Post-doc opportunities at Durham University

Dear UKPN

 

There are postdoc opportunities at Durham University which may be of interest.

 

All the best,

Ella

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Research Fellowship funding opportunities - Department of Geography, Durham University Applications for three fellowship funding schemes at Durham University are now open. We would very much welcome enquiries from potentially interested applicants. Please note that for all three schemes, the University requests that you seek a host/link individual before applying and so you should make contact with the department well in advance of any application  - the weblink below will point you to some staff and research interests information as well as some key individuals if you would like to discuss your application further.

 

The opportunities are:

 

1.       Durham University Addison-Wheeler Fellowships (Duration up to 3 years; final closing date 14 Dec 2012)

2.       Durham University Junior Research Fellowships (Duration up to 2 years, can be 2.5 years in some cases; final closing date 14 Dec 2012)

3.       Durham University Senior Research Fellowships (Duration 6 weeks to 6 months, final closing date 18 Jan 2013)

 

In terms of eligibility requirements, all require a completed PhD at time of application.

Scheme #1 has no residency or nationality restrictions but #2 and #3 have some residency stipulations which can be mostly summarised as: you should not have worked within the UK for more than 12 months during the 3 years prior to 1 July 2013.

 

For more information visit:

http://www.dur.ac.uk/geography/news/allgeognews/?itemno=15574&rehref=%2Fgeography%2F&resubj=JobsHeadlines     

 

If you have any queries then please don't hesitate to contact us.

Mike Bentley

 

Professor Mike Bentley

Department of Geography

Durham University

South Rd

Durham

DH1 3LE

UK

 

e: m.j.bentley@durham.ac.uk

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Ella Darlington

President, UK Polar Network

Bangor Polar Symposium

Bangor Polar Symposium

 

Saturday 8^th December 2012

School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University (North Wales)

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Are you an early career scientist (undergraduate up to late Post-Doc) who is interested in or involved in polar science?

 

If yes then this could the event for you!

 

Bangor University’s School of Ocean Sciences are hosting a one day informal ‘Bangor Polar Symposium’ which will allow early career scientists to network,

gain advice on polar careers and present their research to a friendly audience.

 

Organized by the UK Polar Network and Bangor University’s Endeavor Society this day follows a conference style providing those early in their career the experience of a conference format.

For those selected to present their research, there will be a presentation and poster competition where winners will receive a small prize.

 

Keynote speakers, such as Dr Stephanie Wilson (Bangor University) and Mr Nick Hughes (Norwegian Sea Ice Service and Edinburgh University - Sea Ice) have been invited to present their work and

form part of a mentor panel to help answer any questions you might have regarding “How to get yourself into polar science and general research”.

The mentor panel will be followed by a wine reception poster session and finally a buffet dinner in the local pub.

 

If you would like to attend this exciting event then please contact us indicating your interest by 10th November.

We do recommend that you do this earlier as interest is anticipated to be high.

We are asking for all participants to register with a £10 fee. This fee will secure your place and help cover costs for food and drinks (tea/coffees, lunch and dinner).

 

Those who would like to present their work (or only attend) are asked to submit a 250 word abstract before the 10th November, please note that presentation slots are limited.

We will ensure a rapid communication on the outcome so that you can make travel arrangements well in advance of the event.

All participants must also be members of the UKPN (to join for free enter your name and address at the link below in order to kept up to date with polar news, science, funding, jobs and study opportunities).

 

We hope that you can join us for this exciting event!

 

For further information and to submit your application please refer to the following website:

www.polarsymposium.com

 

Explore! Annual Fieldwork and Expedition Planning Weekend at the RGS (with IGB)

Dear all,

The UKPN is at Explore! The Royal Geographical Society is holding their annual fieldwork and expedition planning weekend on the 16th to 18th of November, and we hope to see as many of you these as possible!

This your a chance to be inspired by over 100 leading field specialists and explorers who provide advice through workshops, seminars and one to one consultations, it is a chance to meet and greet everybody from emerging researchers and explorers to world-leading specialists and adventurers from all regions of the world.

The RGS is kindly giving UKPN members a discounted rate of £55 for this exciting weekend in London, non-student prices are £85 so this is a great saving on what is already an invaluable weekend.

Explore! 2012 isn't about what you have done, it is about what you will do, and the experts are there to help you make it happen. 

Remember when booking to mention you are with the UKPN for your discount! Hope to see you all there.

All the best,

Tom

UKPN Co-Education and Outreach Co-ordinator

http://www.rgs.org/OurWork/Fieldwork+and+Expeditions/GO+seminars+and+workshops/Explore/Explore.htm

Another funding opportunity.

Hi All,

 

Another opportunity for funding is available through the current INTERACT Transnational Access call.  This is open for the month of October, and is for research during the summer of 2013.

