<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 06:50:20 -0400</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">From: =?windows-1252?Q?David_Wardle?</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">= <</span><a href="mailto:david.wardle@SLU.SE" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">david.wardle@SLU.SE</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">></span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Subject: Postdoc position in belowground ecology</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Dear All,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Below are details of one of two postdoc positions we currently have=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">available - please pass onto anyone that you think might be interested.=20=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Thanks!</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">David</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">POSTDOCTORAL POSITION IN BELOWGROUND ECOLOGY</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Faculty of Forest Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences=20=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">(SLU), Ume=E5, Sweden</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">SLU invites applications for the following 2 year post-doctoral position=20=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">in Belowground Ecology, on the topic of How Plant Biodiversity Loss=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Affects Soil Fungi and Carbon Storage Along a Large Environmental Gradien=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">t=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">(Ref. Nr. 2014-3472) at the Department of Forest Ecology and Management a=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">t=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, at Ume=E5, Sweden. The=20=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">position is fully financed, including salary and benefits. The=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">postdoctoral researcher will be expected to start on April 1 2015.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The position involves collaboration with researchers based at the Swedish=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">University of Agricultural Sciences at both Ume=E5 (David Wardle) and=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Uppsala (Bj=F6rn Lindahl and Karina Clemmensen). It will focus on=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">understanding how fungal communities change in response to biodiversity=20=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">loss across island ecosystems differing greatly in ecosystem properties,=20=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">and how this in turn may impact on soil carbon storage on these islands.=20=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">There is the expectation that the researcher will be actively involved in=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">the design, fungal community analyses (through molecular sequencing=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">approaches), data analysis, and write-up of this work. This position woul=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">d=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">be particularly ideal for researchers that have an interest in=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">associations between plant and microbial communities and their impact on=20=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ecosystem functioning.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The required qualification for this position is a PhD in Ecology or=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Microbial Ecology or a related subject, and preferably completed in the=20=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">previous three years. Prior experience with field-based ecology, molecula=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">r=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">analyses of microbial communities, and/or bioinformatics and analysis of=20=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">microbial community data is seen as highly desirable.=20=20=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Applications for this position should include a curriculum vitae includin=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">g=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">a full list of publications, a brief description of research interests,=20=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">and a list of at least two references familiar with the applicant's=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">qualifications and experience.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Further information is available from Professor David Wardle SLU Ume=E5,=20=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Department of Forest Ecology and Management, e-mail: </span><a href="mailto:David.Wardle@slu.se" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">David.Wardle@slu.se</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Applications, marked with Ref No 2014-3472, must arrive at the Registrar=20=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">of SLU, P.O. Box 7070, S- 750 07 Uppsala or </span><a href="mailto:registrator@slu.se" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">registrator@slu.se</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> no later=20=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">than November 18 2014.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">______________________________</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">____________</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">David A. Wardle,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Dept of Forest Ecology and Management,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Faculty of Forestry,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">S901-83 Ume=E5,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Sweden</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Fax: (46)(90)786-8166</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Phone: (46)(90)786-8471</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">E-mail: </span><a href="mailto:david.wardle@svek.slu.se" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">david.wardle@svek.slu.se</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><a href="http://www.seksko.se/wardle" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://www.seksko.se/wardle</a><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>Erika Marín-Spiotta<br><br>Assistant Professor<br>Department of Geography<br>University of Wisconsin-Madison<br>550 North Park Street<br>Madison, WI 53706<br><a href="mailto:marinspiotta@wisc.edu" target="_blank">marinspiotta@wisc.edu</a><br><br>Office/lab: Science Hall 223/230<br>Lab phone: (608) 262-1855<br>Visit the Biogeolab website: <a href="http://www.marinspiotta.com" target="_blank">http://www.marinspiotta.com</a><br><br>For personal communications: <a href="mailto:emarinspiotta@gmail.com" target="_blank">emarinspiotta@gmail.com</a><br><br>Check out the new Wisconsin Ecology website:<br><a href="http://www.ecology.wisc.edu/" target="_blank">http://www.ecology.wisc.edu/</a><br><br>and our new IGERT program<br><a href="http://www.conservationigert.com" target="_blank">http://www.conservationigert.com</a><br><br><br>
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