As part of the UKRI funded Glaciers and Ice Sheets in a Warming World project, we have an exciting opportunity for a postdoctoral researcher who has specific expertise in image analysis to join the project team for  up to two years.

The focus of your work during the project will be a near 7-year record of time lapse camera data collected overlooking the marine terminating glacier Narsap Sermia, SW Greenland. This hourly dataset has tracked the retreat of the glacier from three different locations, with imagery from at least two viewpoints available from 2022-present. Your work will help address research questions related to the drivers of velocity variations at marine terminating glacier margins across a range of temporal scales; glacier stability; iceberg calving behaviour; and the influence of mélange and meltwater plumes on glacier behaviour, including extreme events.

Pre-existing knowledge of glacial environments is desirable, though candidates from non-glaciological/environmental science backgrounds will be considered and are actively encouraged to apply.  You should have a PhD or equivalent applied experience in glaciology, environmental science, computer science, data science, or related discipline that is relevant to the role.

The post is available from April 2026 and is fixed term for up to 24 months. If the successful candidate is only able to take up the position later than April 2026, the post will run until 30th April 2028. The deadline for applications is 19^th March 2026 at 23:30 (GMT).

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