Nordic Centre of Excellence DEFROST

Postdoctoral researcher
NORDIC CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE DEFROST

Categoria: Opportunità di Lavoro
Inviato da: Ivan Mammarella

Data evento: 10 – 31 Mag 2011
Contatto: ivan.mammarella@helsinki.fi
Web: www.atm.helsinki.fi

Contenuti:
The University of Helsinki, Dep. of Physics, Div of Atmospheric Science (www.atm.helsinki.fi) seeks a postdoctoral researcher within the new Nordic Centre of Excellence DEFROST (http://www.ncoe-defrost.org/).
The successful candidate will join an interdisciplinary research team in measuring and interpreting greenhouse gas exchanges by ecosystems via micrometeorology technique.
In particular the Fellowship will develop common standardized measurement protocols for instrument selection, operation, data analysis, error analysis and reporting and gap filling for CH4 fluxes measured in wetlands, lakes and forest ecosystems by eddy covariance (EC) technique.

Qualifications: The candidates must have a PhD in micrometeorology, ecology, atmospheric science, or relevant field, and should have outstanding quantitative skills such as experience in eddy covariance (both in the field and EC data post-processing), programming (Matlab), database development, micrometeorology.
The candidate also is expected to have a strong publication record in international peer-reviewed journals.

Duration: 18 months. Salary and benefits are competitive and based on UHEL standard.

Host institution: Dep. of Physics, University of Helsinki (UHEL), Finland.
Contact person: Ivan Mammarella, Dep. of Physics, University of Helsinki (ivan.mammarella@helsinki.fi).

How to apply: The applicant should send (to ivan.mammarella@helsinki.fi) a letter of research interests, CV and the names and contact
information of two referees.

Closing date: 31.05.2011.
Applications will be evaluated beginning of June 2011.