The School of Physics and Astronomy is seeking to make an academic appointment at Lecturer level with a focus on Earth Observation Science and/or Earth Observation Science-related space Instrumentation research. As a Lecturer on a teaching and research contract, you will become a leading member of the Earth Observation Science (EOS) research group of the School of Physics and Astronomy, contribute to its national research activities, and will make significant contributions to the delivery of our high-quality undergraduate and post-graduate teaching programmes.
The EOS group is a national and international hub for earth observation research contributing innovation and capability to major satellite missions of the day. The EOS group uses data from sophisticated instruments in space to tackle today’s greatest environmental challenges. Our research is underpinned by ground and aircraft observations, lab experiments and access to state-of-the-art models through our collaborators. We frequently collaborate with research institutions and leading Space Agencies across all continents and have a particularly significant role at national level supporting public EO. The group’s research has a broad research focus in key areas including satellite observations of climate and weather, remote sensing of the changing land surface, atmospheric composition and air quality, remote sensing technology, EOS missions and laboratory-based spectroscopy. The EOS group hosts national research centres and programmes which demonstrate the vigour of Leicester research, and maintains close connection with UK and international funders. Leicester also has an Institute for Space which links the 200+ space researchers and interdisciplinary work across the University and an Institute for Environmental Futures which connects researchers interested in pathways to resilient, sustainable, and just environmental futures in the context of the global challenges.
The EOS group is situated in the new Space Park Leicester (SPL) campus, a world-leading cluster for innovative research, enterprise and education in Space and Earth Observation. SPL provides a collaborative environment of industry, academics and students working together to drive growth in space and space-enabled sectors, catalysing routes from research to impact. The Centre for Earth Observation Instrumentation (CEOI) is a UK Space Agency programme funding projects across the UK where Leicester is the Academic lead; https://ceoi.ac.uk/. SPL also affords opportunities for inter-disciplinary research connecting EO interests and researchers across the College and beyond.
The EOS group also supports the UK National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO); www.nceo.ac.uk. It provides the Director of NCEO, hosts its Directorate and includes scientists who are NCEO staff. NCEO provides the Natural Environment Research Council (part of UK Research and Innovation, the research funder for the UK) and the UK with long-term, national capability and strategic research in environmental science enabled by Earth Observation. The NCEO has a particularly strong advice and science innovation function supporting UK government, UK Space Agency and national research labs. NCEO resource underpins many of the EOS areas and non-academic staff.
We are also recruiting for a Professor and Head of Research in Earth Observation Science, the advert can be found here.