[Wrf-users] Two Senior Research Assistants in Meteorological and Air Quality Prediction

[Sokhi, Ranjeet]

Two Senior Research Assistants in Meteorological and Air Quality Prediction

SBU/Department:               School of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics,
Centre for Atmospheric and Climate Physics Research (CACP)
Previously Centre for Atmospheric and Instrumentation Research (CAIR)

Salary: £27285 to £32548 pa depending on experience
Grade: UH6
FTE: 1.0
Duration of Contract:     TWO Full time, fixed term posts for 24 months with possibility of extension. These posts are available immediately
                    Closing date:     11th March 2018
                    Job Ref: 016019


Main duties & responsibilities
We are looking for two enthusiastic and self-motivated atmospheric/computational scientists to contribute to ongoing national and international programmes on meteorological and air quality prediction (e.g. forecasting and analysis of atmospheric processes that influence air quality, atmospheric composition and interactions with climate). You will be responsible for air quality modelling, data processing and analysis including emissions and other data processing (eg with SMOKE and GIS). You will contribute to design and organisation of research projects, preparation of funding proposals, managing relevant software and take a lead in problem solving day to day issues related to research projects. You will assist with dissemination of results, writing and publishing of papers in high quality peer-reviewed international journals and present research results at relevant meetings. You will also be involved in other activities and projects including the organisation of meetings and conferences, maintenance of the high performance computing cluster, websites and management of Atmospheric Composition Laboratory. You will assist in the supervision of student projects and undertaking teaching, where required.



Skills and experience needed
You will have strong experience in the development and/or use of advanced atmospheric models, specifically WRF-CMAQ or WRF-Chem including pre-processing of data such as emissions (e.g. using SMOKE and GIS) and relevant theoretical understanding of atmospheric and climate science such as boundary layer physics, air quality-climate interactions, dynamical and transformation atmospheric processes. You will have demonstrable PhD level research experience and be skilled in programming, data analysis. Experience in technical and code/software maintenance on Linux based cluster systems will be desirable. In addition to having excellent communication and time management skills, you will have a strong commitment to publishing papers in high quality journals. It is expected that you will be familiar with the use of large datasets and relating these to underlying mechanisms and multiscale processes. Preference will be given to excellent candidates that can take up the post as soon as possible.



Qualifications required
You must have a good first degree in a relevant subject (e.g. Physics, Meteorology, Mathematics and/or Computer Science with programming) and a PhD in a topic related to air quality and meteorological modelling with strong computer programming elements based on Linux cluster systems.

Contact Details/Informal Enquiries
Please contact Professor Ranjeet S Sokhi, Centre for Atmospheric and Climate Physics Research (CACP)
Tel: 01707 284520, Email: r.s.sokhi at herts.ac.uk<mailto:r.s.sokhi at herts.ac.uk>.
For further information please visit: http://www.herts.ac.uk/research/stri/research-areas/cair

The School of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics takes pride in the diversity of its staff, and is a Practitioner in the IOP's Project Juno, as well as holding Athena SWAN Bronze award. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified individuals irrespective of gender or membership of minorities.

Application procedure:
Apply online at www.herts.ac.uk/contact-us/jobs-and-vacancies<http://www.herts.ac.uk/contact-us/jobs-and-vacancies>
Please include your full CV (with contact details of three referees)


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