Lectureship in Environmental Modelling and/or Earth Observation ScienceThe Department of Geography, King’s College London seeks to appoint a new Lecturer within the Environmental Monitoring & Modelling Research Group. Details of the EMM Research Group can be found on the ‘research’ pages atwww.kcl.ac.uk/geography. We are seeking a person to further strengthen existing group collaborative expertise in earth observation science and/or modelling of land or atmospheric processes, and ideally the links between these. Candidates with research interests that relate to the carbon and hydrological cycles are particularly welcomed. The successful candidate will be expected to build an international research profile and contribute to teaching and learning at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels and encouraged to build working relations with the other three Departmental Research Groups.The post will be appointed at Lecturer A/B level within the salary range £25,334-£38,449 per annum plus London Allowance of £2,323 per annum. Applicants wishing to discuss the post informally may contact Professor Tim Butler, Head of Department (tim.butler@kcl.ac.uk) or Professor Martin Wooster (martin.wooster@kcl.ac.uk). Further particulars and an application form may be obtained from Strand Human Resources Office, King's College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS (fax: 020 7848 1352; e-mail: strand-recruitment@kcl.ac.uk, quoting reference A2/DAR/15/07 on all correspondence. The closing date is 9th March 2007. Background 1) Despite the relatively junior nature of the posts, we would endeavour to recruit a candidate with excellent research potential. We would require an existing publication record, with the expectation that over time the selected candidate would be able to build a research council (and other) income stream. We would be looking for evidence of these in any selected candidate. 2) We must consolidate and build on our existing (many) strengths and not try to waste energy (perhaps unrealistically) competing unnecessarily with other already existing centres of excellence. Thus we wish to complement existing expertise by adding more depth and additional skills, but not opening up completely new areas of study (i.e. the EMM Group requires sufficient but manageable diversity but must possess strength in depth in the modelling/EO/other areas it focuses on). 3) We have proposals for new Masters courses in "Carbon Science & Policy" and "Water Science and Policy" (exact names to be confirmed). These will require significant development and any new recruit would very likely be asked to contribute to the former, and potentially the latter. 4) We ideally want to recruit a numerate scientist working in the area of Earth Observation and/or environmental modelling to further strengthen and ideally further link these areas, and to link with the existing work of the Group. An ideal candidate may cross the EO/modelling divide, or at least show proven willingness to do so. In terms of modelling we suggest we preferentially focus on large-scale modelling work of the sort that EO can actually link with (either of land surface or atmosphere), with a careful view to the potential links between this new staff member and existing strengths. In terms of EO we would very likely have preference for a candidate who already works in a recognisable and successful niche area rather than a generalist. |
Posted: 03-01-2007
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