Post-doctoral Researcher in ecosystem nutrient cycling and ectomycorrhizal fungi in New Zealand.
We are recruiting for a 3 year, fixed-term, post-doctoral position on a NZ Marsden Fund project Do ectomycorrhizal fungi determine ecosystem fate, led by Ian Dickie (PI) with Matt McGlone (both Landcare Research, New Zealand), Gary Lovett (Cary Institute for Ecosystem Studies), and Joel Blum (University of Michigan). The project will test whether ectomycorrhizal fungi cause an ecologically significant increase in the release of rock-derived nutrients, supporting greater productivity and causing long-term increases in nutrient pools in ectomycorrhizal compared to arbuscular mycorrhizal forests. The successful applicant will hold a PhD and will have proven experience and skills in ecosystem nutrient cycling and mineralogical processes, with broad interests in fungal and plant ecology (complementing, rather than duplicating, our existing skill base in mycorrhizal molecular ecology and paleoecology). Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research is New Zealand's foremost environmental research organisation, and specialises in the sustainable management of land resources, optimising primary production, enhancing biodiversity, increasing the resource efficiency of businesses, and conserving and restoring the natural assets of our communities. This position will be based at our main campus in Lincoln, south of Christchurch, New Zealand and is fixed term for three years. Funding is available from February 2010. Interested candidates will find further information on the Landcare Research website www.landcareresearch.co.nz, with many more details on the project at http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/research/programme.asp?Proj_Collab_ID=110 and may file an on-line application, including CV, publication list, and the names, email and phone details of three referees at www.bfound.net/login.aspx?CoId=370. For any further details, please contact Ian Dickie ([email protected]). Applications will close on 16th November 2009.
