Department of Ecology and EvolutionPostdoc position in Ecosystem functions and bacterial dispersalWe are currently recruiting a postdoc for a project dealing with the importance of metacommunity processes for ecosystem function. Inland water bacteria will be used as model systems. The aim is to investigate:
The project is planned to be conducted mostly as field studies, but experimental studies can also be made. The functions of focus are mainly such associated with the processing of organic carbon. The successful candidate should have a PhD in a related field, thus preferably having experience both with techniques for studying bacterial diversity in nature (i.e. nucleic acid based) and with research associated with ecological questions. The postdoc is intended to start during the spring 2010. Funding is currently given for one year, but there are possibilities for a prolongation up to two years. The postdoc gets 240 000 SEK/year ( € 24 000/year, non-taxable). The project will be conducted at Department of Ecology and Evolution at Uppsala University, Sweden. More precisely the project is a collaboration between the subdepartments of Limnology and Population Biology, two departments with strong research groups in aquatic as well as terrestrial ecology, the former with an especially long tradition in Microbial Ecology. These departments are located at the Evolutionary Biology Centre housing about 400 researchers with an internationally high profile in ecology, evolution and systematic. The applicant should send in a personal letter describing hers or his research interests and a CV (including contact information of two reference persons) by email to Eva Lindström (see below) no later than 15 February 2010. For more information contact: Eva Lindström, +46 (0)18-471 64 97, |
