Assistant Prof. soil and surface water chemistry

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Department of Forest Ecology and Management Faculty of Forest Sciences Umeå, Sweden Assistant Professor in soil and surface water chemistry The position is both fully financed for two+two years and will be based at the new and dynamic department of Forest Ecology and Management, SLU, Umeå, Sweden.Umeå is located in the boreal forest (c.15 km from the Baltic Sea and 300 km from the Scandinavian mountain range at the border to Norway).Our major research focus is on the boreal forest, but we have activities also in other biomes.The department has about 80 members of staff out of which 14 are professors.We have the highest ambitions in science and teaching, excellent international contacts, modern technical facilities and access to unique long-term forest ecosystem experiments and other field sites.SLU in Umeå shares Campus with Umeå University (www.umu.se). A four-year Assistant Professor position in soil and surface water chemistry with an emphasis on short- and long-term effects of forestry on soils and their implications for water quality in a changing climate.Candidates for this position should have a broad experience from forest soil and/or surface water biogeochemistry applying experimental, modeling or other approaches.The candidate will take part in the multidisciplinary project Future Forest (www.futureforests.se), and he/she will be responsible for the soil/surface water interaction component of that project. Eligibility, assessment criteria.FOR A COMPLETE ADVT: personal.slu.se/job SLU is an equal opportunities employer.University salaries are set on an individual basis.Required documents to be submitted: The application should be written in English.The following documents should be included with each application: CV including a publication list, PhD diploma, copies of no more than five publications, a description of previous research and other activities of relevance for the position (maximum two pages), and a description of planned research that the applicant intends to carry out within this position (maximum two pages).Names and addresses of at least two persons able to provide references for the candidate should also be provided.The application and all enclosed documents should be submitted in triplicate.Application should be written in English.