Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Chemical Oceanography

The School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (SFOS) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) seeks applications from exceptional candidates for a tenure-track assistant professor position in chemical oceanography. Specialties of interest include ocean acidification, marine inorganic carbon chemistry, carbon biogeochemistry, carbon cycle-climate interactions, isotope biogeochemistry, and evaluation of the biological impact of ocean acidification. 

More details at https:// www.uakjobs.com 

Saturday, January 4, 2014

Postdoc position, University of Washington

The University of Washington's School of Oceanography has an opening for a full-time postdoctoral associate. The position requires a PhD in Oceanography, Marine Biology, Ecology, or similar field obtained within the last 3 years and expertise in plankton ecology, statistics, and modeling.


Applications should be submitted by email as a single pdf to Dr. Julie Keister (jkeister@u.washington.edu) and include: CV, publication list, statement of research interests, one-page summary of Ph.D. thesis, minimum of three letters of recommendation and statement of immigration status of non-citizens. 

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Postdoc position GEOMAR

The GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel is offering the position of Scientific Employee (PostDoc) in the research unit “Experimental Ecology - Food Webs” of the research division “Marine Ecology”


Job Description / Duties
GEOMAR is looking for a theoretical ecologist to model biotic interaction in marine ecosystems with special emphasis on recent developments in the theory of biodiversity, e.g. the neutral theory of coexistence.

Qualification
• a doctorate in Biological Oceanography, Ecology or an related subject
• a PhD-thesis proving the relevant skills
• topically relevant publications 
• experience in the cooperation between modellers and experimentalists

This is a full-time position time position. The position can be split. The position is available for an initial funding period until 31.12.2016. The salary depends on qualification and could be up to the class 13 TVöD-Bund of the German tariff for public employees.

The GEOMAR | Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research is an equal opportunity employer and encourages female scientists and scientists with disabilities to apply.

Please send your application for this post not later than 10.10.2013 using the keyword "Ecology - theory" to the following address:
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel Personalabteilung Frau Mahn Wischhofstr. 1 - 3 D-24148 Kiel GERMANY
Please mention the keyword on the envelope and on the application. A re-addressed envelope is greatly appreciated.

For further information please contact Prof. Dr. Ulrich Sommer ( usommer{at}geomar.de). GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research (www.geomar.de) is the successor to the Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences (IFM-GEOMAR) which was founded in January 2004 through the merger of the Institut für Meereskunde (IfM) and the Research Center for Marine Geosciences (GEOMAR). The institute is a member of the Helmholtz Association and employs more than 850 scientific and technical staff. The institutes’ mandate is the interdisciplinary investigation of all relevant aspects of modern marine sciences, from sea floor geology to marine meteorology. Research is conducted worldwide in all oceans and adjacent seas. Further information on the Helmholtz association can be found under www.helmholtz.de.

Saturday, March 2, 2013

JAMSTEC opening

Several research positions are open in the The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology.

More details at http://www.jamstec.go.jp/e/about/recruit/index.html

Thursday, October 25, 2012

PhD position in GEOMAR


PhD student position within the DFG-funded project “Two million year history of the Indian Monsoon' at Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Research Unit Paleoceanography


The project will use the unique long sediment cores obtained by the IODP vessel JOIDES Resolution in the Andaman Sea to examine the past variability of Indian Monsoon precipitation on the Indian sub-continent and directly over the ocean. A multi-proxy approach including foraminifera shell geochemistry (trace elements/Ca ratios, radiogenic (Nd) and stable O and C isotopes by mass spectrometry), bulk sediment chemistry from XRF scanning and clay mineralogy will be employed. These proxies will reveal changes in continental weathering, runoff and direct precipitation on orbital timescales for the last 2 million years filling a fundamental gap in our understanding of the Indian Monsoon in the past. More detailed studies will examine variations on millennial timescales for the last glacial and deglaciation, and the novel application of single foraminifera shell geochemistry will allow variability on inter-annual and seasonal timescales to be investigated for selected intervals. All these data are needed to help improve models and predictions of the Indian Monsoon and the broader Asian Monsoon which affect the lives of billions of people.

A highly motivated and enthusiastic Ph.D. candidate interested in isotope geochemistry and chemical paleoceanography is encouraged to apply. For more information please contact Dr. Ed Hathorne, Tel. +49 (0)431 600-2249, email: ehathorne(at)ifm-geomar.de

Deadline- 19th Nov, 2012.

Thursday, July 26, 2012

Postdoc position in the field of Physical Oceanography/Marine Biogeochemistry

The Helmholtz-Institute for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR) invites applications for
a Postdoctoral Position in the field of Physical Oceanography and/or Marine Biogeochemistry
with a starting date of September 1, 2013 or until the position is filled.

The position is funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft as part of the Collaborative Research Center (SFB) 754: Climate – Biogeochemical Interactions in the Tropical Ocean.

The research interests of the applicant should combine aspects of physical oceanography as well as biogeochemistry. The candidate will quantify the exchange of solutes, in particular those of nutrients and oxygen, between the benthic and pelagic environment of the oxygen minimum zones off Peru and Mauritania and determine benthic nutrient turnover rates. Data from an extensive observational program using state of the art observatories will be available for analysis and interpretation during the course of the project. The aim of the investigations of the candidate will be to improve the understanding of the contribution of solutes released from or taken up by the sediments to the solute budgets of the OMZs and to the primary production
within the ocean mixed layer at the continental margins off Peru and Mauritania.

A PhD in Physical Oceanography, Marine Chemistry or Marine Biology is required. Applicants with a PhD in Marine Chemistry/Biology should have fundamental knowledge in Physical Oceanography while applicants with a PhD in Physical Oceanography should have fundamental knowledge of Marine Biogeochemistry. The job holder will be expected to participate on research cruises to the Peruvian and Mauritanian oxygen minimum zones.

The full-time position is available until 31st December 2015 starting immediately. The salary will be according to the E13 TVöD pay scale. For additional information about the position please contact Dr. Stefan Sommer
(ssommer@geomar.de) or Dr. Marcus Dengler (mdengler@geomar.de). Detailed information about the Collaborative Research Center 754 can be found under http://www.sfb754.de

Friday, May 18, 2012

Postdoc position in GEOMAR


A post-doctoral position is available at the Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
(GEOMAR), Germany within the German Research Foundation (DFG) collaborative research
centre (SFB) 754: Climate-Biogeochemical Interactions in the Tropical Ocean on the topic:
Simulation of N, P and Fe cycles in sediments underlying oxygen minimum zones

The candidate will develop an empirical diagenetic model to predict how oxygen depletion
affects the flux of N, P and Fe from the sea floor. Applicants should have a solid background
in biogeochemical processes and early diagenesis. The model will be coupled to an existing
global circulation model developed within the project (www.sfb754.de), and an expertise in
subsurface transport processes, programming and numerical modelling techniques would be
highly beneficial. Willingness to participate in ship expeditions and data collection for
developing the model is required.

The full-time position is available until 31st December 2015 starting immediately.

For further information please contact Dr. Andrew Dale (adale(at)geomar.de) or Dr. Christian
Hensen (chensen(at)geomar.de).