Date

Deadline Extended
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Marine Ecology
Norwegian College of Fishery Science
University of Tromso, Norway

Application Deadline: Monday, 17 September 2007

For further information, please go to:
http://jobbnorge.no/visstilling2.aspx?stillid=41103&lang=EN


The Norwegian College of Fishery Science (NCFS) at University of Tromso
is accepting applications for a three-year postdoctoral research
fellowship in marine ecology on the project "Climate variations and
planktonic foraminifera in the water column." The position is attached
to the Department of Aquatic BioSciences. The successful candidate will
work with the research team of Paul Wassmann and the ARCTOS research
network, which focuses on arctic and sub-arctic marine ecosystems. A
close collaboration with paleoceanographers at the Department of
Geology, University of Tromso is also foreseen.

The successful candidate will mainly study living planktonic
foraminifera and associate micro plankton in arctic and sub-arctic seas,
including transects between Northern Norway-Svalbard and East Greenland.
The work will include marine biological cruises with collection of
plankton samples, quantification and identification of planktonic
foraminifera and associated plankton, and stable oxygen and carbon
isotope analysis.

Applicants must document knowledge in marine biology and/or marine
geology at PhD level or equivalent. Expertise in plankton ecology,
oceanography, and statistics will be acknowledged. Applications must be
accompanied by a proposal for the qualifying work and shall include a
work schedule. The successful applicant must be willing to engage
himself/herself in the ongoing development of his/her discipline and the
university as a whole.

A complete position description, including application instructions, is
available at:
http://jobbnorge.no/visstilling2.aspx?stillid=41103&lang=EN

For further information, please contact:
Paul Wassmann
Phone: +47-776-44459
E-mail: pwa000 [at] nfh.uit.no

Jens-Eric Eliassen
Phone: +47-776-46562
E-mail: jel003 [at] nfh.uit.no