Hello,
on behalf of Todd Ehlers and Friedhelm von Blanckenburg I post the
following 17 PhD positions within the DFG funded priority program Earth
Shape.
With kind regards,
Carsten Mueller
*17 PhD Positions*
*/EarthShape: Earth Surface Shaping by Biota. /**A German-Chilean
Priority Program in the Chilean Coast Range*
The new German Priority Program (Schwerpunktprogramm der DFG)
1803 EarthShape: Earth Surface Shaping by Biota will explore how
biologic processes form soil, influence topography, and thereby shape
the Earth surface. You will work in a consortium of 13 interdisciplinary
projects comprising *17 new PhD positions* and 3 Postdocs that encompass
the fields Geology, Ecology, Soil Sciences, Geography, Microbiology,
Geophysics, and Geochemistry. EarthShape research will be conducted at
*four study sites within in the Chilean Coastal Range *that features
one of Earthâs most spectacular vegetation gradients and is controlled
by climate ranging from hyper-arid to humid temperate. It is a natural
laboratory to study how biology and topography interact. You will be
trained in interdisciplinary methods and conduct joint field work and
training workshops.
The program is coordinated by Todd Ehlers
(<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]) and
Friedhelm von Blanckenburg
(<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]). Interested applicants
should contact the supervisors at the potential host institutions (see
list below, these will also handle your applications). An MSc or Diplom
degree is required for admission into PhD programs at German
Universities. Projects will begin between January and March 2016 and
are funded for three years. The application deadline for most positions
is around October 15, 2015. Additional information about each position
and contact information the supervisor is available on the
Positions open link at <http://www.earthshape.net>www.earthshape.net
The available PhD positions, work locations, and supervisors are as follows:
*PhD 1a: *Experimental investigation of interactive plant-trait and
climate effects on soil carbon inputs. University of Marburg (Prof.
Maaike Bader)**
*PhD 2a: *Coupled landscape evolution and dynamic vegetation modeling
from the Last Glacial Maximum to present. University of Tuebingen (Prof.
Todd Ehlers; co-supervisor Thomas Hickler).**
*PhD 2b:* Dynamic modeling of vegetation changes in Chile from the Last
Glacial Maximum to present. Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate
Research Centre (BiK-F) and Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main (Prof.
Thomas Hickler; co-supervisor Todd Ehlers)
*PhD 4a: *Modelling and budgeting sediment transport, storage and
connectivity - biotic effect. University of Bonn (Dr. Thomas Hoffmann,
co-supervisor: Prof. Lothar Schrott) __
*PhD 5a: *Physiological, biochemical and molecular-taxonomical studies
on biocrust organisms. University of Rostock (Prof. Karsten;
co-supervisor: Prof. Buedel);**
*PhD 5b: *Geoecological, ecophysiological and taxonomical studies of
biocrust. University of Kaiserslautern (Prof. Buedel; co-supervisor:
Prof. Bendix)**
*PhD 5c: *Chemical analyses of proxies for weathering intensity and
investigation of biocrusts in P cycling. University of Rostock (Prof.
Leinweber; co-supervisor: Prof. Karsten)**
*PhD 5d: *Climatic control of biocrusts, and multi-/hyperspectral
detection of crusts by remote sensing for selected catchments.
University of Marburg**(Prof. Bendix; co-supervisor: Prof. Buedel)
*PhD 6a: *Analysis of root carbon contribution to nutrient mobilization
in the weathering zone.Georg-August-University of Goettingen (Prof.
Yakov Kuzyakov; co-supervisor Prof. Anna Gorbushina).**
*PhD 7a: *Holocene palaeoclimate reconstruction of Northern Chile based
on sedimentary archives. University Heidelberg (Prof. Bertil Maechtle,
Dr. Karsten Schittek)**
*PhD 8a: *Geophysical characterization (GPR and EMI) of the weathering
front on hillslopes in combination with geochemical proxies.
Forschungszentrum Juelich (Prof. Jan van der Kruk; co-supervisor Dr.
Mirjam Schaller)**
*PhD 9a: *Testing biotic controls on erosion and sediment transport with
cosmogenic nuclides and river incision modeling. GFZ Potsdam**(Prof.
Dirk Scherler, co-supervisor Dr. Eva Nora Mueller)**
*PhD 10a: *Soil phosphorus**solubilization by microorganisms and plants
at different stages of soil development.**University of Bayreuth,
Germany (Dr. Marie Spohn). **
*PhD 11a: *Separating climate, vegetation and geochemical effects on
nutrient cycling along a climate gradient. University of Tuebingen.
(Prof. K. Tielbuerger, Prof. Y. Oelmann, Prof. L. Cavieres) **
*PhD 12a: *Employing innovative isotope geochemical systems to identify
how roots and fungi take up mineral nutrients and convert rock to
soil.**GFZ Potsdam (Prof Friedhelm von Blanckenburg; co-supervisors: Dr.
Jens Boy, Prof. Georg Guggenberger)**
*PhD 13a: *Understanding of microbial communities and the impact of
their metabolic processes on the development of a soil.**GFZ, Potsdam,
Germany (Prof. Dirk Wagner)**
*PhD 13b: *Understanding of microbial-mediated soil formation processes
and their relationship to soil erosion*. *University of Tuebingen (Prof.
Thomas Scholten and Dr. Peter Kuehn)**
