<div dir="ltr">Senior Post-doctoral Research Associate: Modelling Enhanced Weathering Geochemistry. <br><br>
Working with Professor David Beerling FRS, Professor Steven Banwart and<br>
colleagues, as part of the new £10 million Leverhulme Centre for Climate<br>
Change Mitigation (LC3M), we are looking to appoint a Senior Researcher to<br>
develop the Centre’s rock weathering-soil biogeochemistry modelling<br>
strategy. The aim of the Centre is to develop and assess enhanced rock<br>
weathering as a means of safely removing large amounts of CO2 from the<br>
atmosphere, to cool the planet and avert ocean acidification, and understand<br>
its potential co-benefits for food security.
<p>The post holder will work with colleagues to develop the Centre’s numerical<br>
modelling strategy for simulating biological weathering of silicate rocks<br>
applied to natural and managed lands at regional-to-global scales. The aim<br>
is to develop and rigorously evaluate a flexible state-of-the art model of<br>
root and microbial-driven soil mineral weathering that extends our existing<br>
work in this area [e.g., Taylor et al. 2016, Nature Climate Change, 6,<br>
402-406]. You will be responsible for leading the development of code and<br>
coupling it with process-based managed-land terrestrial carbon cycle models<br>
simulating the productivity of global croplands. Key objectives include 1)<br>
multi-model analysis of agricultural impacts on rock weathering and soil<br>
chemistry (e.g., pH, redox profiles and movement of heavy metals) using a<br>
diverse range of RCP future climate change scenarios to 2100 and 2)<br>
quantification of key uncertainties from climate input data, model choice,<br>
and other sources. This exciting opportunity will involve working alongside<br>
terrestrial carbon cycle modellers, Earth system modellers, biogeochemists<br>
and experimentalists in the Centre. The post-holder will have excellent<br>
software skills (e.g. Phreeq C) and experience in a range of languages.<br>
They will have excellent communication skills for collaborating with other<br>
researchers and will be expected to disseminate their findings at conferences<br>
and in scientific papers to assist the Centre in achieving its aims and<br>
objectives. </p>
<p>The Leverhulme Centre for Climate Change Mitigation (LC3M) is one of four<br>
winners of the new Leverhulme Research Centre awards designed to support<br>
fundamental cross-disciplinary research across the whole range of sciences,<br>
humanities and social sciences.</p>
<p>The Department of Animal and Plant Sciences is one of the largest departments<br>
in the UK devoted to the study of whole organism biology, with over 45<br>
academic staff, 50 support staff and 130 postgraduate and postdoctoral<br>
researchers. We are ranked joint 3rd in the UK for biology research and 70%<br>
of our research activity has been judged to be “world-leading” or<br>
internationally excellent (RAE 2008). We have a strong ethos of research-led<br>
teaching and a high standard of student recruitment. We enrol over 180<br>
undergraduate students per year on to 7 degree programmes and are ranked 4th<br>
in the UK for biological sciences teaching (The Complete University Guide<br>
2010).</p>
* University of Sheffield - Faculty of Science - Department of Animal and<br>
Plant Sciences<br>
* Job Ref: UOS014313<br>
* Full-Time, 4 year fixed-term contract (ending <span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">30 June 2020</span></span>)<br>
* Salary range: £29,847 to £33,574 per annum <br>
* Start date: as soon as possible<br>
* The University has achieved the Athena SWAN award for Women in Science,<br>
Engineering and Medicine.<br>
* The Department has achieved the Athena SWAN Silver award for Women in<br>
Science, Engineering and Medicine.<br>
* Apply online <a target="_blank" href="http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/jobs">http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/jobs</a> [1] and search for job<br>
reference: UOS014313<br>
* For informal enquiries about this job and the recruiting department,<br>
contact: Professor David J. Beerling FRS (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.czen.org/contact/d.j.beerling/sheffield.ac/uk">d.j.beerling[at]sheffield.ac[dot]uk</a><br>
[2])<br>
* For administration queries and details on the application process,<br>
contact: Shi-Yuen Li, HR Administrator (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.czen.org/contact/shi-yuen.li/sheffield.ac/uk">shi-yuen.li[at]sheffield.ac[dot]uk</a> [3])</div>