Position Announcements
PhD students and postdocs in Limnology/Biogeochemistry
Five research positions in aquatic science, remote sensing,
and meteorology
We are looking for post docs and PhD students in
limnology/aquatic biogeochemistry, remote sensing, and
meteorology for a strong research environment on inland
waters and climate change
The Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural
Sciences and Spatial Planning supports a 5-year Centre of
Excellence on “The Color of Water – interplay with climate,
and effects on drinking water supply” (see
www.geo.uu.se/cow/ ). Within the Centre, several post docs
and PhD student positions will be recruited. The positions will
be based in Uppsala, and there will be ambitious programs
for integration and for the involvement of senior guest
researchers.
One of the most prominent changes in Swedish lakes from
climate change is increased runoff of dissolved organic carbon
(DOC) from land. DOC is the major regulator of the role of
lakes in the carbon cycle, including emission of greenhouse
gases. The aim of the Color of Water project is to 1) develop
the monitoring of the quality and quantity of DOC employing
fluorescence spectroscopy as well as remote sensing, 2)
develop techniques for improved drinking water treatment at
changing DOC, 3) assess the role of DOC in the carbon cycle
(e.g., greenhouse gas emission, C sequestration), and 4)
predict the quality and quantity of DOC in a changing climate.
In the first phase of the project, the following positions are
open, with deadline for applications March 22, 2010:
PhD student position in Limnology, Aquatic Biogeochemistry
at the Department of Ecology and Evolution, program for
Limnology, Uppsala University, focusing on regional
differences in the quality of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in
boreal lakes. Within the project, drivers for the differences in
the DOC quality in Sweden and consequences for the global
carbon cycle will be examined. For further information and
application procedures, see
http://www.personalavd.uu.se/ledigaplatser/526dorand_eng.
html (contact person: Gesa Weyhenmeyer,
gesa.weyhenmeyer@ebc.uu.se, phone +46 18 471 2711 .
PhD student position in Limnology, Aquatic Biogeochemistry
at the Department of Ecology and Evolution, program for
Limnology, Uppsala University, focusing on the quality and
reactivity of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in lakes. Natural
DOC is a complex mixture of organic moieties, and
characterization
by specific analytical-chemical approaches is difficult. An
important aim of this position is to link the properties of DOC
to its dynamics in the environment, e.g.via availability for
bacterial mineralization. For further information and
application procedures, see
http://www.personalavd.uu.se/ledigaplatser/547dorand_eng.
html (contact person: Lars Tranvik, lars.tranvik@ebc.uu.se ,
phone +46 18 471 2722).
PhD student position in Meteorology at the Department of
Earth Sciences, program for Air- water and landscape science,
at Uppsala University, with focus on carbon transport between
inland lakes and the atmosphere. This project aims at
studying the exchange of methane and carbon dioxide
between lakes and the atmosphere by using the Eddy-
Correlation (EC) method in combination with flux-chamber
studies. . For further information and application procedures,
see
http://www.personalavd.uu.se/ledigaplatser/323dorand_eng.
html (contact person: Anna Rutgersson,
Anna.Rutgersson@met.uu.se , phone +46 18 - 471 2523).
Post doc in Aquatic Remote Sensing at the Department of
Ecology and Evolution, program for Limnology, Uppsala
University, focusing on remote sensing studies of lakes
concentrating on colored dissolved organic matter, and its
dependence on climate. The work will address operative
monitoring of lake water quality at the regional scale as well
as global estimates. For further information and application
procedures, see
http://www.personalavd.uu.se/ledigaplatser/engindex.html#
other (contact person: Tiit Kutser, tiit.kutser@sea.ee , and
Lars Tranvik, lars.tranvik@ebc.uu.se , phone +46 18 471
2722).
Post doc in Limnology, Aquatic Biogeochemistry at the
Department of Ecology and Evolution, program for Limnology,
Uppsala University, focusing on quality and dynamics of
dissolved organic carbon (DOC). Special emphasis will be put
on the issue of removal of DOC during drinking water
treatment, an emerging problem in Nordic countries. The
research will address how the reactivity and cycling of
dissolved organic carbon (DOC) depends on climate.. For
further information and application procedures, see
http://www.personalavd.uu.se/ledigaplatser/engindex.html#
other (contact person: Lars Tranvik, lars.tranvik@ebc.uu.se ,
phone +46 18 471 2722).