JESIUM 2008 +
Job Posting

Looking for a Job

Participants looking for a job should bring a one-page summary of their CV with their full address (incl. e-mail address) to the conference and post it at the boards named "Looking for a job" in the exhibition area.

Camille BATHELLIER [ Download CV ]

Offering a Job/Vacancy

Institutes, organizations and companies offering a job/vacancy should bring a one-page summary of their offer with a name and address of contact to the conference and post it at the boards named "Vacancies" in the exhibition area.

If you like to post either a job announcement or a CV, please contact us

Jobs

University of Glasgow
Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre
AMS Scientist
Ref No: 14245/DPO/A1

Salary: £30,013 - £33,780/£36,912 - £42,791 per annum

This post is available at either grade 7 or grade 8 depending upon knowledge and experience. Appointees to grade 8 are expected to take the initiative in programme development.

The SUERC AMS Laboratory for environmental science is well equipped with two modern accelerator mass spectrometers and the spectrometry of six species is established: www.gla.ac.uk/suerc/ams Working with the other AMS staff, and partner radiocarbon and cosmogenic isotope groups, you will develop and apply these tools in pursuit of Centre science, and your own. Although focusing on a single field you will share responsibilities for routine and experimental work, liaison and administrative duties as required. You will have expertise in the instrumentation and techniques, or be familiar with AMS data and be willing and able to develop these.

Further enquiries to Prof. Stewart Freeman at s.freeman@suerc.gla.ac.uk or please visit www.gla.ac.uk/jobs/vacancies

This post has funding for 3 years in the first instance.

Applications should be submitted to Mrs Margaret Kerr, SUERC, Rankine Ave, Scottish Enterprise Technology Park, East Kilbride.

Closing date: 23 May 2008

Vacancies at PIK, Research Domain "Earth System Analysis"
Dear colleagues, we have vacancies for the following full-time scientific positions:
   * Climate System Modeller
   * Ocean Modeller
   * Land Surface / Carbon Cycle Modeller
   * Scientific Programmer
   * Applied Economist
   * 2 Ph.D. studentships in global land use / crop modelling
All positions are for several years initially, with possible extensions or tenure-track in some cases. For details please consult this webpage.

Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship
U/Th/Pb radiochronology of secondary carbonates around nuclear waste disposal sites.

CEREGE (Centre Européen d’Enseignement et de Recherche en Géosciences de l’Environnement) (CNRS/IRD/ Université Paul Cézanne, Aix-Marseille III)

Aix-en-Provence, France (http://www.cerege.fr)

Applications are invited for a two years post-doctoral fellowship starting at the end of 2008 at CEREGE (Aix-en-Provence, France). The position will be funded by the French Agency for Nuclear Waste Management (ANDRA), with a salary of 2268€ per month.

The successful candidate will join a team of isotope geochemists with specific interest in U/Th disequilibrium systematics and U/Th/Pb geochronology, with recognized skills in Thermo-Ionization Mass Spectrometry (TIMS).

The research will focus on radiometric dating of fluid circulations in the Paris basin sedimentary formations surrounding the ANDRA Underground Research Laboratory. The main objectives will be to date syn- to epi-diagenetic phenomena and fluid circulation events that occurred in the system, through U/Pb dating of secondary
carbonates. The main part of the work will consist in developing U-Pb isotopic analyses in secondary carbonate minerals by TIMS and MC-ICP-MS techniques.

The candidates should have expertise in TIMS and/or MC-ICP-MS mass spectrometry. Experience in U-Th or U-Pb geochemistry is recommended.

Applications and informal enquiries should be sent to Dr. Pierre Deschamps
(deschamps@cerege.fr).

Postdoctoral fellowship:
job description (attached)

Molecular understanding of phosphorus dynamics in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems The interplay between biosphere and the environment is at the core of global climate change. Organic P compounds are key  eterminants of primary production in many terrestrial and most aquatic ecosystems. The ability for plants or microorganisms to utilize organic P is an important part of the P dynamics and has implications for ecosystem functioning. Knowledge on the speciation and reactivity of the organic P pool is thus a key issue in both terrestrial and aquatic science.
This project will create unique, molecular-scale knowledge about the transfer mechanisms between various biogeochemical pools of phosphorus in both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. The research will benefit a broad range of fundamental ecological and geochemical questions and will be an important contribution to the
application of NMR to natural samples and brings together a multidisciplinary group of researchers.

• Develop methods for speciation of organic P in soils and freshwater ecosystems by means of different 31P NMR techniques.

• Apply the 31P NMR techniques on environmental samples to unravel the molecular details of how different organic P species in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems relate to vegetation, climate and microbial bioavailability.
Applicants must have a Ph.D. in chemistry or a related field.

Key qualifications for this position:
- experience in modern spectroscopic techniques, experience in handling environmental samples
- communication skills in speech and writing
- interest in working in a multidisciplinary group and in environmental issues Applications, sent electronically to Reiner.Giesler@emg.umu.se or Jurgen.Schleucher@chem.umu.se should include:
- Introductory letter with a statement of research interest
- CV
- A list of publications
- Names and contacts of persons willing to act as references