Postdoctoral positions in Carbon Biogeochemistry

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Umeå Postdoctoral Positions in Carbon Biogeochemistry in Boreal Peatlands www.slu.se SLU in Umeå shares campus with Umeå University (www.umu.se).Umeå is located in the boreal forest (c.15 km from the Baltic Sea and 300 km from the Scandinavian mountain range on the border to Norway) The Department of Forest Ecology and Management (www.seksko.se) conducts research and education in both basic and applied science in the areas of Vegetation Ecology, Soil Science and Forest Management.The major research focus is on the boreal forest landscape, including peatlands and surface waters, but we have activities also in other biomes.The current position are in Soil Science/Biogeochemistry.In a recent evaluation (2009) of the university the Soil Science/Soil Biogeochemistry group was ranked among the top seven out of a total of 130 groups at the university.The department has about 90 members of staff of which 14 are professors.Research areas include plant-soil interactions, surface water hydrogeochemistry, soil chemistry, soil biology, biosphere-atmosphere exchange, forest history, forest management, forest regeneration, plant population and community ecology.The department has modern technical facilities, close collaboration with several state-of-the-art technical platforms at Umeå University, and access to unique long-term forest ecosystem experiments and other field sites.We are seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Researchers with focus on: Carbon biogeochemistry in boreal mires.The main focus of this position will be determined very much by the experience and interest of the successful candidate.Examples of possible field of interest include ecosystem modeling, studies on organic matter decomposition, control on land atmosphere exchange of CO2 and CH4, isotope studies, importance of plant species both for carbon fixation and for decomposition etc. The research within the scholarship will be based on available data and/or research infra structure at the boreal mire Degerö Stormyr.The mire has been intensively used for research on mire biogeochemistry since 1995, with focus on carbon biogeochemistry.Since 2001 we have continuous Eddy-Covariance data on the land-atmosphere exchange of CO2, water and energy.Since 2004 also methane emission and runoff C-export are monitored continuously to allow estimates of the full ecosystem carbon budget.A number of field manipulation experiments are also available at the site. Requirements: PhD awarded within the last 5 years in ecosystem ecology, environmental science, or related field such as atmospheric sciences, biogeochemistry or microbial ecology.Experience in one or more of the following areas: eddy covariance, ecosystem modeling, micrometeorology, biogeochemistry of trace gases, plant physiological ecology, and/or nutrient cycling is a merit.Effectively and efficiently write peer-reviewed papers, and communicate fluently in English are essential for the positions.The positions are two years scholarship available for persons with no previous employment at the SLU. SLU is an equal opportunity employer.Submit your application, labelled with the reference number 573/10 no later than April 15, 2010 to "Registrator", SLU, Box 7070, SE-750 07 UPPSALA. For a complete advt: personal.slu.se/job