Doctoral student position opening The Plant and Mycorrhizal Ecology Lab at the FU Berlin (Prof. Matthias C. Rillig; http://mycorrhiza.webnode.com/en/) seeks a PhD student who will be involved in a project funded by the DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft), addressing the relative roles of neutral (demographic stochasticity with limited dispersal) and niche processes (competition with environmental heterogeneity) in structuring soil ecological communities. The study will address the structure of soil communities from a natural grassland at various spatial scales (from about one to thousands of meters). Aspects of the project will be: physical and chemical characterization of soil and assessment of microorganisms (molecular DNA based methods applied to the roots and the soil), and microarthropod (assessed morphologically) communities.
The candidate must hold a M.Sc. or equivalent (e.g. Diploma) in biology/ecology. Fluent written and spoken English and driver's licence are required. Background in community ecology, ecological statistics and molecular ecology and/or soil zoology are desirable. Duration: 36 months Salary: 65 % of a full position according to E 13 TV-L FU tariff Applications must be sent not later than 28th February 2011 (for full consideration) to: Freie Universität Berlin Institut für Biologie - Ökologie der Pflanzen Dr. Tancredi Caruso Altensteinstraße 6 14195 Berlin, Germany Electronic applications are also welcome; please send all files as a pdf. For additional information, please email to: [email protected] or [email protected]
