Johan Olofsson and Ellen Dorrepaal, in collaboration with Sara Hallin and Karina Clemmensen in Uppsala, are opening up three PhD-positions, and I hope you will help us spread this information to suitable candidates!
Deadline for application: 14 February 2022
1. PhD position in ecology with focus on carbon cycling in arctic terrestrial ecosystems:
2. PhD position in ecology with focus on plant-soil-microbe interactions in arctic ecosystems:
3. PhD position in ecology with focus on remote sensing of arctic terrestrial ecosystems:
The three positions are part of a large interdisciplinary project that aims to understand and quantify how processes during the arctic winter may be decisive for overall feedbacks from arctic tundra to the global climate. Arctic ecosystems store large amounts of organic carbon in plants and soil. Uptake of carbon by arctic plants is strongly limited by their access to nutrients, especially nitrogen, due to competition by microbes. Year-round carbon and nitrogen balances thus depend the activities of plant and microbial communities and their seasonality. This interdisciplinary project will involve a research team of about eleven senior and postdoctoral scientists, four PhD students and two technical staff. Together, we will advance basic knowledge of plant and microbial activities during the cold season. The project will further assess the environmental drivers and community traits that may be used to up-scale and predict effects of asynchronies on year-round carbon and nitrogen balances of tundra. Position 1 and 2 will be based in Abisko (with course work in Umeå), position 3 in Umeå (with fieldwork in Abisko). More information can be found via the links above. We welcome all applications!
Thanks for your help, and apologies for cross-postings.
Best wishes,
Johan and Ellen
