College funded PhD Studentship in Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Change Modelling: quantifying the impacts of ozone, aerosols and nitrogen pollution on crop yields, natural ecosystem health, and the land carbon sink

Location: Streatham Campus, University of Exeter, EX4 4QJ

A fully-funded PhD opportunity is available for a creative candidate with a physical science and/or numerical background to join a new research group in Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Modelling at the University of Exeter. This project will quantify the impacts of ozone, aerosols and nitrogen pollution on crop yields, natural ecosystem health, and the land carbon sink in Europe and worldwide.

The main research tools are the Harvard GEOS-Chem global chemistry-transport model (http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/geos/index.html) and the Joint UK Land Environment Simulator (JULES) and its new crop representation JULES-crop (http://jules.jchmr.org). The successful candidate will receive full training in both model tools. The relative and interactive roles of air quality, land use, and climate change impacts on the future of European agricultural and natural ecosystems will be investigated.

The research is computationally intensive and involves analyses using climate model visualization software. The research will generate new results in support of the IPCC AR6 Assessment Report. Previous experience in atmospheric science and scientific programming is an advantage.