To Whomever may be interested (please forward/post up as appropriate), POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWS (4 POSTS) AND TECHNICIAN (1 POST) AT QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY, BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND (UK). The ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTRE (School of Civil Engineering) at the Queen's University of Belfast includes a dynamic group of 36 researchers with expertise including hydrogeology, isotope and noble gas geochemistry, microbiology, and geo-environmental engineering. Applications are invited from highly-motivated researchers/technicians for the following 4 Post-Doctoral and 1 Technician positions as advertised recently on http://www.qub.ac.uk/jobs/ and in New Scientist. POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW (Ref: 00/F532A) - Contaminated Land Remediation Using Reactive Barriers. This post, funded by the UK EPSRC to work with Prof. Kalin and Dr. Walsh, is available for 30 months to carry out laboratory and field study of reactive barrier use for risk-management and remediation of contaminated land / groundwater. Applicants must have or be about to obtain a PhD in hydrogeology, geochemistry or related field. Research experience in contaminated land or groundwater remediation, or groundwater flow modelling is desirable but not essential. POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW (Ref: 00/F533A) - Saturated/Unsaturated Zone Interaction and Formation of Excess Air. This post, funded by the UK EPSRC to work with Dr. Elliot, is available for 18 months to carry out laboratory studies investigating vapour phase mechanisms at the saturated / unsaturated zone boundary, and the generation of excess air in groundwater. Applicants must have or be about to obtain a PhD in hydrogeology, hydrology, geochemistry or related field. Research experience in groundwater recharge mechanisms, saturated / unsaturated volatile transport or tracers in the saturated and unsaturated zone is desirable but not essential. POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW (Ref: 00/F534A) - Enzyme-Specific Stable Isotope Fractionation During Microbial Biodegradation. This post, funded by the UK EPSRC to work with Prof. Kalin, is available for 2 years to carry out laboratory based study of stable isotope fractionation of sequential enzymes steps during microbial degradation of simple halogenated compounds. Applicants must have or be about to obtain a PhD in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Geochemistry, Microbiology or related field. Research experience in compound-specific stable isotope measurement, or microbial biochemistry is desirable but not essential. POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW (Ref: 00/F535A) - Stable Isotope Signatures of Natural Halomethanes. This post, funded by the UK NERC to work with Professor Kalin and Professor Harper (School of Agriculture and Food Science), is available for 1 year in the first instance to carry out laboratory-based study of stable isotope signature of naturally produced halomethanes. Applicants must have or be about to obtain a PhD in Geochemistry, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Microbiology or related field. Research experience in compound-specific stable isotope measurements or microbial biochemistry is desirable but not essential. Salary range for the above Post-Doctoral posts: RA1A £18,732 - £20,466 per annum, initial placing depends on age, experience and qualifications. CLOSING DATE: 5.00 pm, Friday 11 August 2000. RESEARCH TECHNICIAN (Ref: 00/C143A). This 2-year post is available immediately in the very successful Environmental Engineering Research Centre. The successful applicant will provide technical support for research work on contaminant degradation in subsurface soil and groundwater. Applicants must hold, or be about to obtain, at least an ONC in an appropriate discipline and must have some laboratory experience using one or more of the following GC, HPLC, IC, Wet Chemistry, or Microbiology. Full criteria will be listed in the further particulars. Salary Scale: Technician Grade C (point 10), £11,533 sterling per annum. CLOSING DATE: 5.00 pm, Friday 21 July 2000. Applicants, quoting reference number(s), may obtain further particulars from the Personnel Department, Queen's University Belfast, BT7 1NN. Telephone +44 (0)28 90273044 or +44 (0)28 90273854 (answering machine). FAX: +44 (0)28 90324944 or e-mail on personnel@qub.ac.uk.. The University is committed to equal opportunities and to selection on merit. It therefore welcomes applications from all sections of society. Please note that the University will be closed the 12th and 13th of July.