Research Fellow in Central African Forest Carbon Dynamics

The Ecology and Global Change research cluster at Leeds conducts world-leading research in tropical ecology and change. We are looking to recruit a highly skilled Postdoctoral Research Fellow to lead plot data collection and compilation from the African Topical Rainforest Observatory Network (AfriTRON) and analyse AfriTRON, for the CongoFor1.5 project. The central aim of CongoFor1.5 is to understand the carbon balance and ecology of the forests of the Congo Basin over time. We are looking for a motivated researcher who can discover how the carbon dynamics of intact central African forests have changed from 1985 to 2025.

The CongoFor1.5 project is large project designed to census at least 225 long-term forest monitoring plots across Cameroon (45 plots), Democratic Republic of Congo (90 plots), Gabon (45 plots), and Republic of the Congo (45 plots), in close collaboration with our long-term partners in each of the four countries. You will join a vibrant team, led by Professor Simon Lewis, and will benefit from the support of the Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI) who fund the project.

Do you want to expand our understanding of the forests of the Congo Basin? Do you have skills in engaging partners in tropical research and developing high-quality ecological datasets? Do you want to further your career in one of the UK's leading research-intensive Universities?

£38,205 to £45,585 per annum depending on experience (Grade 7)