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The Management Unit of the North Sea Mathematical Models (MUMM), department of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS) is recruiting two marine researchers who will work on research projects in the field of remote sensing of coastal waters. This person will be responsible for improving and validating remote sensing algorithms as well as managing and exploiting large archives of satellite data. The remote sensing algorithms are used to estimate, from satellite measurements, parameters of oceanographic interest such as the concentrations of chlorophyll a and suspended particulate matter and related parameters.

This research has a duration of 2 years. Suitable candidates will have, in addition to a university science degree:

  • talent for mathematical and computational work
  • enthusiasm for research and an innovative spirit
  • ability to write scientific research publicationse

Experience in marine science or remote sensing is an advantage, but, if necessary, the person can be trained in our team.

Good knowledge of English is necessary. A basic knowledge of either French or Dutch is desirable.

The workplace is Brussels 1200 with typically 5-20 days per year abroad for workshops, conferences and other meetings and 3-10 days per year at sea. The salary is defined according to the standard scale for federal government scientists as published in the Moniteur Belge/ Belgisch Staatsblad (http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/cgi/welcome.pl (*)) A.R./K.B. 25.2.2008 (publication 7.4.2008), for grade SW1 or SW2 (with PhD) with index (March 2010) = 1.4568.

Applications, including a curriculum vitæ, should be addressed to Kevin Ruddick, RBINS/MUMM, Gulledelle 100, 1200 Brussels before 12:00 8 th April 2010 . Selected candidates will be invited for an oral interview towards the end of April. The employment contract will start as soon as possible.

Questions? Send an email to jobsREMSEM09@mumm.ac.be or phone 02 7732135 (Sigrid Maebe). A description of our remote sensing activities can be found at http://www.mumm.ac.be/OceanColour/ (*) and one of our main projects at http://www.mumm.ac.be/BELCOLOUR/EN/index.php (*). More general information on MUMM’s activities can be found at http://www.mumm.ac.be (*).

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Last modified : March 12, 2010