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Forwarded from the NERC Listserve: <br>
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Research Fellow II in Experimental Forest Research</font><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span
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are sought for a <b>Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow</b> (Grade
8) position to instigate the initial field experiments for the
Birmingham Institute of Forest Research (BIFoR). The University
of Birmingham, in partnership with the UK based JABBS
Foundation, has established a £20million Institute that will
address two fundamental and interrelated challenges: the impact
of climate and environmental change on woodlands; and the
resilience of trees to invasive pests and diseases. BIFoR, which
has secured initial funding for ten years, will include a
large-scale, ‘free-air carbon dioxide enrichment’ (forest FACE)
field facility that will test the resilience of mature forest to
a high carbon future. The present post is to lead a
collaborative effort to make baseline measurements of forest
biogeochemistry and ecophysiology ahead of the FACE experiments,
and to play a key role in designing the FACE facility itself.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666">Demonstrable
hands-on technical skills are absolutely essential, along with
the ability to work across a broad range of physical, chemical
and biological aspects of forest science. Given the
collaborative nature of the project, excellent communication and
interpersonal skills are required as well as the ability to meet
deadlines, prepare publications and work effectively with other
members of the team.
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is a fixed-term position commencing on 1st April 2014 or as soon
thereafter as possible and is for 3 years (36 months), with the
possibility of extension.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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enquiries may be made to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><b><span
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Rob MacKenzie <span style="border:none windowtext
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of BIFoR<br>
email: <a href="mailto:a.r.MacKenzie@bham.ac.uk"><span
style="color:#990066;text-decoration:none">a.r.MacKenzie@bham.ac.uk</span></a>),<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span
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Date: 28 February 2014</span></b><span
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<b><span
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reference: 47740</span></b><span
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666">Full
details of this position and an electronic application, please
see
<a
href="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/bifor/vacancies/47740-research-fellow.aspx">http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/bifor/vacancies/47740-research-fellow.aspx</a>
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