Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL Zürcherstrasse 111 CH-8903 Birmensdorf Tel +41-1-739 21 11 Fax +41-1-739 22 15 www.wsl.ch
The Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL is part of the ETH Domain. Approximately 500 people work on topics related to the sustainable use and protection of the environment and on an integrated approach to handling natural hazards. The Research Unit Community Ecology studies patterns and processes in plant and animal communities, their dynamics, in particular in relation to impacted ecosystems. For the project SUBFUNC "Effect of subordinate plant species on plant and soil community structure and ecosystem function" the Subunit Restoration Ecology with location in Lausanne is looking for a Post-doc Plant Community Ecology 80% You will supervise a PhD student working on a field manipulative experiment (whose work will focus on vegetation relevés, soil functioning (respiration, litter decomposition), and laboratory analyses such as soil nutrients, microbial C and N, plant Nand P). You will conduct your own research on the same experi-mental site, with a focus on soil microorganisms (bacteria, PLFA and CLPP analyses), and will collaborate with some other colleagues for other taxonomic groups (testate amoebae, bacteria, flagellates). Your qualifications: PhD degree in biology/ecology, experience in field work and experiments, familiar with methods in functional ecology (in particular for the soil biological compartment), excellent experience in statistical data analysis and data handling, outstanding records in your field, including proven abilities for communicating science and writing papers in English, ability to lead a small research group efficiently, experience in the writing of research proposals and wish to take this post-doc opportunity to strengthen your profile in the academic track. Interested? Please send your complete application, including photo, brief description of PhD thesis work as well as list of publication, using reference number 520 to Mrs. Monika Huber, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Human Resources, Zuercherstrasse 111, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland. Prof. Alexandre Buttler, tel. +41 (0)21 693 39 39 will be happy to answer any questions or offer further information. Human Resources, Febuary 5, 2008
