JOB: geostatistics position, Bristol

Research Associate/Senior Research Associate in Sea Level Research, University of Bristol
Job number ACAD103548
Division/School School of Geographical Sciences
Contract type Open Ended
Working pattern Full time
Salary £32,548 – £36,613 per annum on Grade I or £36,613 – £41,212 per annum on Grade J
Closing date for applications 08-Oct-2018

This position is part of a five-year European Research Council grant (GlobalMass, www.globalmass.eu) including four other positions, which together tackle the challenge of assessing and predicting sea level rise, globally. A better understanding of sea level rise is crucial in the context of climate change, as millions of people live in parts of the world that are threatened by future coastal flooding. This position is responsible for the statistical framework that combines a wide range of data sets, including both ground-based and satellite, and simulations from physical models, into sea level rise assessments. Applicants need to be familiar with modern practice in large-scale spatial statistics such as the SPDE approach to Gaussian Markov Random Fields, or the Integrated Nested Laplace Approximation approach, implemented in R.

The University of Bristol has world-class expertise in both sea level research and computational statistics. This position is a unique opportunity for an early career statistician to develop theory and practice at the cutting edge of modern statistics, and to contribute to a complex but crucial scientific question.
Interviews are likely to be held at the end of October, and the expected start date is January 2019. Informal enquires are welcome.

Contacts: Professor Jonathan Bamber
E-mail: j.bamber@bristol.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)117 331 4129
Professor Jonathan Rougier
E-mail: j.c.rougier@bristol.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)117 928 7782
The closing date for applications is 23.59 on 08 October 2018.
Further details and application procedure can be found at http://tinyurl.com/y9m8jc6v

Prof. J.L. Bamber tel: 44-(0)117-331-4129
Bristol Glaciology Centre, fax: 44-(0)117-928-7878
School of Geographical Sciences, email: j.bamber@bristol.ac.uk
University of Bristol,
University Road,
Bristol, BS8 1SS, UK.
Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Scholar
President Elect, European Geosciences Union (www.egu.eu)

GlobalMass | Attributing global sea level rise to its component parts | www.globalmass.eu
Google Scholar http://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=-skQKxgAAAAJ&hl
ISI Researcher ID http://www.researcherid.com/rid/C-7608-2011