For more information about this Ph.D. studentship being offered at Laval
University, please contact:
Dr. Reinhard Pienitz
Paleolimnology-Paleoecology Laboratory
Centre d‚Études Nordiques, Dép. de géographie
Université Laval
Québec (Québec), Canada, G1K 7P4
Phone: 418/656-2131 ext 7006
E-mail: reinhard.pienitz [at] cen.ulaval.ca
Closing date for applications is: 6 April 2001
Ph.D. STUDENTSHIP
LATE PLEISTOCENE PALEOCLIMATE OF EASTERN BERINGIA
As part of an international research project investigating the Late
Pleistocene paleoclimate of eastern Beringia, a Ph.D. studentship is
available at the Paleolimnology-Paleoecology Laboratory of Centre
d'Études Nordiques, Laval University. The interdisciplinary project aims
at addressing important, long-standing paleoclimatic questions using a
multi-proxy approach including studies of sediment lithology, pollen,
plant macrofossils, chironomids, and diatoms from several sites in the
Yukon and Alaska. The applicant will be expected to carry out
high-resolution analyses of fossil diatom records, use and enlarge
existing diatom-based inference models for the quantitative
reconstruction of paleotemperature and other variables, and contribute
to the synthesis of all paleoclimate data. This research will be
conducted in conjunction with researchers from other Canadian, American,
and Norwegian universities.
Desired qualifications are:
- Masters degree in an ecological science or geoscience completed
within the last three years prior to the start of the doctoral position
which is 1 May 2001;
- solid background in stratigraphy, diatom analysis, paleolimnology,
paleoclimatology;
- knowledge and interest in working with numerical models;
- ability to undertake rigorous fieldwork in remote arctic regions.
The NSERC-funded studentship is offered for up to 4 years. The stipend
is based on the NSERC Studentship guidelines ($CAN 16.5 k/year). Laval
University offers an additional start-up grant of $CAN 2.0 k for the
first year. Starting date will be 1 May 2001 or as soon as the candidate
is available. Closing date for applications is 6 April 2001.
For more information, please contact:
Dr. Reinhard Pienitz
Paleolimnology-Paleoecology Laboratory
Centre d‚Études Nordiques, Dép. de géographie
Université Laval
Québec (Québec), Canada, G1K 7P4
Phone: 418/656-2131 ext 7006
E-mail: reinhard.pienitz [at] cen.ulaval.ca
Candidates should send application documents (including curriculum
vitae, short statement of research interest, publication list, names of
three references, and a copy of M.Sc. certificate) to the address shown
above.
Laval University is a francophone institution. The selected applicant
will work both in French and English, however he/she does not have to be
fluent in French. Further information on CEN is available at:
http://www.cen.ulaval.ca/