FURTHER INFORMATION

This role is a fixed-term, full time post until 30 April 2027.
If you require any further details about the role, please contact Professor Marc Stettler at m.stettler@imperial.ac.uk.
Any queries regarding the application process should be directed to Briony Webb at b.webb@imperial.ac.uk.
Candidates who have not yet been officially awarded their PhD will be appointed as Research Assistant.
Full information on the post is available in the job description.
We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all backgrounds and disabilities. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable adjustments to participate in the interview process and to perform crucial job functions, as well as other support including staff networks. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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ABOUT THE ROLE

Applications are encouraged for a Research Associate post to work on the A4CLIMATE (Advancing Aeronautics and Aerosol research to Accelerate CLIMATE neutral aviation) project, funded by Horizon Europe. The project is led by the German Aerospace Centre (DLR).
A4CLIMATE will accelerate the evidence-based implementation of contrail mitigation measures through contrail management, engine and fuel design. The project will advance fundamental research on aviation emissions and contrail science to inform technology and fuel developments, operational contrail avoidance concepts, and policymaking.

Imperial is leading Work Package 1, which is focussed on contrail ice nucleation in the low-soot regime. This work package has four objectives, to:

• Improve the understanding of the role of aerosols and microphysics on contrail formation.
• Perform laboratory and ground engine measurements.
• Generate new experimental datasets and open-source models for contrail ice formation.
• Update the quantification of contrail radiative forcing accounting for volatile particulate matter.

WHAT YOU WOULD BE DOING

You will carry out research programmes that meet the objectives of WP1, which will include collecting experimental data on aircraft emissions, specifically measuring non-volatile and volatile components, and advancing approaches to model the role of vPM in contrail formation and evolution.
In addition to the research tasks, you will undertake project management tasks and assist with coordinating the research efforts of the WP1 partners. You will be expected to submit publications to refereed journals and to attract external research funding.