[ES_JOBS_NET] PhD position with British Antarctic Survey and Birmingham University

[Megan L. Melamed]

A fully funded PhD position is available to carry out experimental studies
on the release of atmospheric nitrogen bearing trace gases from polar snow.
The focus will be on nitrous acid gas (HONO), a particularly reactive
nitrogen species, which has been observed previously at surprisingly high
levels in air above snow, suggesting a large snowpack source may be
present. The aim of this project is to quantify the HONO snow source in the
lab using natural snow samples as well as at the BAS Halley research
station in coastal Antarctica (75ºS). Antarctic field work is intended but
subject to the inherent logistical or weather related
uncertainties. This project is offered as a CASE award, as a collaboration
between the University of Birmingham (Dr Bill Bloss) and the British
Antarctic Survey in Cambridge (Dr Markus Frey). The student will be
registered at Birmingham, but will spend substantial time at BAS in
Cambridge for instrument and fieldwork training.

Further project details:
http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/generic/centa/documents/UB4.pdf
How to apply: http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/generic/centa/phds/index.aspx

Requirements:
- master degree or equivalent in chemistry, physics, or a field of the
environmental/earth sciences
- strong experimental skills
- good team working skills and fluency in English
- funded studentships are available to UK and EU candidates that meet
NERC's requirements for both academic qualifications and residential
eligibility.

Duration: 3.5 years starting in October 2015

Closing date: January 31 2015. Shortlisted applicants will be interviewed
on the week commencing 16 February

For informal discussion of the project please get in contact with Dr Markus
Frey (maey at bas.ac.uk) or Dr Bill Bloss (w.j.bloss at bham.ac.uk).

Megan L. Melamed, PhD
IGAC Executive Officer
University of Colorado/CIRES
Box 216 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0216 USA
Email: megan at igacproject.org
Skype: megan.melamed
Web: igacproject.org
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