Research Assistant or Research Fellow in Air Quality and Green Infrastructure

School of Water, Energy and Environment

Environment and Agrifood

Research Assistant or Research Fellow in Air Quality and Green Infrastructure

Fixed Term Contract for 3 years

£31,060 per annum (Research Assistant, if close to completing PhD) or

£35,559 per annum (Research Fellow, if PhD obtained)

Location: Cranfield, Bedfordshire

We welcome applications from skilled and committed researchers to join our team working on creating resilient, productive and healthy urban environments through a novel understanding of ecosystem processes.

About the Role

You will work on a multidisciplinary consortium project funded by NERC “Defragmenting the fragmented urban landscape (DEFRAG)”. The role entails planning and conducting field work, in particular air quality measurement and analysis (Particulate matter and Nitrogen oxides) but also supporting other field work focused on green infrastructure (GI) in real world environments and under controlled manipulations and in-situ GI interventions.

About You

You will be educated to doctoral level (or be close to completion) in a Science or Engineering discipline and have experience of air quality measurement and analysis, particularly for particulate matter and nitrogen oxides in ambient environments. You will be an initiative-taking individual with an ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and to work independently in developing novel insights to relationship between urban forms, blue – green-grey infrastructure and air quality.

About Us

As a specialist postgraduate university, Cranfield’s world-class expertise, large-scale facilities and unrivalled industry partnerships are creating leaders in technology and management globally. Learn more about Cranfield and our unique impact here.

Environment and Agrifood is one of the eight themes at Cranfield University offering world-class and niche post-graduate level research, education, and training. The Cranfield Urban Observatory includes a network of atmospheric composition measurements on campus and across the Oxford-Cambridge Arc.

Our Values and Commitments

Our shared, stated values help to define who we are and underpin everything we do: Ambition; Impact; Respect; and Community. Find out more here.

We aim to create and maintain a culture in which everyone can work and study together and realise their full potential. We are a Disability Confident Employer and proud members of the Stonewall Diversity Champions Programme. We are committed to actively exploring flexible working options for each role and have been ranked in the Top 30 family friendly employers in the UK by the charity Working Families. Find out more about our key commitments to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and Flexible Working here.

How to apply

For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Zaheer Nasar, Academic Fellow in Atmospheric Aerosols, on (T): +44 (0) 1234 75 4584 or (E): z.a.nasar@cranfield.ac.uk

Apply online now. Please do not hesitate to contact us for further details on E: hrrecruitment@cranfield.ac.uk. Please quote reference number 4301.