Research Fellow – Plant Performance and Climate Feedback in the Middle Jurassic
Salary
£32,080 to £46,485 per annum, depending on skills and experience (minimum £35,608 with relevant PhD). Salary progression beyond this scale is subject to performance.
Area
Agricultural & Environmental Sciences
Location
Sutton Bonington
Closing Date
Saturday 25 April 2026
Reference
SCI784126
Role Summary
Applications are invited for a Research Fellow to join the University of Nottingham at the Sutton Bonington Campus, working as part of a team to deliver a Leverhulme Trust‑funded project to understand plant performance and climate feedback mechanisms in the Middle Jurassic. The project will use an experimental framework to link plant morphology and chemistry to measurements of ecophysiological performance. Combined datasets will be used to understand how plants performed and were adapted to the Middle Jurassic, a greenhouse episode in Earth history where global mean temperatures were approximately 5–10°C warmer than the 1970–2010 average.
Responsibilities
* Generate ecophysiological data as measurements of plant performance.
* Generate morphological and anatomical trait data on experimental and fossil plants.
* Explore the relationships between data to understand how Middle Jurassic plants were adapted and lived in their greenhouse world.
Qualifications
* PhD (or close to completion) in palaeobotany, plant sciences, or a related discipline.
* Experience in Mesozoic plants, plant ecophysiological measurements, plant morphology, and anatomical measurements.
* Strong data analysis skills, initiative, communication skills, and the ability to work collaboratively.
This is a full‑time (36.25 hours per week), fixed‑term post to 31 March 2029, with potential for a further two‑month extension dependent on start date. Requests for secondment from internal candidates will be considered on the basis that prior agreement has been sought from both your current line manager and the manager of your substantive post, if you are already undertaking a secondment role.
Informal enquiries may be addressed to Professor Barry Lomax, email barry.lomax@nottingham.ac.uk. Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted.
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