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Dear Colleagues,</div>
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We are seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Research Associate with strong expertise in Earth System Modelling to join a UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)-funded project advancing global-scale urban climate projection and adaptation using CESM. The first
paper from this project (<a style="margin: 0px;" data-linkindex="0" data-auth="NotApplicable" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="https://doi.org/10.1029/2025MS004934" class="x_OWAAutoLink" id="OWA2debe878-101f-f16f-cf0c-4b28e565de3c" target="_blank" href="https://doi.org/10.1029/2025MS004934">https://doi.org/10.1029/2025MS004934</a>)
has recently been published in AGU's <i>Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems</i>.</div>
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This role is full-time (1.0 FTE) for an initial 2-year period, with the possibility of extension subject to satisfactory progress and continued funding.</div>
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This role is expected to qualify for endorsement under the UK Global Talent visa route. The start date is flexible, ideally before the end of June 2026.</div>
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The role offers the opportunity to develop innovative data science and modelling approaches, integrate multi-source datasets, and contribute to next-generation representations of urban environments within Earth system modelling frameworks.</div>
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<b>Official Job Link: <a style="margin: 0px;" data-linkindex="1" data-auth="NotApplicable" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="https://www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=34564" class="x_OWAAutoLink" id="OWA1a6b1ad4-1114-3028-8c67-9d79ad1457b6" target="_blank" href="https://www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=34564">
https://www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=34564</a><br>
Closing Date: Tuesday 17 March 2026</b></div>
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Person Specification </div>
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- A PhD (or near completion) in Atmospheric, Climate or Environmental Sciences, Geography or Geographic Information Science, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, or a closely related discipline.</div>
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- Detailed understanding and knowledge of Earth system modelling and/or urban climate science.</div>
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- Strong track record of analysing large-scale, high-volume datasets on High-Performance Computing (HPC) clusters, with demonstrated proficiency in quantitative analytical methods implemented in Python.</div>
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- Strong publication record appropriate to career stage.</div>
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- Ability to supervise and support junior researchers (PhD/MSc students).</div>
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- Proven ability to independently design, configure, and debug Earth system modelling experiments, in particular the Community Earth System Model (CESM).</div>
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<b>For informal inquiries, please contact Dr. Zhonghua Zheng (zhonghua.zheng@manchester.ac.uk;
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https://zhonghuazheng.com/</a>). </b>Please feel free to circulate this advertisement to anyone who may be interested.</div>
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About the University: The University of Manchester has a distinguished history of scientific discovery, including Alan Turing's contributions to Artificial Intelligence and Ernest Rutherford's pioneering work on nuclear physics.</div>
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Cheers,</div>
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Zhonghua</div>
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