Job Description
Summary
Work within the project “New Insights Into Early Mammal Evolution From Exceptional Scottish Fossils”.
Support the project team through contributing to fieldwork, lab processing of fossil specimens, and the collection and analysis (segmentation) of computed tomographic (CT) data.
Contribute to publications.
Main Duties
Participate annually in semi-remote coastal fieldwork in Scotland with wider team to collect fossils using appropriate tools.
Undertake field first aid and field equipment training as required.
Organisation and documentation of collected fossil specimens.
Lab-based preparation of fossil specimens, potentially including occasional off-site working.
Operate CT scanner to collect computed tomographic data for fossil specimens.
Analyse (manually segment) and interpret CT data independently using specialist software.
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