Candidates must have experience in planning and organizing field experiments is an important merit
Study Subject: Microbial ecology, molecular ecology
Employer: Lund University
Level: Postdoctoral
Fellowship Description:
Many of the biogeochemical processes that are critical to the functioning of ecosystems and their services to society are mediated by microorganisms. This includes carbon (C) sequestration, greenhouse gas production and mobilization of nutrients (N and P). Whether terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems will capture, store or release C and nutrients is highly dependent on how changing climate conditions and management including adaptation or mitigation strategies affect microbial processes and community structure. However, the parameterizations of microbial processes are highly simplified in ecosystem models, typically in the form of temperature- and moisture-dependent kinetic equations with empirically-determined rate constants. The abundance, diversity and interactions among functional groups, though doubtless important determinants of ecosystem biogeochemical responses to climate and atmospheric changes, are seldom represented explicitly, reducing the accuracy of current model simulations of future changes. The overall aim of the BECC program ?Climate, land use and biogeochemical cycles? is to develop tools and frameworks for connecting data and models at scales from genomes to ecosystems over which the diversity of microbial communities could influence ecosystem services like release of greenhouse gases, nutrient leakage and C storage.
Eligibility
Applicants should have a PhD in microbial ecology, molecular ecology or within a comparable subject area. The successful applicant will have a research focus within soil microbiology including the structure and function of microbial communities. Competence in using molecular methods for characterizing the diversity of microbial communities is required. Experience in planning and organizing field experiments is an important merit.
To be eligible for an appointment a person must have successfully completed a PhD degree or have corresponding scientific competence in a relevant subject area. A person who holds a foreign degree that is deemed equivalent to a doctorate shall be qualified for appointment. Priority will be given to candidates who have completed their degree no more than three years before the last date for applications. Candidates who have completed their degree earlier than this should receive equal priority if special grounds exist, for example documented leave of absence because of illness or parental leave.
Fellowship Application Deadline: 2010-12-01
Further Fellowship Information and Application
Study Subject: Microbial ecology, molecular ecology
Employer: Lund University
Level: Postdoctoral
Fellowship Description:
Many of the biogeochemical processes that are critical to the functioning of ecosystems and their services to society are mediated by microorganisms. This includes carbon (C) sequestration, greenhouse gas production and mobilization of nutrients (N and P). Whether terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems will capture, store or release C and nutrients is highly dependent on how changing climate conditions and management including adaptation or mitigation strategies affect microbial processes and community structure. However, the parameterizations of microbial processes are highly simplified in ecosystem models, typically in the form of temperature- and moisture-dependent kinetic equations with empirically-determined rate constants. The abundance, diversity and interactions among functional groups, though doubtless important determinants of ecosystem biogeochemical responses to climate and atmospheric changes, are seldom represented explicitly, reducing the accuracy of current model simulations of future changes. The overall aim of the BECC program ?Climate, land use and biogeochemical cycles? is to develop tools and frameworks for connecting data and models at scales from genomes to ecosystems over which the diversity of microbial communities could influence ecosystem services like release of greenhouse gases, nutrient leakage and C storage.
Eligibility
Applicants should have a PhD in microbial ecology, molecular ecology or within a comparable subject area. The successful applicant will have a research focus within soil microbiology including the structure and function of microbial communities. Competence in using molecular methods for characterizing the diversity of microbial communities is required. Experience in planning and organizing field experiments is an important merit.
To be eligible for an appointment a person must have successfully completed a PhD degree or have corresponding scientific competence in a relevant subject area. A person who holds a foreign degree that is deemed equivalent to a doctorate shall be qualified for appointment. Priority will be given to candidates who have completed their degree no more than three years before the last date for applications. Candidates who have completed their degree earlier than this should receive equal priority if special grounds exist, for example documented leave of absence because of illness or parental leave.
Fellowship Application Deadline: 2010-12-01
Further Fellowship Information and Application