<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Wurster, Chris</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:christopher.wurster@jcu.edu.au">christopher.wurster@jcu.edu.au</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 7:23 PM<br><br><br>
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I’d appreciate it if you could lat any potential candidates know of this scholarship opportunities, and pass on to your networks:<br>
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PhD opportunities in palaeoenvironmental reconstruction<br>
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As part of an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship, Professor Michael Bird is seeking to appoint two PhD students in the areas of stable isotope geochemistry and palynology.<br>
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<a href="http://research.jcu.edu.au/portfolio/michael.bird" target="_blank">http://research.jcu.edu.au/portfolio/michael.bird</a><br>
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The five-year project will produce the first long-term (100,000 year) terrestrial records of environmental change before, during and after the arrival of humans in Australian savannas. These records will be extracted from sediments accumulated in newly identified
sinkholes in the northern Territory. The sediment cores will be used to develop palynological and isotope geochemical records of changes in water balance, vegetation type and fire activity. This will enable natural and human drivers of change in northern Australia's
climate and biodiversity to be disentangled on two timescales (i) millennial - before, during and after Aboriginal arrival in northern Australia and (ii) centennial - before, during and after European arrival in northern Australia.<br>
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The two PhD scholarships each include a stipend for four years currently valued at AUD$25,406 p.a. with costs associated with travel, fieldwork and laboratory analysis covered by the project. The anticipated start date is March 2015. Applicants with a Masters
Degree or 1st class honours degree and an appropriate background in Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Physical Geography, Archaeology or Ecology should contact Professor Michael Bird (<a href="mailto:michael.bird@jcu.edu.au" target="_blank">michael.bird@jcu.edu.au</a>) for further information.
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<div>Cheers<br>
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<span style="font-size:12px">Chris Wurster, Ph.D.</span><br style="font-size:12px">
<span style="font-size:12px">Senior Research Associate</span>
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College of Science, Technology, and Engineering<br>
James Cook University<br>
Cairns 4870<br>
Australia<br>
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Office: E1-005E<br>
Office Phone: <a href="tel:%2B61-7-4232-1338" value="+61742321338" target="_blank">+61-7-4232-1338</a><br>
Laboratory Phone<a href="tel:%2B61-7-4042-1583" value="+61740421583" target="_blank">+61-7-4042-1583</a><br>
Fax: <a href="tel:%2B61-7-4232-1284" value="+61742321284" target="_blank">+61-7-4232-1284</a><br>
email: <a href="mailto:christopher.wurster@jcu.edu.au" target="_blank">christopher.wurster@jcu.edu.au</a><br>
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