[ES_JOBS_NET] Metagenomics postdoc with Wine, Biodiversity & Climate Change program in Chile

[Elizabeth Cook]

*Call for a Postdoctoral Fellow to join the Wine, Biodiversity & Climate
Change Program - Chile (www.vccb.cl <http://www.vccb.cl/>)*

*Application Deadline: December 31, 2015.*

The Wine, Biodiversity & Climate Change Program is a scientific initiative
of the Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, developing strategies for
biodiversity conservation along with Chilean wine industry. The project’s
objective is to develop and promote conservation planning in human
dominated ecosystems

We are looking for a postdoctoral fellow with strong expertise in
metagenomics and bioinformatics, preferably with additional knowledge on
community & ecosystems ecology, to join our research team aiming at linking
microbial diversity and ecosystem services provision.

This program was initiated in 2008 to engage winegrowers in the protection
of the Chilean Mediterranean ecoregion, which lacks adequate protection
within the Chilean Protected Areas Network, is highly impacted by human
activities, and contains more than 50% of native Chilean vascular plants
and vertebrates. Our primary interest has been to study how this ecosystem
can continue providing ecosystems services to the wine industry and the
local community today, and under future climate change scenarios. We aim to
generate research and conservation plans, promoting stewardship of these
ecosystems by knowledge transfer to wine growers and local communities.

Post base: *Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales y Evolutivas*, Universidad
Austral de Chile, in Valdivia, Chile.  The candidate is expected to travel
to wine growing regions of Chile and Santiago for meetings. The post
requires a valid driving license and a minimum level of Spanish. Additional
Spanish language training will be available.

The position will be initially for two years, starting at the latest in
March 2015.

Applications and other queries should be sent directly to Dr. Olga Barbosa (
olga.barbosa at uach.cl)

Applications should include:

   - CV
   - Certificate of Doctoral Degree​
   - ​Cover Letter describing professional motivation for this position.
   - Two letters of recommendation. Only letters from researchers that
   demonstrate an extensive knowledge of the applicant will be considered.



Dr. Olga Barbosa

olga.barbosa at uach.cl


More info: www.vccb.cl / www.ieb-chile.cl / olga.barbosa at uach.cl​

-- 
Dra. Olga Barbosa
Laboratorio de Sustentabilidad Urbana y Cambio Global
Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales y Evolutivas
Avenida Rector Eduardo Morales Miranda, Edificio Pugín, 3r piso, oficina
n°307
Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia
*56-63-2221217*
www.uach.cl
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