<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Dear all, I hope this finds you well during these difficult times. I would like to draw your attention to</span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Four PhD positions in Canada: high-latitude land surface–atmosphere interactions and tree hydrodynamics (positions are open for start in September 2020 [PhD1-3] and January 2021 [PhD4])<span></span></font></span></b></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;text-align:justify"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">We are looking for four highly motivated individuals for PhD positions focusing on changes in high-latitude land surface-atmosphere interactions in northwestern Canada. Based at the Université de Montréal (UdeM; PhD1, PhD2 and PhD4) and the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivière (UQTR; PhD 3),</span><span lang="EN-US">funding packages for the four PhD positions include four-year stipends ($21,000/year), and travel and field expenses</span><span lang="EN-US">. Additional sources of funding include university fellowships, tuition remission (international students), research and teaching assistantships, and external sources (e.g., Natural Sciences and Engineering and Research Council of Canada). Details for all projects are to be determined and depend largely on the student interest and background. <span></span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"><span><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;text-align:justify"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US">PhD1: Land surface-atmosphere interactions across the boreal treeline.</span></b><span lang="EN-US">Co-supervised by Dr. Oliver Sonnentag/UdeM and Dr. Philip Marsh/Wilfrid Laurier University, the focus of this PhD project is on high-latitude land-atmosphere interactions across the boreal treeline. The study area consists of two nearby research sites near Inuvik, NT, Havikpak Creek (sub-Arctic woodland with continuous permafrost) and Trail Valley Creek (mineral upland tundra) where eddy covariance of carbon, water and energy fluxes and ancillary measurements, and detailed hydrology, permafrost and snow surveys have been made since 2013 and the early 1990s, respectively. <b><span></span></b></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"><span><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;text-align:justify"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US">PhD2: Land surface-atmosphere interactions near the southern limit of permafrost. </span></b><span lang="EN-US">Co-supervised by Dr. Oliver Sonnentag/UdeM and Dr. David Olefeldt/University of Alberta, the<b></b>study area for this PhD project consists of three eddy covariance research sites in northern Alberta and the southern Northwest Territories across the southern limit of permafrost. the project aims to examine if permafrost thaw-induced changes in land cover (e.g., wetland expansion at the expense of boreal forest) and thus land surface atmosphere interactions observed in the isolated and sporadic permafrost zones can be used to project similar changes in the discontinuous permafrost zone as the regional climate keeps getting warmer.<span></span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"><span><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;text-align:justify"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US">PhD3: Measurement and remote sensing of tree hydrodynamics. </span></b><span lang="EN-US">Co-supervised by Dr. Alexandre Roy/UQTR and Dr. Oliver Sonnentag/UdeM, this PhD project will look at a variety of different instruments that measure tree water transport and storage (e.g., high-frequency dendrometers [stem diameter], thermal dissipation sensors [sap flux], Stevens Water HydraProbe [dielectric properties]), in order to improve our understanding of hydraulic strategies of boreal tree species. This project will first examine at available datasets from various boreal forest sites in Saskatchewan, Québec and Massachusetts, but the student will also conduct fieldwork in order to instrument additional sites in Québec. A second step of the project will look at monitoring tree hydraulic strategies across North America’s boreal forests using microwave remote sensing observations (e.g., Vegetation Optical Depth).<b><span></span></b></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"><span><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;text-align:justify"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US">PhD4: Multi-scale observations of tundra carbon and water fluxes. </span></b><span lang="EN-US">Co-supervised by Dr. Oliver Sonnentag/UdeM and Dr. Carolina Voigt/UdeM & University of Eastern Finland, this project contributes to a comprehensive effort to quantify tundra carbon and water fluxes using “nested” eddy covariance and chamber measurements (automated and manual) across spatial scales: landscape- (mineral tundra and shrub patches) > ecosystem- (mineral tundra) > plot-scale (mineral tundra cover types). These continuous measurements are complemented by supporting campaign-based observations of permafrost, topography and vegetation characteristics. <span></span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"><span><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Ideal applicants for all four PhD positions should have <span></span></font></span></b></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;text-align:justify"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"><span>1)<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">a strong quantitative (including programming skills in Matlab and/or R) and technical background obtained through a Master’s or Diploma degree in ecology, biogeosciences, environmental sciences, hydrology, etc.,<span></span></span></font></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;text-align:justify"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"><span>2)<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">previous exposure to some aspects of the project (e.g., high latitude ecosystems/ecohydrology/catchment science/biogeochemistry),<span></span></span></font></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;text-align:justify"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"><span>3)<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">(some) wilderness outdoor experience as the project requires frequent traveling to and extended stays at the sites,<span></span></span></font></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;text-align:justify"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"><span>4)<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">the ability to work independently and effectively as part of a team setting consisting of university and government researchers and Indigenous communities, and<span></span></span></font></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;text-align:justify"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"><span>5)<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">proficiency in English (UQTR and UdeM are francophone research universities, so knowledge of French is of great advantage but not mandatory).<span></span></span></font></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"><span><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Please email questions regarding the PhD positions/admission processes and application packages consisting of cover letter, curriculum vitae, an English writing sample (ideally a publication), copies of academic credentials, and names and contact information of at least two referees to: <span></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="arial, sans-serif">oliver.sonnentag *at* <a href="http://umontreal.ca" target="_blank">umontreal.ca</a> (PhD1, PhD2 and PhD4)<span></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="arial, sans-serif">pmarsh *at* <a href="http://wlu.ca" target="_blank">wlu.ca</a> (PhD1)<span></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="arial, sans-serif">olefeldt *at* <a href="http://ualberta.ca" target="_blank">ualberta.ca</a> (PhD2)<span></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="mailto:alexandre.Roy@uqtr.ca" target="_blank">alexandre.Roy@uqtr.ca</a> (PhD3)<span></span></font></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:justify"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="arial, sans-serif">carolina.voigt *at* umontreal..ca (PhD4)<span></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span lang="EN-GB"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Sorry for the cross-posting, and thanks for sharing. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Regards, Oliver</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span lang="FR-CA"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Oliver Sonnentag, PhD</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="FR" style="color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Professeur agrégé</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> & </span>Chaire de recherche du Canada en <i>Biogéosciences atmosphériques en hautes latitudes</i></span><span lang="FR-CA"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span lang="FR-CA"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Département de géographie</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span lang="IT"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Université de Montréal</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Montréal, 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