[ES_JOBS_NET] Urban atmospheric measurement research associate position at the University of Toronto

[Debra Wunch]

The Department of Physics at the University of Toronto invites 
applications for a Research Associate (Limited Term) for a 3-year 
appointment. The anticipated start date is August 1, 2023 (flexible).

We are hiring a Research Associate to work with us on a new and exciting 
3-year NSERC Alliance Missions grant. The project is called the Toronto 
Atmospheric Monitoring of Emissions (TAME): Evaluating progress and 
co-benefits while avoiding pitfalls on the way to net-zero. The goals of 
this project are to quantify urban greenhouse gas and air pollution 
emissions and monitor their reductions over time, while identifying the 
policies that have made the most significant impacts. The TAME project 
will equip the Greater Toronto Area with atmospheric observatories to 
quantify emissions, validate and refine inventories, and provide timely 
information to governments to implement and verify the effects of 
emissions policies. This will be accomplished by measuring atmospheric 
concentrations of the greenhouse gases (CO2 and CH4) at five main 
“supersites” together with other tracers that serve as proxies for the 
sources of those emissions or emissions reductions.

The Research Associate (RA) will collaborate with graduate students, 
faculty, and government scientists to manage the operation of the five 
“supersites” within the city that each have a low-resolution Fourier 
transform spectrometer (EM27/SUNs). They will also be responsible for 
deploying and maintaining low-cost sensors to measure and monitor air 
quality gases, and deploy and maintain higher accuracy in situ 
spectrometers throughout the city. The RA will also be responsible for 
collecting and archiving the data through an online publicly available 
data archive (e.g., Borealis: https://borealisdata.ca/) and creating a 
display website to visualize our data and disseminate our results to the 
public in a more accessible way.

Applicants should apply online at the link below and include a covering 
letter, curriculum vitae and three reference names with their contact 
addresses and phone numbers. Any questions regarding this position 
should be directed to Debra Wunch at dwunch at atmosp.physics.utoronto.ca.

https://jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-Research-Assoc-Term-ON/570436717/

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and 
permanent residents will be given priority.