General information
Offer title : M/F Ingénieur (e) de recherche : Composition and climate-relevant properties of biomass burning aerosols (H/F)
Reference : UMR7583-FAZRAD-008
Number of position : 1
Workplace : CRETEIL
Date of publication : 10 September 2025
Type of Contract : IT in FTC
Contract Period : 12 months
Expected date of employment : 1 January 2026
Proportion of work : Full Time
Remuneration : Between 3095,62 € et 3302,85 € per month according to experience
Desired level of education : Doctorate
Experience required : Indifferent
BAP : C - Engineering Sciences and Scientific Instrumentation
Emploi type : Instrument Operation Engineer
Missions
The Biomass-burning Aerosol, Clouds, COnvection and Precipitation in Central Equatorial Africa (BACCOPA) project has been developed by a consortium of partners having a genuine interest in enhancing the understanding of aerosol-cloud-convection interactions in Central Africa and their impact on regional climate. In particular, the project aims at understanding what are chemical and climate-relevant properties of freshly-emitted BBA in the central Africa. The project is based on a field campaign in Congo in September 2026.
The research is based on in situ online measurements of aerosol composition, optical and hygroscopic properties conducted with the PEGASUS mobile platform at LISA, a national facility of CNRS INSU. The candidate will participate to the field campaign and its preparation, and will analyze the observations after the campaign.
Activities
The role of the candidate will include:
• Prepare the instrumentation (ACSM, HTDMA, CAPS PMEX, nephelometer)
• Operate the instrumentation during the field campaign
• Integrate and synthetize the data
Skills
Applicants should hold a PhD degree in environmental physics, with experience in optical and hygroscopicity analysers such as HTDMA, CCN, CAPS PMex, nephelometer. Ability of communicating in an international environment are a must.
Work Context
The Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques (LISA) is an international leading French institution in atmospheric chemistry and physics for climate, air pollution and human health.
Joint research unit of the CNRS, the University Paris-Est Créteil and University of Paris, the LISA is based in Créteil, in the outskirts of Paris, less than 30 minutes by public transport (metro and suburban train) from the Paris city centre.
The successful candidate will beneficiate of the international working environment of MEREIA group at LISA (staff members, post-doc and graduate students of various nationalities), and will profit from an interdisciplinary, innovative and dynamic extensive training, in addition to personal development possibilities.
The contract will be for 12 months starting from 1 January 2026.
Constraints and risks
Mission in Congo in september 2026