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SCHOOL OF EARTH SCIENCE AND GEOGRAPHY, KINGSTON UNIVERSITY

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSISTANT IN PALYNOLOGY

The School of Earth Science and Geography invites 
applicants for an eleven-month, full-time, fixed-term 
Research Assistant in Palynology to work on a NERC funded 
project entitled 'Modern pollen/vegetation relationships in 
alder carr as an aid to the interpretation of Holocene 
pollen diagrams'. 

He/She will work in close collaboration with the Principal 
Investigator (Dr Martyn Waller, Kingston) and 
Co-investigator (Dr Jane Bunting, Hull). The work will 
include vegetation analysis of select alder carrs, the 
collection of modern pollen samples (up to eight weeks 
field work is envisaged), the preparation and counting of 
the pollen samples and undertaking computer-based data 
analysis (under the guidance of Dr Richard Armitage, 
Kingston). 

Applicants must hold, or be about to gain, a PhD in 
Quaternary or Modern palynology and ideally should be 
experienced in vegetation analysis and/or GIS methods. 

Starting date: Applicants must be available to start on 4th 
June 2001 and be prepared to undertake fieldwork through 
June and July.

Starting salary £16,209 plus £1500 London Allowance.

Closing date for applications is 15th March 2001 
(interviews will be held in early April).


For further details please contact:

Dr Martyn Waller, School of Earth Science and Geography, 
Kingston University, Penrhyn Road, Kingston upon Thames, 
Surrey. KT1 2EE. Telephone 020 8547 2000 ex 2511. E-Mail  
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Dr M. Jane Bunting
Department of Geography
The University of Hull
Hull HU6 7RX

Tel: 01482 466068 (direct)
Fax: 01482 466340
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