Please find below a great PhD opportunity for an excellent student. In
addition to the salary listed below the position offers 5 weeks of
vacation per year, paid maternity/paternity leave, and Denmark offers a
good public childcare system and in general high quality and abundant
public services.
Volker
Announcement of PhD position
PhD studentship in ecoinformatics and macroecology
Title: Climate change impacts on African vegetation and plant diversity
Location: Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science,
University of Aarhus (DENMARK)
Starting date: August 01, 2008
Further information:
Ass. Prof. Jens-Christian Svenning, +45 8942-4711, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Project description:
Africa has experienced some of the strongest and most persistent
climatic anomalities during the last 50 years, especially increased
droughts. The result has been widespread degradation of the natural
vegetation and contingent marked negative impacts on local societies.
This project will focus on two key issues in relation to climate change
impacts in Africa: (1) Obtaining a quantitative understanding of the
controls of vegetation and plant diversity patterns across Africa:
Predicting the impact of future climate changes on vegetation and plant
diversity requires a clear understanding of the factors and mechanisms
controlling their current geographical patterns. (2) Developing
broad-scale, but high-resolution 21st century scenarios for the likely
impacts on vegetation and plant diversity and the contingent effects on
society given future changes in climate, land-use and other drivers
across Africa. Methodologically, the emphasis will be on advanced GIS
and statistical modeling. The project will be carried out in
collaboration with the SUN project, especially workpackage 2
(www.sunproject.dk), and will be supervised by Ass. Prof. Jens-Christian
Svenning and Ass. Prof. Anne-Mette Lykke, both at Department of
Biological Sciences, University of Aarhus.
Qualifications:
The applicants should have:
• Good experience in GIS, data analysis and statistics
• Good knowledge of programming (e.g., C++, Python, or R)
• A MSc in Biology, Environmental Science, Geography, or related fields
• English as a first or second language, plus strong writing skills
Additional information:
The 3-year PhD-project is funded by a salary of approx. 23,000 DKK
(≈3,000 €) per month and full coverage of tuition fees etc.
Applications:
Pre-applications including 1-page motivation, cv, and scanned copies of
course certificates and diplomas should be send as a single pdf file by
email to Jens-Christian Svenning, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dead-line:
April 01, 2008, 12.00 AM Danish time. Subsequently, a decision will be
made on whether or not to invite the applicant to write a full
application [to be submitted to the Aarhus Graduate School of Science
http://www.nat.au.dk/default.asp?id=82&la=UK by May 01, 2008].
Jens
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Jens-Christian Svenning, PhD
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Aarhus
Ny Munkegade 1540, DK-8000 Aarhus C
Tel: 45+ 8942-4711
Cel: 45+ 2899-2304
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Volker Bahn
Department of Biology
McGill University
Stewart Biol. Bldg. W3/5
1205 ave Docteur Penfield
Montreal, QC, H3A 1B1
Canada
t: (514) 398-6428
f: (514) 398-5069
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.volkerbahn.com
Lat-Long:
45.50285, -73.5814
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