[ES_JOBS_NET] Fwd: 4 Job Opportunities at Aberdeen

[Erika Marín-Spiotta]

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From: "Teh, Yit Arn" <yateh at abdn.ac.uk>
Date: Oct 19, 2013 4:22 AM
Subject: 4 Job Opportunities at Aberdeen
To: "Yit Arn Teh" <yat at st-andrews.ac.uk>

Dear all

I am just writing to make you aware of 4 job opportunities at the
University of Aberdeen.

These positions are part of a cluster hire for a NERC research consortium
that I'm leading called BALI (Biodiversity And Land-use Impacts on Tropical
Ecosystem Function). We will be studying the effects of land-use change and
biodiversity loss on ecosystem function along a tropical land-use gradient
in Sabah (northeast Borneo) in Malaysia.

Please circulate widely to all potentially interested parties. Also please
look out for other upcoming opportunities from other members of our
consortia, as well as our sister consortia led by Owen Lewis (Oxford) and
Jos Barlow (Lancaster).

Cheers!
Yit

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PROJECT COORDINATOR (Ref:1373671)
£20,764-£24,049 per annum, 4 years, closing date for applications 18 Nov
2013

Job Summary
This exciting opportunity will require a person with strong planning,
organisational and communication skills to aid and support the Principal
Investigator of a multi-institution international tropical research
consortium. The postholder will aid the Principal Investigator in managing
the consortium; facilitate communications across the consortium; coordinate
logistics and field operations; manage large, complex datasets; and plan
science outreach and knowledge exchange activities.

Criteria
As the project is funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
the post will be offered for a period of 4 years. This appointment will be
made subject to the usual terms and conditions of employment of
the University.
• HND or equivalent in biology, ecology, geology, environmental sciences,
or a related discipline
• Good grades in English at Higher level or equivalent
• Reasonable grades in Maths at Higher level or equivalent
• Experience in biological, ecological, geological, or environmental
research
• Experience in scientific writing
• Experience in public speaking (e.g. presented talks at conferences or
workshops)
• Proficient in the use of computer software packages, such as the MS
Office suite, statistical and data handling software (e.g. R, Matlab, etc.)

Informal enquiries: Yit Arn Teh (yateh at abdn.ac.uk)
Apply online at: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/jobs/index.php

POSTDOC PLANT-SOIL INTERACTIONS (Ref: 1373658)
£25,504-30,424 per annum, 3 years, closing date for applications 18 Nov 2013

Job Summary
This exciting opportunity will require a person with a strong interest in
understanding how human modification of Tropical Forest communities impacts
plant-soil interactions. The postholder will join a
multi-institutional international research consortium and will be
responsible for co-ordination of sampling plant functional traits
and establishing field-based biodiversity, soil and litter manipulation
experiments in Sabah, Malaysia. In addition, he/she will be responsible for
undertaking analyses of a suite of plant traits and integrating these data
to test how trait diversity relates to biogeochemical processes. A
key requirement will be to liaise with other researchers in the consortium
including local project partners on joint research activities, and to
contribute to publication of the project’s findings in international
peer-reviewed journals.
As the project is funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
the post will be offered for a period of 3 years. This appointment will be
made subject to the usual terms and conditions of employment of
the University.

Criteria
• PhD (or near completion) in a Biological Science
• An understanding of plant community ecology, ideally related to tropical
systems
• Knowledge of the factors controlling biogeochemical cycles, especially
those related to the influence of plants
• Current land-use practices in Tropical systems and how they may affect
plant communities and biogeochemical cycles;
• Knowledge of statistical techniques and experimental design
• Field-based research or sampling experience
• Track record of scientific and lay-science publications appropriate to
level of experience

Informal enquiries: David Burslem (d.burslem at abdn.ac.uk) and Dave Johnson (
d.johnson at abdn.ac.uk)
Apply online at: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/jobs/index.php

