ARACAQC - Assistant Professor in Greenhouse Gases

About UM6P:

Located at the heart of the future Green City of Benguerir, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), a higher education institution with an international standard, is established to serve Morocco and the African continent. Its vision is honed around research and innovation at the service of education and development. This unique nascent university, with its state-of-the-art campus and infrastructure, has woven a sound academic and research network, and its recruitment process is seeking high-quality academics and professionals to boost its quality-oriented research environment in the metropolitan area of Marrakech.  

Research: 

UM6P’s African Research Centre on Air Quality and Climate announces an assistant professor position in greenhouse gas (GHG) measurements and modeling. The successful candidate will develop projects targeted at understanding sources of sinks of GHGs in the earth system. The successful candidate may contribute to both measurements and numerical modeling of GHGs from a variety of systems, potentially including but not limited to agricultural systems, cities, and ecosystems. She/He will be in charge of running the instruments at UM6P research stations as well as the data analysis.

The selected candidate will conduct research within the UM6P African Research Centre on Air Quality and Climate. Collaborating with students, postdoctoral fellows, and visiting scholars worldwide, the Centre is committed to training a new generation of African Atmospheric Scientists and faculty members. A notable characteristic of the Centre’s research is the strong collaboration among all members. The selected candidate will have to develop independent research activities on atmospheric chemistry and aerosols. 

Candidate Profile:

We are looking for an experimentalist from all around the world and would welcome application from candidates with expertise and excellent training in atmospheric chemistry studies (laboratory and field). Candidate should have internationally recognized research expertise in one or more chemistry and physical chemistry disciplines, preferably holding a Ph.D. in Chemistry, in Physical Chemistry or another appropriate field. The candidate's higher education and professional experience outside Morocco should be substantial to ensure the international character of the institution. Strong collaboration skills with researchers from diverse disciplines and a keen interest and proven experience in student support, mentoring, and interactive pedagogies are essential. Nationality is not a limiting factor.

Duties and Responsibilities: 

Duties are: 

• Setup, operation, and maintenance of ground-based GHG observing systems, including both atmospheric mole fraction networks and eddy-covariance flux measurements.
• Evaluation of field measurements to estimate GHG sources and sinks.
• Evaluation of land surface flux models using both eddy covariance flux measurements and atmospheric inversions.
• Simulation of atmospheric dispersion of GHGs to aid in the interpretation of atmospheric observations.

Responsibilities include initiating and developing high-quality research, publishing in leading journals, and presenting at international conferences. The Center encourages qualified candidates who will contribute, through their research, teaching, and/or service, to the diversity and excellence of the academic community.

Candidate will also work with modelers based at various sites to interpret the data from the UM6P Stations and other global data sets and with the wider team members including postdoctoral research associates and PhD students.

Qualifications, Experience and Skills:

Interest in atmospheric research and atmospheric sciences in Africa and the Mediterranean region.

• Experience with data processing 

• Experience on management of synergistic multi-instrument data chain

• Experience in managing varied workloads and conflicting priorities.