Senior Laboratory Technician (Paleoceanography)

Purpose of Role

The role will be supporting an UKRI funded Future Leaders Fellowship ‘Fate of ocean oxygenation in a warming world’, project with Professor Babette Hoogakker (Lyell Centre, Heriot-Watt University).

The project will involve proxy reconstructions of seawater oxygen levels and outreach work.

The individual will provide technical and logistical support. The applicant would be processing and analysing samples from marine sediment cores and require as a minimum a first degree (MSc desirable) in earth and ocean sciences (includes marine geology, oceanography, or marine biogeochemistry) and experience of working in a laboratory.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

To support ongoing research on oxygen levels in the oceans and provide specialist technical support in paleoceanographic research, liaising directly with the line manager.

Duties will involve: