Senior Research Associate in Glaciology

Applications are invited for a European Space Agency funded post-doctoral position, tenable for five months, to work on the 5D Antarctica project. 5D Antarctica is delivered by a large multi-disciplinary consortium, with a work package on supraglacial hydrology being delivered by the Lancaster Team. In this work package we will develop a continent-wide surface hydrology dataset through the application of machine learning methods to optical satellite imagery in Google Earth Engine. The new dataset will then be used to advance understanding of the dynamics of supraglacial hydrology in Antarctica. 

You will be based in the Polar Science research group in Lancaster Environment Centre (LEC). They will participate in the 5DA project as part of the science team, and will have further opportunities for wider networking through the group’s affiliation with the national Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling and the Centre for Excellence in Environmental Data Science.

For informal enquiries please contact Amber Leeson on a.leeson@lancaster.ac.uk.

LEC offers a highly collegial and stimulating environment for career development based on departmental values and embedded Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (EDI) considerations and actions. We are committed to family-friendly and flexible working policies on an individual basis as well as the Athena SWAN Charter, which recognises and celebrates good employment practice undertaken to address gender equality in higher education and research. Furthermore, we are active and progressive around sustainability, wellbeing and decolonising agendas.

Closing Date: 30 Mar 2025

Department: Research

Salary: £39,355 to £45,413 (Full time, Fixed-Term)