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<p>Dear all, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Applications are invited from researchers to work as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the University of Southampton’s Geochemistry Research Group (<a href="https://www.southampton.ac.uk/research/groups/geochemistry">https://www.southampton.ac.uk/research/groups/geochemistry</a>).
In the School of Ocean and Earth Science at the National Oceanography Centre Southampton you will join a community of >500 researchers and support staff drawn from across the sciences, with a strong focus the marine environment, to work on a project reconstructing
ocean pH change across a key climate event in the recent geological past: the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Location: <b>National Oceanography Centre Southampton, UK</b><br>
Salary: <b>£34,980 to £38,205 </b><br>
<b>Full Time Fixed Term</b><br>
Closing Date: <b>Wednesday 31 January 2024</b><br>
Interview Date: <b>To be confirmed </b><br>
Reference: <b>2569324HN</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This post is funded through a multidisciplinary grant entitled “C-FORCE: Carbon-Cycle Feedbacks from Response to Carbon Emissions”, a Large Grant funded by the NERC and NSF-GEO involving 6 universities from the UK and US. The post will be line management
by Prof Gavin Foster (<a href="https://www.southampton.ac.uk/oes/about/staff/glf1u08.page">https://www.southampton.ac.uk/oes/about/staff/glf1u08.page</a>) with regular meetings and interactions with the rest of the C-Force consortium led by Dr Sarah Greene
(Birmingham; <a href="https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/gees/greene-sarah.aspx">
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/gees/greene-sarah.aspx</a>).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Anthropogenic climate change has no ancient analogue but, in the last 60 million years, the hyperthermals of the early Cenozoic come the closest. Here you will apply the boron isotope pH proxy to quantify ocean acidification and CO2 change across the PETM
as part of a wider effort by the C-FORCE consortium to constrain the roles of volcanic forcing and carbon cycle feedbacks as drivers of global environmental change. Unlike previous studies that used bulk measurements of foraminifera of deep-sea sediment
cores, you will use laser ablation multicollector ICPMS of single specimens of benthic foraminifera collected from the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain of the US to provide a uniquely high temporal resolution view of surface ocean pH change during the PETM. The
geochemical data will be combined with modelling of the sediment mixing process coupled to biogeochemical modelling (cGENIE) carried out by our collaborators in C-FORCE, to fully quantify the carbon addition that accompanied the PETM and better constrain the
nature of the onset of the event itself (e.g. was the onset associated with more than one pulses of carbon). <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The School of Ocean and Earth Science is committed to create an inclusive and diverse scientific community (<a href="https://www.southampton.ac.uk/oes/about/equality-diversity-and-inclusion.page">https://www.southampton.ac.uk/oes/about/equality-diversity-and-inclusion.page</a>).
University of Southampton offers a range of benefits to support employee wellbeing including early career faculty mentoring at SOES, flexible working, family friendly policies, occupational health services, employee assistance programme and sport and wellbeing
facilities. All qualified candidates will be considered regardless of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, race, religion as outlined in the Equality Act (2010).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>A successful candidate should have:<o:p></o:p></p>
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A PhD (or equivalent) in the Physical Sciences in the general area of geochemistry or palaeoceanography/paleoclimatology. <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Experience with laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry or similar.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Experience with working with foraminifera, or other marine carbonate, to reconstruct past climate states.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Be experienced combining geochemical data sets with numeric modelling.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Experience with scientific communication/publication.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Demonstrate strong drive, ambition and motivation, with the capacity to deliver on challenging tasks and to meet deadlines both individually and as part of a large team. <o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p>This post is a fixed-term appointment for approximately 2 years and 9 months and may involve a component of field work as part of an ICDP expedition. For further information about related work at Southampton follow these links:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><a href="https://www.southampton.ac.uk/oes/research/groups/geochemistry.page">https://www.southampton.ac.uk/oes/research/groups/geochemistry.page</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><a href="https://www.southampton.ac.uk/oes/research/facilities/ceras.page">https://www.southampton.ac.uk/oes/research/facilities/ceras.page</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><a href="http://www.thefosterlab.org/">www.thefosterlab.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>For further enquiries please contact Professor Gavin Foster (<a href="mailto:g.l.foster@soton.ac.uk">g.l.foster@soton.ac.uk</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Applications for Research Fellow positions will be considered from candidates who are working towards or nearing completion of a relevant PhD qualification. The title of Research Fellow will be applied upon successful completion of the PhD. Prior to the
qualification being awarded the title of Senior Research Assistant will be given.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Gavin<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Prof Gavin Foster<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Professor of Isotope Geochemistry & Head of Geochemistry Research Group
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">School of Ocean and Earth Science<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">University of Southampton<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">National Oceanography Centre Southampton<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Southampton<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">SO14 3ZH<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Tel: +44 (0)23 8059 3786<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Email: <a href="mailto:G.L.Foster@soton.ac.uk">
<span style="color:#0563C1">G.L.Foster@soton.ac.uk</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Web1: <a href="http://www.thefosterlab.org/">
<span style="color:blue">www.thefosterlab.org</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Web2: <a href="http://www.southampton.ac.uk/oes/about/staff/glf1u08.page">
<span style="color:blue">http://www.southampton.ac.uk/oes/about/staff/glf1u08.page</span></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">!!Editor for Geochemical Perspective Letters (<a href="http://www.geochemicalperspectivesletters.org/"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.geochemicalperspectivesletters.org/</span></a>), please consider
submitting a paper!! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Please note I often work flexibly and I do not expect replies to emails outside of your regular working hours.</span></i></b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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