Research Associate in an Environmental Sciences Project
- Employer
- Global Academy Jobs
- Location
- United Kingdom
- Closing date
- Jul 5, 2017
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- Sector
- Science, Environmental Sciences, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Geography
- Hours
- Full Time
- Organization Type
- University and College
- Jobseeker Type
- Academic (e.g. 'Lecturer')
Job Details
We are seeking to appoint a talented and highly motivated post-doctoral researcher to join a Natural Environment Research Counciland The São Paulo Research Foundation (NERC/FAPESP) funded project entitled "Sustainable gas pathways for Brazil; from microcosm to macrocosm” (SGF). SGF will investigate new opportunities for using natural gas and biogas in Brazil via an interdisciplinary approach, encompassing process engineering, socio-economics, ecosystem impacts, and energy systems modelling. In particular, SGF will investigate the socio-economic implications of bio-methane from bio-ethanol bio-products, drawing on the engineering process characterisation, in order to identify the ways in which it can contribute to livelihoods, growth, and other development objectives.
You will join a research team led by Dr Guy Ziv, and be an active member of the Ecology and Global Change (EGC) cluster at the School of Geography, SGF is a consortium project led by Imperial College, with participation of Leeds, UCL, Cardiff, University of Sao Paulo and Brazilian Institute of Space Research (INPE).
To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:
Dr Guy Ziv
Tel: +44 (0)113 343 7994, email: g.ziv@leeds.ac.uk
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