Data Analyst Reading, England
Job description
Reading University has been awarded $10.9 million in funding for LEMONTREE (Land Ecosystem Models based On New Theory, obseRvations and ExperimEnts).
The Data Analyst will support LEMONTREE's research activities through undertaking analyses of large data sets, including field, experimental and remote sensing data, as directed by the Project Director at Reading and the Science Strategy lead at Imperial. The Data Analyst will also be required to liaise with and provide support to Principal Investigators and staff at each of the participating Institutes.
LEMONTREE (Land Ecosystem Models based On New Theory, obseRvations and ExperimEnts) is a project to develop a next-generation model of the terrestrial biosphere and its interactions with the carbon cycle, water cycle and climate. LEMONTREE is an international consortium with participants from Reading, Imperial College London, Columbia University, the University of Pittsburgh, UC Berkeley, Utrecht University, Seoul National University, Texas Tech University, Tsinghua University and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. The project will run for 5 years, starting from January 2021.
This position is offered as an initial fixed term contract to 30/09/2025. It is planned that, subject to continued receipt of funding, the contract will be renewed on an annual basis until the end of the remaining term of the LEMONTREE project.
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for further details.
Closing date: 30/09/2023
Interview date: TBC
Informal contact details
Alternative informal contact details
Contact role:
Project Director and Supervisor
Contact role:
Project Scientific Strategy Lead
Contact name:
Sandy P. Harrison
Contact name:
I. Colin Prentice
Contact phone:
+44 (0)118 378 5258
Contact phone:
N/A
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