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We are recruiting a Post-doctoral researcher (9th June) and a Senior Technician (13th June)

We invite applications for two positions on our ANTSIE team:

Post-doctoral research associate in Organic Geochemistry and Palaeoclimate (3 years, application deadline 9th June 2022): this position will use a suite of biomarkers to reconstruct snow petrel diet and sea-ice environments from stomach-oil deposits in Dronning Maud Land (Antarctica). Applicants should be experienced in biomarker extraction and analysis. There will be opportunities to work on compound-specific stable isotope analysis, and to develop skills in inorganic elemental analysis (e.g. XRF scanning). Full details: https://durham.taleo.net/careersection/du_ext/jobdetail.ftl?job=22000589&tz=GMT%2B01%3A00&tzname=Europe%2FLondon

Senior Technician (Biomarkers) (3 years, application deadline 13th June 2022): this position will support the team to generate lipid records of past seabird diets and sea ice environment, including working with sample preparation and gas chromatography / mass spectrometry instruments. Applicants should be experienced in one or more of solvent extraction, spectrophotometry, gas chromatography or mass spectrometry. Full details: https://durham.taleo.net/careersection/du_int/jobdetail.ftl?job=22000430&tz=GMT%2B01%3A00&tzname=Europe%2FLondon