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Multiple Positions Available

  1. PhD Research Fellowship Available
    Anthropology of the Russian and Siberian North
    University of Tromso
    Tromso, Norway

  2. Postdoctoral Position Available
    Peatland Research
    University of Alaska Fairbanks
    Fairbanks, Alaska

  3. Two Faculty Positions Available
    Earth Systems Ecology
    Pennsylvania State University
    University Park, Pennsylvania

  1. PhD research Fellowship Available
    Anthropology of the Russian and Siberian North
    University of Tromso
    Tromso, Norway

The Department of Archaeology and Social Anthropology at the University
of Tromso is offering a fully funded four-year PhD fellowship to conduct
field research in Siberia and/or the Russian North.

The fellow will work in partnership with several funded research
projects with indigenous societies in the region. The theme for the
position is the anthropology of identity with focus on interethnic
articulations and interactions in Northern Russia. The successful
candidate will integrate their topic with the ongoing research in one or
more themes in the department such as northern resource management,
urban and rural forms of identity, or the ethno history of indigenous
peoples in Russia. Work begins 1 January 2011.

Application deadline: Wednesday, 1 September 2010.

Complete details are available at:
http://www.jobbnorge.no/job.aspx?jobid=67845.

For any questions concerning the topic, salary, or facilities at Tromso,
or the application procedures, please contact:
David Anderson
Email: David.Anderson [at] uit.no

  1. Postdoctoral Position Available
    Peatland Research
    University of Alaska Fairbanks
    Fairbanks, Alaska

The University of Alaska Fairbanks invites applications for a
postdoctoral scientist to conduct modeling studies in the Alaska
Peatland Experiment (APEX, http://www.uoguelph.ca/Apex/APEX/Home.html).

The successful candidate will conduct studies that include the
development, parameterization, testing, analysis, and application of
models that simulate the vegetation and carbon dynamics of wetland
ecosystems in Alaska. Training in earth system science or
biogeochemistry is required. Research experience in modeling wetland
hydrology and biogeochemistry is required, and skills in data analysis
and computer programming are preferred. A PhD degree (already received
or awaiting receipt with all requirements fulfilled) is required.

Applications for this position can be submitted at:
http://www.uakjobs.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=70645.

Review of applications begins: Wednesday, 1 September 2010.
Position is open until filled.

Further information is available at:
http://www.uakjobs.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=70645

For further information, please contact:
A. David McGuire
Phone: 907-474-6242
Email: admcguire [at] alaska.edu

  1. Two Faculty Positions Available
    Earth Systems Ecology
    Pennsylvania State University
    University Park, Pennsylvania

Two tenure track faculty positions at the Assistant Professor level in
Earth Systems Ecology are available at Pennsylvania State University.

Areas of study could include interactions among landscapes, terrestrial
ecosystems, climate change, land use/land cover change, biofuel
production or other energy-related processes, and biogeochemical
cycling. Research focused on landscape, regional or global scale is
desired. The successful candidate would have strengths in areas such as
Earth system modeling, spatially explicit vegetation modeling, remote
sensing, networked observations, model-data synthesis, and coupled
natural and human systems. Exemplary candidates at a higher rank will be
considered.

One position will be located in the College of Earth and Mineral
Sciences (EMS). The other will be located in the College of Agricultural
Sciences (CAS). Both Colleges will allow the successful candidate to
choose a departmental affiliation within the College (Geography,
Meteorology, or Geosciences in EMS; Horticulture or Forest Resources in
CAS). Both positions are co-funded by Penn State's Institutes of Energy
and the Environment. Our colleges are committed to fostering
interdisciplinary research and education, and to broad searches for
outstanding candidates. Thus strong candidates will be considered across
a broad range of disciplinary expertise. Candidates will also be
associated with the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute (EMS) or
the Environment and Natural Resources Institute (CAS) and will have the
opportunity to participate in the Intercollege Graduate Degree Program
in Ecology. Excellence in research and teaching are expected, as is the
development of an externally funded research program.

To apply please submit:
- A letter describing your research and teaching plans;
- A complete curriculum vitae;
- Up to four reprints; and
- The names and addresses (including email) of three potential
referees.

Applicants are welcome to note a preference of college affiliation in a
cover letter, but all applicants will be considered for both positions.
Applications (electronic submission preferred - please note 'earth
systems ecologist application' in the subject line) should be directed
to:

Debra Lambert (lambert [at] eesi.psu.edu)
Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
2217 Earth and Engineering Sciences Building
University Park, PA 16802

Review of applications begins: Monday, 30 August 2010.
Positions are open until filled.

For further information on the positions, please contact:
Kenneth Davis, Department of Meteorology
Email: kjd10 [at] psu.edu

David Eissenstat, Department of Horticulture
Email: dme9 [at] psu.edu