 

More details and information on the INTERACT website at http://www.eu-interact.org/ or more specifically for the TA call at http://www.eu-interact.org/transnational-access/

 

 

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Christopher Andrews

 

Ecologist

 

Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Bush Estate

Penicuik

Midlothian

EH26 0QB

 

TEL: 0131 445 8474

Email: chan@ceh.ac.uk

 

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Funding grants and events at RGS

Hello!

As we start the new term and think about fieldwork many of us have to
think about funding too! The RGS have several grants available and I
have attached the details of these. They are also running a variety of
workshops and events which may be of interest.

The UKPN will be at RGS Explore on 16-18th November, hope to see some
of you there!

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Ella Darlington
President, UK Polar Network

Postdoctoral Scholar Position in Oceanography- California

I have just been made aware of this position in California which may
be of interest to finishing/recently finished PhD students in search
of a university in a warmer climate!

Postdoctoral Scholar Position in Oceanography - California

In recent years, the application of residual mean theory to the
Southern Ocean has greatly improved our understanding of how eddy
transport controls the stratification and meridional overturning of
the Southern Ocean's Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC). Yet there
is increasing evidence that zonally-averaged models of the Southern
Ocean are insufficient to resolve controls on transport and
overturning rates. The goals of this project are two-fold. The first
is to quantify and dynamically describe the regional variability of
eddy heat and potential vorticity fluxes in the Southern Ocean. The
second goal is to provide a better dynamical description of
flow-topography interactions through the analysis of a suite of
process study models. The project will also consider how local
characteristics of the ACC respond to changes in forcing conditions.
A recent Ph.D. in physical oceanography, fluid dynamics, atmospheric
sciences or a related discipline is required. Experience in analysis
of large data sets and/or in numerical modeling is strongly desired.
Informal requests for further information may be sent to
andrewt@caltech.edu.

The starting date is flexible, and applications will be considered
until the position is filled. Funding is available for one year with
a possible renewal for two more years, depending on satisfactory
performance and availability of funds.

All applications should contain a curriculum vitae, including a list
of publications, and a brief statement of research interests and
experience. The candidate should also indicate the names of three
references with their contact and email information. Please send
this material in pdf format to Marcia Hudson at:
marcia@gps.caltech.edu

Further details about the project can be found at the following
website: http://www.gps.caltech.edu/employment/Oceanography_PostDoc.

Andrew Thompson
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Ella Darlington
President, UK Polar Network

[CRYOLIST] PhD Position at the University of Reading (with fieldwork!!)

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Amélie

ISTAR D: The contribution to sea-level rise of the Amundsen Sea sector of Antarctica.

Supervisors: Profs R Gurney and E Morris

This is a fully funded NERC funded studentship, available to UK and non-UK EU students (fees only).   The closing date is 28^th October 2012, and we will hold interviews on 9^th November 2012, with the studentship commencing on January 1^st 2013

Recent satellite observations of the Amundsen Sector ice streams have indicated mass loss in snow accumulations over the Pine Island, Thwaites and Smiths glaciers and that this loss is accelerating. Like much of the West Antarctic ice sheet (WAIS) of which they form a part, their bed lies well below sea-level, and only their configuration, that rises inland from the coast, permits a weight of ice sufficient to exist to prevent them from floating off as a whole. Were they to do so, there is the possibility that WAIS would follow, with the consequence that some 3 m of water would be added to global sea level.  Although there has been qualitative agreement as to the concentration of Antarctic mass loss in the Amundsen sector ice streams, there is no detailed agreement at to the mass loss, in Gt a^-1, from the sector. While the satellites remain the best source of synoptic data, the uncertainties identified can only be reduced by field measurements.  There will be two over-snow traverses of the Pine Island basin in consecutive years with associated sampling and Neutron Probe measurements.  

We are seeking a student to participate in this ISTAR experiment while registered for a PhD.   We will want someone with a good physical sciences background who is able to undertake field work in Antarctica.  After full training in the UK and at Rothera Station (Antarctica) the Reading Ph.D. student will accompany the ISTAR traverse in 2013/14 and 2014/15 to make the neutron probe measurements and to support the work of other members of the ISTAR traverse team. In the UK the student will examine, with a more sophisticated model, the treatment of very near surface density in the present generation of forecast densification models. These crudely parameterise the complex processes of energy transfer and compaction in the upper firn which affect trends of short, although not decadal, altimetry time-series, and markedly impact the annual cycle of elevation. Capturing these is necessary to compare annual cycles in GRACE and altimetry data. The student will also compare the observed density profiles with those predicted from the forecast model in order to determine the error that may arise in using modelled densities to compare altimetric imbalances with those of the GRACE satellite.

 

For further details on the project and to apply, please use this link:

 

http://www.met.reading.ac.uk/pg-research/pgropportunities.html

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