Senior Scientist in Ocean Colour Research Job

Senior Scientist in Ocean Colour Research

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Sectors: Terrestrial / Aquatic Ecology & Conservation

Directory Entry: Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) is a world-leading marine research charity, committed to the pursuit of research excellence to support our vision of a healthy and sustainable ocean.

The fields of Ocean Colour and associated Ocean Carbon, Human Health and Biodiversity research are areas of PML’s strength with world-class leadership and reputation. This post will be at PML Senior Scientist level and will involve leading development and supervising generation of the ocean colour time series products in support of the ESA CCI and the European Copernicus programmes.

The post-holder will also undertake research utilising the ocean colour ECV in relation to climate indicators, regional drivers and impacts. The post-holder initially will report to the current Principal Investigator of OC CCI but with the expectation of taking over leadership of the project once the incumbent has grown into the role.

We will consider candidates who have many of the required skill sets, even if it is not the full set, in the expectation that the successful candidate would be able to acquire the additional skills required, over time. Outstanding candidates at fresh post-doctoral level would also be considered.

• Reporting to: Ocean Colour CCI Principal Investigator
• Reporting on: Ocean colour research software engineer
• Lead research into development of multi-sensor, merged, long-term time series of ocean-colour data records as an essential climate variable (ECV); working with a research software engineer for data production and the project principal investigator, Prof Shubha Sathyendranath.
• Carry out research on utilisation of the ocean-colour ECV in studies of the ocean carbon cycle.

Skills Specification:

• PhD in oceanographic Earth Observation or ocean optics, allied fields or with equivalent experience and post-doctoral experience ideally in the field of ocean colour.
• A track record of high-quality peer review publications, including contributions at an international level contributing to new knowledge, ideas or techniques likely to have long lasting influence.
• A track record in writing successful research proposals.
• Candidates should be versatile, innovative, dynamic, self-motivated, willing and eager to learn new science, and comfortable with computer coding and dealing with big data.
• Good inter-personal skills, ability to engage with people from different cultural backgrounds, and willingness to travel to meetings and work.

Interviews for this position will be held in October 2024 (date to be confirmed).

Please note that this position is a Hybrid role that will require at least 50% of the jobholder’s time to be spent in our Lab. We are not able to support fully remote working for this role.

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