Dear All, Below are details of one of two postdoc positions we currently have available - please pass onto anyone that you think might be interested. Thanks! David
POSTDOCTORAL POSITION IN BELOWGROUND ECOLOGY Faculty of Forest Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Umeå, Sweden SLU invites applications for the following 2 year post-doctoral position in Belowground Ecology, on the topic of How Plant Biodiversity Loss Affects Soil Fungi and Carbon Storage Along a Large Environmental Gradient (Ref. Nr. 2014-3472) at the Department of Forest Ecology and Management at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, at Umeå, Sweden. The position is fully financed, including salary and benefits. The postdoctoral researcher will be expected to start on April 1 2015. The position involves collaboration with researchers based at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences at both Umeå (David Wardle) and Uppsala (Björn Lindahl and Karina Clemmensen). It will focus on understanding how fungal communities change in response to biodiversity loss across island ecosystems differing greatly in ecosystem properties, and how this in turn may impact on soil carbon storage on these islands. There is the expectation that the researcher will be actively involved in the design, fungal community analyses (through molecular sequencing approaches), data analysis, and write-up of this work. This position would be particularly ideal for researchers that have an interest in associations between plant and microbial communities and their impact on ecosystem functioning. The required qualification for this position is a PhD in Ecology or Microbial Ecology or a related subject, and preferably completed in the previous three years. Prior experience with field-based ecology, molecular analyses of microbial communities, and/or bioinformatics and analysis of microbial community data is seen as highly desirable. Applications for this position should include a curriculum vitae including a full list of publications, a brief description of research interests, and a list of at least two references familiar with the applicant's qualifications and experience. Further information is available from Professor David Wardle SLU Umeå, Department of Forest Ecology and Management, e-mail: [email protected] Applications, marked with Ref No 2014-3472, must arrive at the Registrar of SLU, P.O. Box 7070, S- 750 07 Uppsala or [email protected] no later than November 18 2014. __________________________________________ David A. Wardle, Dept of Forest Ecology and Management, Faculty of Forestry, Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences, S901-83 Umeå, Sweden Fax: (46)(90)786-8166 Phone: (46)(90)786-8471 E-mail: [email protected] http://www.seksko.se/wardle
