[Aqualist] Job Opportunities in OSL - please publicise

[Kathryn Fitzsimmons]

*JOB OPPORTUNITIES * Research Associates in Luminescence Dating
BRITICE-CHRONO:
Constraining rates and style of marine-influenced ice sheet decay is a 
five-year NERC-funded consortium of more than 40 researchers comprising 
glaciologists, marine and terrestrial Quaternary scientists and 
ice-sheet modellers, who are conducting a systematic and directed 
campaign to collect and date material to constrain the timing and rates 
of change of the collapsing British Irish Ice Sheet at the end of the 
last glacial cycle. We are looking to recruit two exceptional Research 
Associates in Luminescence Dating to work with Professor Mark Bateman in 
Sheffield and Professor Geoff Duller in Aberystwyth.

As part of the BRITICE-CHRONO team you will:
  · be involved with all aspects of producing high quality single grain 
luminescence dates from glacial and associated sediments.
  · be able to demonstrate excellent communication, planning and 
organisational skills.
  · work in collaboration with other project members contributing to 
peer-reviewed publications and participating in local, national and 
international conferences.

These positions are fixed-term for 2 years, and would suit luminescence 
based PhD graduates or persons with significant experience in generating 
luminescence ages.
Start date Sheffield: as soon as possible - Currently advertised on 
Sheffield University www site, closing date for applications 03.10.13 .
Start date Aberystwyth: January 2014.
For further information about BRITICE-CHRONO see: 
http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/geography/research/britice-chrono/home For 
further information about these positions email: 
britice-chrono at sheffield.ac.uk <mailto:britice-chrono at sheffield.ac.uk>