The University of Malta is inviting applications for full-time Research Support Officers at level from II in the Department of Conservation and Built Heritage. Applicants must be graduates holding a Master’s degree (at least Upper Second Class classification) in any one of the following, or a combination thereof, depending on the post applied for: Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Physics, Mechanical or Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science. A demonstrable knowledge of modelling and modelling software will be considered an asset. The areas of research for each post will be the following: i. Study of the effects of salt weathering on stone, and its modelling, to define precisely how the salts present within the Globigerina Limestone megaliths at the Prehistoric Temples of Malta are bringing about their deterioration. This will be based on a large number of existing studies on Globigerina Limestone and its deterioration and environmental and related data collected over the years at the sites. Studies on the rates of stone deterioration will be also targeted. ii. Environmental monitoring and the modelling of such data (past and present) to understand how the climate has changed in the Temple sites since the erection of the shelters. This will be based on a vast array of data collected at the sites over the years, which monitoring is still continuing. New data may need to be collected in direct relation to this research. All requirements need to be in place at the time of appointment for each of posts on offer. These posts are for a fixed term contract of three years, starting January 2019. Further information and a call for applications is available online as per link: https://www.um.edu.mt/hrmd/_backend/?a=363151 You can also direct specific inquiries to: Prof. JoAnn Cassar Head Department of Conservation and Built Heritage University of Malta *e-mail:[email protected] <e-mail:[email protected]> *
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