Job Title: Research Associate in River ScienceJob Reference: REQ250031Date Posted: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTApplication Closing Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTLocation: LoughboroughPackage: Specialist and Supporting Academic Grade 6 £34,866 - £45,163 per annum. Subject to annual pay award.School of Social Sciences and HumanitiesGeography and Environment Research Associate in River ScienceFull-time for 30 months commencing 1 May 2025, with project end date of 30 April 2028 The Geography and Environment department at Loughborough University is seeking to appoint a Research Associate to work on the second phase of the successful project entitled ‘Stuck in the Mud: addressing the fine sediment conundrum with multiscale and interdisciplinary approaches to support global freshwater biodiversity’. About the role The project is UKRI funded, through the Future Leaders Fellowship scheme. It is an interdisciplinary project at the interface of freshwater ecology, fluvial geomorphology, hydrology and sedimentology engaging with academic and stakeholder project partners in the UK and internationally. The Research Associate will play a key role in the project which will develop a mechanistic understanding of how environmental controls drive fine sediment impacts for freshwater biota. Fine sediment (typically defined as particles