Early Stage Researcher - University of Aberdeen in Aberdeen

Job Title: Early Stage Researcher - ENG012R, - Ref:1320221

College / University Administration
College of Physical Sciences
School / Section
School of Engineering
Position Type
Full-time
Salary
£32,570
Job Summary
This post is based within the School of Engineering and is a part of the Marie Curie Initial Training Network “Hydrodynamic Transport at Ecologically Critical Heterogeneous Interfaces” (HYTECH). An appointee will work on the project “Physical interactions between flow and biota (e.g., freshwater mussels) in rivers from the sub-organism to the patch mosaic scale: turbulence, drag forces, and ecologically relevant mass-transfer processes”. Please note that in order to be eligible for this position, applicants must meet Marie Curie eligibility criteria and must NOT have lived in the UK for more than 12 months in the past 3 years. As this post is funded by the European Commission’s Marie Curie Actions, it will be offered for a period of 36 months.

The candidate will be required to register for a Doctoral degree and will be expected to complete the requirements of the degree within the 36 month duration of the project. He/she will be supervised by the leader of the team Professor Vladimr Nikora, and will be examined according to the rules of the institution. The candidate will be expected to work on secondment at other partners in the network. The place and duration of the secondments have been pre-determined by the network. The network will also have internal meetings that the candidate will be expected to attend and present their work. He/she will attend a series of network schools aimed at training the researchers in key fundamental and applied subjects relevant to the aquatic systems. He/she will be expected to attend at least one international conference per year and the final network conference. All network trainees will be involved in activities to improve public understanding of their research:

• Marie Curie Ambassadors: each researcher will be required to offer seminars or lectures to high school or undergraduate students.
• Open Days: a group of local School pupils will be invited to spend a day with the network researchers and to visit research facilities or field sites.
• Documentary release: a scientific documentary will be produced including interviews with the network fellows and participants.

More details can be found at http://hytech.dii.unipd.it/hytech/ and at http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index.cfm/jobs/jobDetails/33845045.

Salary will be £32,570 per annum plus £600 monthly mobility allowance if single status, or £857 if married or dependants. All benefits are provided according to the Marie Curie policy (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-ITN).

Should you require a visa to undertake paid employment in the UK you will be required to fulfil the minimum points criteria to be granted a Certificate of Sponsorship and Tier 2 visa. As appropriate, at the time an offer of appointment is made you will be asked to demonstrate that you fulfil the criteria in respect of financial maintenance and competency in English. Please do not hesitate to contact Melanie Noble, HR Adviser, for further information on this.

To apply online for this position visit http://hytech.dii.unipd.it/hytech/ and http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index.cfm/jobs/jobDetails/33845045 and follow the instructions provided there.

Job Reference Number: ENG012R

The closing date for the receipt of applications is Monday 15 April 2013.

Confidential and informal enquiries regarding the nature of this post may be made to Prof. Vladimir Nikora (email v.nikora@abdn.ac.uk, Tel: +44 (0) 1224 273830).

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Criteria
Bachelor or Master Degree in engineering, environmental science, physics, or applied mathematics

Fundamentals of fluid mechanics, aquatic ecology, mechanics of materials

Flow-biota interactions concepts and theories

Theoretical background on experimental methodologies

Statistics and calculus basics

Programming skills using Matlab

High-quality writing of research reports and publications

Ability and willingness to work in a multidisciplinary research environment, to work on own or within a team. Good written and oral communication skills.

Capability to perform experiments outside normal working hours (to reduce effects of background noise), and undertake secondments up to 4 months in other research centres.

Deadline: 15/04/2013

How to Apply:

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