1 Research Fellowship in Geochemistry in UK | University of Southampton

Applications are invited from researchers to work as a post-doctoral Research Fellow in the Geochemistry Group of Ocean and Earth Science at the University of Southampton. Our group comprises of more than 30 researchers and postgraduate students applying cutting edge geochemical analysis and modelling to scientific questions of major societal, economic and environmental importance. We have a world-class range of analytical equipment and associated clean laboratories and our instruments and techniques are applied to applications in a diverse range of fields from the geological to the medical.

This post is funded through a Leverhulme Trust proposal to the University of Southampton led by Professor Gavin Foster entitled “The nature and consequences of historic and future Ocean Acidification; insights from boron isotopes in corals” and involves researchers at the University of Southampton, Heriot-Watt University, University of Hawaii and the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences. The applicant’s role in this multi-disciplinary project will be to: (i) generate records of ocean pH over the last 100 years using boron isotopes in tropical corals; and (ii) improve our understanding of boron isotope vital effects and coral calcification using a series of novel culture and field experiments.

Applicants should have a PhD (or equivalent) in either chemistry, geochemistry or isotope geochemistry and some experience of sample preparation, clean lab methodologies, elemental purification using column chromatography, and analysis using (multi-collector) inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Some experience with boron isotope geochemistry would also be beneficial. This position will also involve field work to Bermuda and/or Hawaii.