of anthropogenic vs. natural aerosol sources for micronutrient budgets (Fe, Cu, Zn, Cd) in the South Atlantic. This will be accomplished by partnering measurements of provenance tracers (Pb and Nd isotopes) and micronutrient isotopes (Zn, Cd) with laboratory leaching experiments. The project will take advantage of the unique suite of aerosols that will be collected during the UK GEOTRACES cruise in the Southern Atlantic and at the Falkland Islands time-series station, as well as samples collected by others in South America.
Eligible Candidates
Applications for this project are invited from recently graduated undergraduates or MSc students with an interest in chemical oceanography and atmospheric sciences. Experience in mass spectrometry and analytical chemistry and an active interest in multidisciplinary research and a possible future in academia is desirable. The successful applicant will join the MAGIC laboratories, a leading centre of research in the Earth Sciences.
Amount Awarded
The project is funded by the Department of Earth Science & Engineering and offers a tax-free stipend of approximately £15,000 per annum, rising annually with inflation. Due to funding restrictions it is only open to UK and non-UK EU nationals who have spent the previous three years in the UK undertaking education (undergraduate study or masters). Application forms and instructions can be obtained from our website (http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/earthscienceandengineering/courses/phdopportunities/phdapplicationprocedure)
or from Ms Samantha Delamaine (E-mail: sam.delamaine@imperial.ac.uk, Tel: +44 (0) 207 594 7339). Further information about the project can be obtained from Drs van de Flierdt, Weiss and Rehkämper (e-mail: tina.vandeflierdt@imperial.ac.uk; d.weiss@imperial.ac.uk; markrehk@imperial.ac.uk).
Applications are accepted until the post is filled
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this scholarship
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