5 postdoc and 5 PhD positions in ecology, biogeochemistry, paleolimnology, environmental genomics and modelling of northern lakes
In a five-year project, “Climate change induced regime shifts in Northern lake ecosystems” at Umeå University, Sweden, funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, we are recruiting 5 postdocs (2-year fellowships) and 5 PhD students (4-year positions). Below we list each position with a short title indicating the focus of the position, the name of the primary advisor/mentor, application deadline, and a web link to the full text of the advertisement. The full advertisements are also appended as separate pdf files for all PhD positions and all postdoc fellowships, respectively.
Project description
Effects of climate change on ecological communities are expected to be particularly strong at northern latitudes. The collaborative project “Climate change induced regime shifts in northern lake ecosystems” addresses two major, climate-dependent drivers of northern lakes: (i) altered thermal regimes, and (ii) increased input of terrestrial dissolved organic matter (tDOM). In a series of interconnected work packages we will use experimental, comparative, paleo-ecological, environmental genomics and modeling approaches to study the impact of temperature and tDOM on ecosystem processes ranging from primary production and greenhouse gas dynamics to fish production and food web dynamics. We expect responses to these drivers to be highly nonlinear.
PhD positions
1. Greenhouse gases in lakes (advisor Jan Karlsson, deadline 20 February 2017) https://umu.mynetworkglobal.com/en/what:job/jobID:133460/
2. Effects of climate change on fish production (advisor Pär Byström, deadline 20 February 2017) https://umu.mynetworkglobal.com/en/what:job/jobID:133528/
3. Primary production in lakes (advisor Ann-Kristin Bergström, deadline 20 February 2017) https://umu.mynetworkglobal.com/en/what:job/jobID:133628/
4. Modelling lake ecosystems (advisor Sebastian Diehl, deadline 9 March 2017) https://umu.mynetworkglobal.com/en/what:job/jobID:133564/
5. Long term climate and environmental changes (advisor: Richard Bindler, deadline 20 February 2017) https://umu.mynetworkglobal.com/en/what:job/jobID:133685/
Postdoctoral Fellowships
1. Climate impact on fish production and consumer resource interactions (mentor Pär Byström, deadline 27 February 2017) http://www.umu.se/english/about-umu/news-events/grants/6-75-17
2. Climate Impacts on Benthic Processes of Northern Lakes (mentor Ryan Sponseller, deadline 27 February 2017) http://www.umu.se/english/about-umu/news-events/grants/6-77-17
3. Climate impact on C cycling in lakes (mentor Jan Karlsson, deadline 27 February 2017) http://www.umu.se/english/about-umu/news-events/grants/6-76-17
4. Climate impact on methane cycling in lakes (mentors David Bastviken and Jan Karlsson, deadline 27 February 2017) http://www.umu.se/english/about-umu/news-events/grants/6-78-17
5. Environmental genomics in northern Swedish lakes (mentor Xia-Ru Wang, deadline 27 February 2017) http://www.umu.se/english/about-umu/news-events/grants/6-79-17
Professor of Ecology
Department of Ecology and Environmental Science
Umeå University
90187 Umeå, Sweden
E-mail: sebastian.diehl@umu.se
