PhD opportunity in Arctic environmental microbiology

Please circulate as you see fit.

 

David

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UKPN Outreach- School Visit Requests

Hi UKPN Members,

This will be the last email requesting school visits for a while as things will likely tail off with the rapid approaching of the Christmas holidays! 

Below is an updated list of schools that would love to have a Polar Scientist visit- to speak to their students about the polar regions and research taking place there. 

Are you able to help with any? 

Please do let me know if you were able and interested in doing any and I can pass on the contact details of the teacher to you. 

SOUTH LONDON: Burntwood School, Year 7 and 8 

SURREY: Farnham Heath End School, Year 8 

NORTHAMPTON: Kingsthrope College

GATESHEAD: Year 4, Kells Lane Primary School

SHEFFIELD: Wharncliffe Side Primary School, Year 1&2 

INVERCLYDE: St John's Primary School

A SKYPE CALL TO AMERICA- A school in Charlton, Massachusetts had a really successful Skype call from a polar researcher last year and would love to do it again this year. 

Thanks in advance, 

UKPN Education Team 

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Online training - science outreach in schools

Dear all,

 

It is now well-recognised that science outreach is an essential soft skill for any researcher. Do you understand the necessity but feel too underprepared to get involved? We're offering online training for anybody interested in taking their science into the classroom and adding a polar theme. Register your interest here: https://forms.gle/bAu3agDDNacD62dJ6

 

Thanks,

Holly

 

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Holly Jenkins

PhD candidate, SPITFIRE DTP & Changing Arctic Ocean (NERC)

UK Polar Network President

 

National Oceanography Centre Southampton

University of Southampton Waterfront Campus

 

Room: 344/35

Phone: 02380598724 (ext. 28724)

 

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Ecological modeller position at University of Oldenburg and TU Dresden, Germany

Dear all,

 

Please find details below of a three year position to work on Southern Ocean ecological modelling in Germany, with planned visits to research groups in Canada and Australia. For further details, see https://tu-dresden.de/bu/umwelt/forst/ww/bsa/die-professur/vacancies or contact uta.berger@tu-dresden.de

 

Best wishes,

Sally

 

 

 

 

 

At the Faculty of Environmental Science the Chair of Forest Biometry and Systems Analysis offers, at the earliest possible date, a position as

 

Researcher / PostDoc (m/f/x) Ecological Modeller

 

Your tasks: The successful candidate is expected to work with two existing individual-based krill and salp models, which are to be further developed by introducing temperature-dependent reproduction submodels, a description of the interactions between krill and salps, and the explicit projection of primary production. The development and integration of a fisheries module is finally foreseen to derive knowledge-based methods to be tested by means of simulation experiments to support the future management of krill stocks in the Southern Ocean.

 

Your profile: Master’s degree in natural or environmental sciences (e.g. ecology, physics, environmental systems analysis, applied mathematics or hydrology); active experience in the development of simulation models (preferably individual or agent-based); solid knowledge in object-oriented programming (knowledge of NetLogo and Python is welcome); Fluency in English (written and spoken); German may be beneficial but not necessary; Ability to work independently and integration within a collaborative team environment in Germany and abroad (Canada and Australia). Strong motivation, willingness and curiosity to familiarize oneself with an exciting research field of the Southern Ocean.

 

(Subject to personal qualification, employees are remunerated according to salary group E 13 TV-L)

The position entails 100% of the fulltime weekly working hours (39 hours per week), which is limited to 3 years with reference to the Fixed Term Research Contracts Act (WissZeitVG).

 

The position is advertised within the framework of the PEKRIS II research project, which is being carried out in cooperation with the University of Oldenburg (responsible for the empirical part) and TU Dresden (responsible for modeling).

 

For further information and inquiries, please contact Prof. Dr. Uta Berger, e-mail:

uta.berger@tu-dresden.de and our homepage (http://tu-dresden.de/forst/sysan).

 

Applications from women are particularly invited. The University is also committed to increasing the proportion of people with disabilities and therefore urges suitably qualified people to apply.

