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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Postdoc position:
Freshwater shells as archives of riverine geochemistry and
discharge in African river basins.<u></u><u></u></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Funding is available for
a joint postdoc position in the Department of Earth &
Environmental Sciences at KU Leuven (Belgium, </span><span><a href="http://ees.kuleuven.be/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">http://ees.kuleuven.be</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">) and Union College Geology Department
(Schenectady, NY, </span><span><a href="http://minerva.union.edu/gillikid/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">http://minerva.union.edu/gillikid/</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">), focusing on the use of stable isotope and
elemental proxies in freshwater bivalve shells as tracers for
river discharge and biogeochemistry in different African river
basins. This project includes both the further development and
calibration of proxies (using data from various sites where
aquatic proxies have been or are being monitored), and its
application to both recent and archived museum shells to
document changes in catchment conditions. This is a
collaborative project between the two labs; the position will
be based in KU Leuven with regular stays in Gillikin’s lab in
NY. There are excellent facilities in both labs to support
this work, including laser ablation ICP-MS, micromilling, and
IRMS equipment with various peripherals. </span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">We seek a highly
motivated and creative candidate with experience in the
application of elemental and isotopic tracers in carbonate
archives (corals, bivalves, otoliths, ..). He/she is expected
to mentor a PhD student and possible MSc students working on
the same project. While certain datasets (see <a href="http://ees.kuleuven.be/project/afrival/" target="_blank"><span>http://ees.kuleuven.be/project/afrival/</span></a>
for ongoing work) and shell material are available, further
sample collection will be required, so candidates should be
able and willing to perform fieldwork in Africa to collect
shells and set up or follow up existing monitoring stations.
Funding is available for 2 years, with a possible extension.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<pre style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Interested candidates can obtain more information by e-mailing Steven Bouillon (<a href="mailto:steven.bouillon@ees.kuleuven.be" target="_blank">steven.bouillon@ees.kuleuven.be</a>) and David Gillikin (<a href="mailto:gillikid@union.edu" target="_blank">gillikid@union.edu</a>).</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></pre>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">To apply, send a
motivation letter and CV (in pdf) by e-mail to both of us. We
will start reviewing applications after May 1<sup>st</sup>,
2014 – but the position will remain open until a suitable
candidate has been found. Starting date for this position
would be flexible, so candidates currently still finalizing a
PhD are also welcome to apply.</span><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></font></span></p><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://ees.kuleuven.be/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">http://ees.kuleuven.be</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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