Research Associate
| Posting date: | 19 September 2024 |
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| Salary: | £37,999 to £46,485 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 October 2024 |
| Location: | Sheffield, South Yorkshire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | University of Sheffield |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | UOS042031 |
Summary
We have an exciting opportunity to join us working as part of the South Yorkshire Sustainability Centre to understand the impact of agricultural management on soil carbon storage and sequestration.
We're working together across South Yorkshire in support of a just and sustainable transition to net-zero for the Region. Through research, we are bringing together academics, local authorities, businesses and third sector partners from across South Yorkshire focussing on three of the highest-emitting and most difficult to decarbonise areas of the South Yorkshire economy.
1. Residential energy and transport systems
2. Food systems and environmental restoration
3. Industrial and commercial emissions
You will work with, and be supervised by, a team in the School of Biosciences at the University of Sheffield lead by Dr Jill Edmondson, with Prof Katie Field and Prof Gareth Phoenix. Dr Edmondson has expertise in soil and vegetation carbon budgeting in agricultural and urban ecosystems and ecosystem services assessment, Prof Field has expertise in plant - soil interactions with a focus on mycorrhizal function in ecosystems and Prof Phoenix has expertise in ecosystem responses to climate change including responses in stocks and fluxes of C, N and P. The post will provide an opportunity to work alongside other researchers, technicians and postgraduate students in the groups of these academics working on related research.
As part of the role you will be working in farms across South Yorkshire to understand the impact of management on soil carbon stocks and sequestration and so ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders from the farming community is important. Scaling carbon stocks to regional estimates will require ability to use a GIS, or willingness to learn, to produce maps of regional carbon stocks.
Applicants must have a PhD or equivalent experience in biological or environmental sciences with specialist knowledge in soil biology and chemistry, particularly soil carbon budgeting. We are specifically looking for candidates who have experience of field soil sampling, carbon analysis (including different carbon pools) and carbon budgeting in soils.
We build teams of people from different heritages and lifestyles from across the world, whose talent and contributions complement each other to greatest effect. We believe diversity in all its forms delivers greater impact through research, teaching and student experience.
We're working together across South Yorkshire in support of a just and sustainable transition to net-zero for the Region. Through research, we are bringing together academics, local authorities, businesses and third sector partners from across South Yorkshire focussing on three of the highest-emitting and most difficult to decarbonise areas of the South Yorkshire economy.
1. Residential energy and transport systems
2. Food systems and environmental restoration
3. Industrial and commercial emissions
You will work with, and be supervised by, a team in the School of Biosciences at the University of Sheffield lead by Dr Jill Edmondson, with Prof Katie Field and Prof Gareth Phoenix. Dr Edmondson has expertise in soil and vegetation carbon budgeting in agricultural and urban ecosystems and ecosystem services assessment, Prof Field has expertise in plant - soil interactions with a focus on mycorrhizal function in ecosystems and Prof Phoenix has expertise in ecosystem responses to climate change including responses in stocks and fluxes of C, N and P. The post will provide an opportunity to work alongside other researchers, technicians and postgraduate students in the groups of these academics working on related research.
As part of the role you will be working in farms across South Yorkshire to understand the impact of management on soil carbon stocks and sequestration and so ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders from the farming community is important. Scaling carbon stocks to regional estimates will require ability to use a GIS, or willingness to learn, to produce maps of regional carbon stocks.
Applicants must have a PhD or equivalent experience in biological or environmental sciences with specialist knowledge in soil biology and chemistry, particularly soil carbon budgeting. We are specifically looking for candidates who have experience of field soil sampling, carbon analysis (including different carbon pools) and carbon budgeting in soils.
We build teams of people from different heritages and lifestyles from across the world, whose talent and contributions complement each other to greatest effect. We believe diversity in all its forms delivers greater impact through research, teaching and student experience.