POSTDOC IN SOIL BIOGEOCHEMISTRY (Ref: 1373587)
£25,504-30,424 per annum, 3 years (1.5 years in Aberdeen and 1.5 years in
Edinburgh), closing date for applications 18 Nov 2013

Job Summary
This exciting research opportunity will require a person with a strong
interest in understanding how human modification impacts biodiversity,
biogeochemical cycling and biogenic trace gas fluxes in Tropical Forests.
The postholder will join a multi-institution international research
consortium, where he or she will be responsible for investigating the
effects of land-use change and biodiversity loss on ecosystem functioning
in Southeast Asia. In addition to designing and implementing field studies,
the postholder will also be responsible for planning process-based
laboratory experiments to further elucidate the role of microorganisms in
the catalysis of key soil processes, such as the degradation of organic
matter or soil nutrient dynamics. A key requirement will be to liaise with
other researchers in the consortium, including local project partners, on
joint research activities, and to contribute to publication of the
project’s findings in leading international peer-reviewed journals.

As this project is funded by the Natural Environment Research Council
(NERC), Aberdeen will offer the post for a period of 18 months. It is
anticipated that the second half of the appointment will be based in
Edinburgh and as such the postholder will be employed by
Edinburgh University for a further period of 18 months.

Criteria
• PhD (or near completion) in ecosystem ecology, terrestrial
biogeochemistry or allied field;
• Current land-use practices in tropical systems and how this may affect
soil processes and biogeochemical cycles;
• Knowledge of statistical techniques and experimental design
• Track record of publication in leading peer-reviewed scientific journals
(e.g. Science, Nature, Global Change Biology, New Phytologist, etc.) and in
lay-science publications appropriate to level of experience;
• Ability to design and execute field-based manipulative experiments;
• Ability to operate and maintain analytical instrumentation (e.g.
spectroflourometer for extracellular enzymology, gas chromatographs,
infra-red gas analyzers, chemiluminescence detectors, laser
absorption spectroscopes, elemental analyzers, isotope ratio
mass spectrometers);
• Ability to use statistical software to analyse large datasets

Informal enquiries: Yit Arn Teh (yateh at abdn.ac.uk) and Patrick Meir (
P.Meir at ed.ac.uk
Apply online at: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/jobs/index.php

TECHNICIAN (Ref:1373607)
£20,764 per annum, 3 years, closing date for applications 19 Nov 2013

Job Summary
This exciting opportunity will require a person with a strong interest in
supporting research on understanding how human modification of Tropical
Forest communities impacts plant-soil interactions. The postholder will
join a multi-institutional international research consortium and will be
responsible for undertaking a suite of laboratory analyses of soil
properties and plant traits and managing these data so they can be used to
test how trait diversity relates to biogeochemical processes. Knowledge of
plant-soil interactions in the context of biogeochemical cycling and
experience in analysis of soils and plants for a variety of traits are
essential requirements for this post. An ability to interact with a diverse
team of research scientists and to manage the running of the laboratory,
including excellent organisation skills, are key requirements.

As the project is funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
the post will be offered for a period of 3 years.

Criteria
• HNC/HND in biology or chemistry
• Experience in analysis of soils and plants for nutrient contents and
carbon fluxes
• Experience in molecular biology
• Experience in maintaining plants in controlled conditions
• Good knowledge of statistical techniques and experimental design
• Data management tools such as spreadsheets and graphical analysis

Informal enquiries: David Burslem (d.burslem at abdn.ac.uk) and Dave Johnson (
d.johnson at abdn.ac.uk)
Apply online at: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/jobs/index.php

Dr Yit Arn Teh
Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences
University of Aberdeen
Cruickshank Building Room 1.22
St Machar Drive
Aberdeen AB24 3UU
Scotland, UK

Email: yateh at abdn.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)1224 273985
Fax: +44 (0)1224 272703

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Researcher ID K-3812-2013
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