Job reference: SRF32988
Location: Whiteknights Reading UK
Closing date: 28/08/2020
Job live date: 16/07/2020
Salary: £30,942 per annum
Employment type: AR-Research
Department: School of Biological Sciences
Division: Not specified
Hours per week: Full time
Employment Basis/Type: Fixed term up to 3 years
Postdoctoral Research Assistant / Research Assistant(depending on qualifications) in Climate and Hominin Evolution at the Department of Biological Science, University of Reading, UK. Starting 1 January 2021 or as soon as possible thereafter - contract length three years fixed term.
We are seeking an enthusiastic candidate to join our group as a part of the work funded by the grant ‘The evolutionary and biogeographical routes to hominin diversity’ awarded by the Leverhulme Trust (RL-2019-012). The project seeks to bring innovative phylogenetic methods to the study of hominin evolution and biogeography.
The successful candidate will work with Dr Chris Venditti and a Senior Postdoctoral Researcher, among other members of the Evolutionary Biology Group at the University of Reading to collect, curate and synthesize long-term global and regional climate proxy records from the literature for the duration of fossil hominins and hominids.
The main duties of the post will be to collect and synthesize long-term global and regional climate proxy records from the literature (e.g. δ18O content of benthic marine foraminifera, orbital insolation, marine Aeolian dust deposits, soil δ13C content and lake depth and occurrence) to produce a dataset of spatially resolved global climate proxies that covers at least the last 7 million years of hominin evolution. The successful candidate will contribute to empirical projects, publications and running statistical and phylogenetic analyses.
To be eligible, the candidate needs to have a Master’s or a doctoral (PhD) degree in a relevant discipline; the ability to work as a part of a team; in depth knowledge of climate proxy data and/or climate modelling; and experience in collecting and curating large datasets. Importantly, the candidate should have a strong interest in evolutionary studies.
| Contact role | Associate Professor |
| Contact name | Chris Venditti |
| Contact email | c.d.venditti@reading.ac.uk |
The University is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce, supports the gender equality Athena SWAN Charter and the Race Equality Charter, and is a Diversity Champion for Stonewall, the leading LGBT+ rights organisation. Applications for job-share, part-time and flexible working arrangements are welcomed and will be considered in line with business needs.
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