 

Please send your application to sysan@forst.tu-dresden.de

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White Sea Conference in St. Petersburg

White Sea Student Scientific Session is the annual conference for students working in the fields of Biology, Soil science, Geography, Oceanology, Geology etc. in the Arctic.  http://mbs.spbu.ru/en/scentific-session/scientific-session/

The 4-th conference will be held on February 6–7, 2020.

The main type of presentations are posters. In addition to poster session, a special oral session will feature 2-minute poster presentations. Organizers will choose 5-10 student abstracts for 10-minute talks.

The program also includes invited talks of specialists from different academical institutions, universities and companies about their work in the Arctic.

For the first time the conference is bilingual, so you are welcome to make your presentation in Russian or in English.

Registration is open till December 1, 2019.
The abstract deadline is December 15, 2019.

If you want to make a presentation, please contact organizers by e-mail: unbsession@gmail.com

Physical Oceanographer position at the British Antarctic Survey

A new three year position in physical oceanography is being advertised at the British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge to work on the upcoming
H2020 project SO-CHIC:
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The British Antarctic Survey is inviting applications for an observational physical oceanographer with a track record of interpreting and analysing observational polar oceanographic datasets. The successful candidate will use observational datasets and numerical model output to construct and test a dynamical framework explaining the circulation of the Weddell Gyre and its export of dense water to the global ocean.


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Free exhibition and talks | 200 Years of Polar Exploration | 19-24 November 2019 | London

View Online     Programme   21 NOVEMBER - THURSDAY LATE NIGHT Open from 10.00 AM – 9.00 PM   22 NOVEMBER - FRIDAY TALKS Open from 10.00 AM – 5.00 PM 12.00-12.15 Introduction to the collection and its highlights by Marcus Budgen  Marcus Budgen is the Head of the Medal Department at Spink and co-curator of this exhibition. He has a deep personal passion for exploration in the Polar regions. 12.15-12.45 Penguins in the exergue: Designing Polar medals by Philip Attwood (Keeper of Coins and Medals, The British Museum)  The designs that appear on the various official and non-governmental medals relating to Arctic and Antarctic expeditions form a very diverse group. This talk will examine the backgrounds of some of those artists, the techniques they have used to create their medals, and the different approaches they have taken in order to create appropriate and effective imagery. Much appreciated by their recipients and highly regarded by collectors, the medals offer a mirror not only to the history of polar exploration but also to changing notions of what makes a successful medal. 13.00-13.50 Frank Wild and a link with Henry Worsley by Angela Butler - author of the book 'The Quest for Frank Wild'  An extraordinary story of how Angie Butler spent eight years searching for Frank Wild, Sir Ernest Shackleton's right hand man and one of the greatest polar explorers of the Heroic Age, who spent the last 16 years of his life in South Africa and was lost both in life and in death. Angie's passion for polar history has resulted in two books - "Ice Tracks – Today's Heroic Age of Polar Adventure" (the book that inspired the name of the company) and "The Quest for Frank Wild" - an account that solved one of polar history's great mysteries. For the past 10 years Ice Tracks has given Angie the opportunity to share her love of travel and adventure and run the PR, communications and media side of the business from Ice Tracks UK Headquarters, based in Warwickshire. When time allows she works on her third book, a biography of Eric Marshall. who with Shackleton, Wild and Adams reached within 97 miles of the South Pole in 1909. 14.00-14.50 Andrew Croft Memorial Trust and Andrew Croft by Julia Korner  Julia Korner, LSIAD, is a specialist and lecturer in fine art conservation and restoration of paintings, sculptures and frames. She set up Christie's Maritime Department in 1987, followed by the Frames sales, Aeronautical sales, Exploration and Travel, and the Polar sales. She is the custodian of her father's Polar and War time Archives and through the trust, set up by her husband, Jamie in 1998 upon her father's death, The Andrew Croft Memorial Fund, they support young explorer's carrying out outstanding scientific research in the Polar Regions. We have a constant stream of people coming to our home in Chiswick studying the archives and gleaning vital tips on Polar Exploration as my father wrote on this subject extensively. His memory therefore lives on through generations of inspirational people following in his footsteps. 15.00-15.50 Terra Nova expedition medals and medallists by Anne Strathie, author of 'Birdie Bowers: Captain Scott's Marvel'  Anne Strathie is the author of Birdie Bowers: Captain Scott's Marvel and From Ice Floes to Battlefields: Scott's 'Antarctics' in the First World War. Born and raised 30 miles from Birdie Bowers' birthplace, Anne now lives in Edward Wilson's home town of Cheltenham and is currently working on a new biography of Terra Nova expedition photographer Herbert Ponting. Anne, who visited Antarctica and Scott's hut in 2011, is full of admiration for her subjects whose fortitude is an example to us all. 16.00-17.00 Pittarak by Roan Hackney   23 NOVEMBER - SATURDAY TALKS Open from 10.00 AM – 5.00 PM 12.00-12.15 Introduction to the collection and its highlights by Roan Hackney Roan Hackney F.R.G.S, Explorer, Collector and Polar Historian as well as co-curator of the exhibition. 12.20-12.50 Putting Antarctica on the Map by Gregory Edmund An alumnus of the University of Warwick, Gregory joined the Coin Department at Spink, London in September 2016. His role, now integral to the functioning of the department leads him to be exposed to a diverse range of objects which enables him to explore his further love of historical research. 13.00-13.50 Terra Nova expedition medals and medallists by Anne Strathie, author of 'Birdie Bowers: Captain Scott's Marvel' -  Repeated talk from Friday 14.00-14.50 Lawrence Oates by Patrick Cordingley DSO OBE DSc FRGS Patrick Cordingley was commissioned into Captain Oates's regiment, the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons, now the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards. In 1991 he commanded the Desert Rats during the first Gulf War. Since retiring from the army he has been chairman of an IT company, Defence and Security Forum, the National Memorial Arboretum and Gilbert White's House and the Oates Collection. He is also military commentator, working mainly for the BBC. 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Re: Requests for School Visits- UKPN

