[ES_JOBS_NET] PhD Position in Blue Carbon and Climate Change Research

[Erika Marín-Spiotta]

PhD Position in Blue Carbon and Climate Change Research

We offer up to two 3-year PhD positions within the project “Will carbon
burial in coastal wetlands provide a negative feedback to a warmer
climate?” funded by the Australian Research council. This project will
use cutting
edge radioisotope tracer technology to determine carbon dynamics, including
carbon burial rates, carbon tidal export, respiration and CO2, CH4
emissions. The focus of this project will be along a wide range of
climatically distinct vegetated coastal habitats in Australia, Brazil,
India and Micronesia. The student will work within a larger, well-funded
project and will closely interact with a number of leading researchers and
other students.

The PhD student will work out of the recently constructed laboratories
located at the National Marine Science Centre at Southern Cross University,
Coffs Harbour, Australia, which received the highest rank of 5.0 “well
above world average” in oceanography and geochemistry in the 2015
assessment of research excellence by the Australian government.

Applicants will need to have a Masters or Honours degree in a related
field, such as environmental sciences, marine sciences, earth sciences, or
chemistry. The PhD scholarship will provide a tax free stipend of $25,800
and tuition fees will be exempt. Students with an APA scholarship are
eligible for a $10,000 top up scholarship. Interested applicants should
send their CV, and a letter of interest to Dr. Christian J. Sanders –
christian.sanders at scu.edu.au. Closing date January 31, 2016 and starting
date, by June 2016.
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