Research Assistant

Carbon Stocks and Stock Changes in Harvested Wood Products

Centre for Hydrology, Micrometeorology and Climate Change,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
University College Cork, Ireland .

Duration: 20 months.

Closing date: 24 August 2007.

The successful applicant will investigate carbon stocks and stock changes in harvested wood products (HWP) in Ireland. This will involve thecollection of data about timber production, wood processing and HWP import and export statistics. A national carbon accounting model for HWP will be developed. In addition the store of carbon in HWP in the built environment in Ireland will be investigated. Scenario analysis will be used to investigate future change in the carbon stock of HWP in the residential sector in Ireland. The results of the study will be published in the scientific literature and a final report will be prepared for the funding agency.

In addition, the successful candidate will:

Possess an undergraduate (first or upper second class) or Masters degree in a cognate Science or Engineering discipline.
Have numerical analysis skills and experience of statistical software.
Have experience of scientific writing.

Further information on the research activities of the Centre is available at http://www.hydromet.org/. For informal discussion contact: Dr. Ken Byrne (k.byrne@ucc.ie) or Prof. Ger Kiely (g.kiely@ucc.ie).