Hi Kate,

 

Thanks for your email. My name is Maribel Garcia-Ibanez and I am a Senior Research Associate working at University of East Anglia on Carbon uptake in the Subpolar North Atlantic and Southern Ocean.

I am interested in the Skype call to Barcelona. I could do the talk in Spanish if needed. Please let me know how the School Visits work and what is it expected from us/

 

Many thanks,

 

Maribel

 

Maribel I. García-Ibáñez, PhD

Senior Research Associate

 

School of Environmental Sciences

University of East Anglia

Norwich Research Park

Norwich, NR4 7TJ

 

Office room: SCI 1.44

  Ext. 2922

  M.Garcia-Ibanez@uea.ac.uk

  https://sites.google.com/view/maribelgarciaibanez

 

 

 

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To: UKPN@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Requests for School Visits- UKPN

 

Hi UKPN Members,

 

Firstly, thank you for the amazing response to my previous email about requests for School Visits. As a result, several visits are now going ahead which is fantastic news. 

 

Below is another list of schools that would love to have a Polar Scientist visit- to speak to their students about the polar regions and research taking place there. 

 

Are you able to help with any? 

Please do let me know if you were able and interested in doing any and I can pass on the contact details of the teacher to you. 

 

NORTH SUFFOLK (Botesdale): Year 5, St Botolph's Primary School

NORTHAMPTON: Kingsthrope College

GATESHEAD: Year 4, Kells Lane Primary School

SHEFFIELD: Wharncliffe Side Primary School, Year 1&2 

WARWICKSHIRE: Campion School 

COVENTRY: West Coventry Academy

INVERCLYDE: St John's Primary School

MANCHESTER: The Heys Primary School, Year 6

 

A SKYPE CALL TO BARCELONA: Secondary school students- lots of flexibility with timings here.

 

Thanks in advance, 

UKPN Education Team 

 

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Requests for School Visits- UKPN

Hi UKPN Members,

Firstly, thank you for the amazing response to my previous email about requests for School Visits. As a result, several visits are now going ahead which is fantastic news. 

Below is another list of schools that would love to have a Polar Scientist visit- to speak to their students about the polar regions and research taking place there. 

Are you able to help with any? 

Please do let me know if you were able and interested in doing any and I can pass on the contact details of the teacher to you. 

