Umeå University

Umeå University - with its 29,000 students and over 4,000 employees - is an organisation in constant change and development. The university's researchers carry out excellence within several areas of research, and many of them are among the world's elite. We are one of Sweden's largest providers of education and offer a broad and attractive range of courses and programmes. Our campus constitutes an inspiring environment for everyone that studies and works here. We wish to co-operate with companies and organisations throughout the Umeå region and all over the world.

This position is open for experimentalists with a Ph.D in chemistry, geochemistry, biogeochemistry or related disciplines where experimental chemical methods are employed. The successful candidate will be contributing to a new project led by PIs J.-F. Boily (Department of Chemistry) and J. Klaminder (Department of Ecology and Environmental Science). This project was devised to provide a molecular scale understanding of long-term in situchemical and microbial degradation of organic matter in relation to CO2 release to the atmosphere. The project will be focused on arctic and boreal soils, and make use of a variety of experimental techniques (e.g. FTIR, TPD, XPS, respirometry). Experience in one or several of these techniques would be desirable for this position. The successful candidate will have access to excellent experimental research facilities at the Department of Chemistry, the Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, as well as the Chemical and Biological Center of Umeå University. All facilities are supported by competent scientific staff, allworking in pleasant and ergonomic working conditions.

To qualify for the position you should have a PhD degree or equivalent, preferably obtained within the past three years, as well as a good to excellent command of the English language.

For further information, please contact Professor Jean-François Boily, Department of Chemistry, (+46 (0)90 786 5270, jean-francois.boily@chem.umu.se).

The application should be submitted electronically. Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, copies of degree certificates, a statement of previous research achievements, a publication list,as well as names of at least two references.

Closing date: May 31, 2012