**Note only UK citizens are eligible for this PhD studentship** Subject: Remote Sensing of Carbon, Crops, Biomass Burning, Fire Weather and/or Smoke Spectroscopy & Chemistry
Location: King's College, London, UK (http://www.kcl.ac.uk) Overview: The opportunity has arisen for a fully-funded PhD student to work on a research project within the team in the Department of Geography at King's College London, working with Prof. Martin Wooster and Dr. James Millington. The studentship will focus on aspects of Earth Observation related to Carbon, Biomass Burning, Fire Weather and/or Smoke Spectroscopy & Chemistry, and will likely include periods of fieldwork in addition to satellite and in situ data analysis. See wildfire.geog.kcl.ac.uk for examples of the group’s work. An alternative project is also possible in the field of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) 'drone' remote sensing for improving agricultural field trials, in this case with substantial external UK collaboration. Candidates: Only UK citizens are eligible for this NERC funding. We welcome candidates with a strong background in any aspect of physical science, engineering, geography or maths, ideally with some knowledge of remote sensing/Earth Observation. This opportunity has become available at short notice due to a previously selected candidate being offered a full-time permanent position elsewhere. The studentship must therefore be filled very quickly, but will be awarded in competition and interested candidates should have a 2:1 or 1st class UG degree, and ideally a predicted or actual Distinction grade at Masters level.