NORTH SUFFOLK (Botesdale): Year 5, St Botolph's Primary School

NORTHAMPTON: Kingsthrope College

GATESHEAD: Year 4, Kells Lane Primary School

SHEFFIELD: Wharncliffe Side Primary School, Year 1&2 

WARWICKSHIRE: Campion School 

COVENTRY: West Coventry Academy

INVERCLYDE: St John's Primary School

MANCHESTER: The Heys Primary School, Year 6

A SKYPE CALL TO BARCELONA: Secondary school students- lots of flexibility with timings here.

Thanks in advance, 

UKPN Education Team 

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Ice/Ocean Modelling jobs

The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is looking for two post-doctoral physical scientists in the field of Ice-sheet/Ocean Modelling to investigate future sea-level rise from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. 

Details and information about how to apply are available at:

https://www.bas.ac.uk/jobs/vacancy/physical-scientist-ice-ocean-modellers-x2

 

Yours sincerely,

Robert Arthern, Paul Holland and Rosie Williams

 

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Final Call for applications: ARCTIS 2020

 

Gentle reminder to apply for ARCTIS 2020 field course if you haven't already - application submission deadline is November 7.

 

The UK Polar Network is delighted to announce that applications for the ARCTIS 2020 ECR field course in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia are now open! Please see the information below for the details of how to apply below. The UKPN kindly asks you to circulate this email to relevant ECR groups. Thank you.

 

 

Call for applications to ARCTIS 2020

 

The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists in Russia (APECS Russia) and the UK Polar Network invites Early Career Scientists (PhD student/candidate or postdoctoral researcher up to 5 years post PhD) from UK and Russia (please note that Russian applicants need to fill in a different form) to apply to the interdisciplinary field course in the Russian Arctic titled "Arctic Interdisciplinary Studies – ARCTIS". ARCTIS will cover main domains of disciplines: Atmosphere, Cryosphere, Terrestrial (including hydrology) and Social and Humanities. The field course will take place in Khanty-Mansiysk (Yugra) Autonomous Region, Russia on February 17-23, 2020. Please see the attached document for further information.

 

How to apply:

Please apply by completing the form at: https://forms.gle/2vsoG7HZyJERYhN87. Application submission deadline is November 7, 2019. Selected candidates will be notified by November 17, 2019.

Please note that contact email for UK participants is applications@polarnetwork.org and for Russian participants - fieldcourse.arctis@mail.ru

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West Antarctic Peninsula and Scotia Arc science meeting **DATE CHANGE**

Dear All,

Following on from my email last week (below), please note that there has been a date change. This meeting will be on Saturday 1st August, 2-5pm. Apologies for the confusion; please save the new date! Updated poster attached.

Best wishes,
Sian

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Subject:	West Antarctic Peninsula and Scotia Arc science meeting
Date:	Mon, 28 Oct 2019 10:49:41 +0000
From:	Sian Henley <s.f.henley@ed.ac.uk>
To:	ukpn@jiscmail.ac.uk <ukpn@jiscmail.ac.uk>, SAGES - MEMBERSHIP (ges-sages-membership@lists.cent.gla.ac.uk) <ges-sages-membership@lists.cent.gla.ac.uk>

Dear All,

Please see the attached "save the date" for the next meeting of the Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) West Antarctic Peninsula and Scotia Arc (WAPSA) working group, in Hobart as a side meeting at SCAR XXXVI. The meeting will take place between 2 and 5pm on Sunday 2nd August - the day before the SCAR open science conference begins.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Best wishes,
Sian

On behalf of the organisers: Kate Hendry, Juan Hofer, Oscar Schofield

--   Dr Sian Henley  --  Lecturer in Marine Science  School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, UK      

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Can you help? Requests for School Visits

Hi UKPN Members,

The following schools would love to have a Polar Scientist visit before Christmas- to speak to their students about the polar regions and research taking place there. 

Are you able to help with any? 

Below is the locations & age group. Please do let me know if you were able and interested in doing any and I can pass on the contact details of the teacher to you. 

BRADFORD: Appleton Academy, Year 8 

SHEFFIELD: Wharncliffe Side Primary School, Year 1&2

BIRMINGHAM: Coleshill Heath School, Year 7 

WARWICKSHIRE: Campion School 

COVENTRY: West Coventry Academy

Thanks in advance, 

Kate 

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