Phd student 4 years research subject Environmental Assessment

Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment
The Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment (www.slu.se/vatten-miljo) works with applied environmental research. Having the national responsibility for environmental monitoring and assessment of lakes and watercourses is a key factor in both the quality and societal impact of our research, which encompasses aquatic ecology and biodiversity, geochemistry and hydrology as well as aquatic ecotoxicology and environmental chemistry. Half of the Department’s hundred staff members are researchers and PhD students, while the half provided qualified technical support. The department is part of the Soil – Water- Environmental Center situated on the SLU campus in Ultuna, Uppsala.

Forest management practices and their effect on surface water chemistry
Description:
The overall aim of the project is to investigate the effects of different forest management practices on the water chemistry of connecting surface waters. Focus will be on the effects of forest ditch cleaning and wetland restoration on carbon (dissolved organic carbon, carbon dioxide, methane) in runoff. The project will largely be conducted within the newly established forest experimental area, Trollberget, Västenbotten. The Trollberget area is established in collaboration with the forest company Holmen, the County administration, the Forest agency and SLU, Umeå. The project will contain a large portion of field-based collection of data where innovative isotope-based methods together with water chemical measurements will be used in order to understand how surface waters are affected by different forest management practices.

Qualifications:
We seek a highly motivated candidate with a master exam in environmental science, hydrology, biology, physical geography, or comparable. The candidate should have a genuine research interest, high ability to communicate, high work ethic, be a team player and be able to collaborate within a research environment. Good knowledge about biogeochemistry and hydrology is a requirement. Experience or knowledge about wetlands and the biogeochemistry of carbon is seen as a merit. GIS experience is also seen as a merit. The candidate must have a good ability to communicate in spoken and written English. Driving license and experience is a requirement for conducting the fieldwork.

Emphasis is placed on personal characteristics such as interpersonal skills, analytical and problem-solving skills as well as the ability to work independently. 

Place of work:      
Uppsala

Forms for funding or employment:
Employment (4 years) 

Starting date:
According to agreement, preferable May 2020

Application:
We welcome your application no later than 2020-03-15, use the button below.

A person has basic eligibility for third cycle education if he or she has taken a second cycle qualification or has completed course requirements of at least 240 higher education credits, including at least 60 higher education credits at second cycle education. Upper secondary school grades equivalent to English B/English 6 are a basic requirement.

Selection among applicants meeting the requirements is made with reference to written application including curriculum vitae, copies of degrees and transcripts of academic records, one copy of the dissertation for masters or undergraduate degree, a list of at least two references familiar with the applicant's qualifications, certified knowledge of the English language and an interview.

Please observe that applicant/s chosen to participate in an interview shall hand in certified true copies of certificates, diplomas and transcripts from previous studies at an internationally recognized higher education institution (university or university college) and transcripts in connection to the interview. If the applicant is a foreign citizen we require a certified copy of the page in your passport with your personal data and photography.

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The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) develops the understanding and sustainable use and management of biological natural resources. The university ranks well internationally within its subject areas. SLU is a research-intensive university that also offers unique degree programmes in for example rural development and natural resource management, environmental economics, animal science and landscape architecture.

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