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PhD scholarship at the Department of Forest and Landscape Ecology, Faculty of Life

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PhD scholarship at the Department of Forest and Landscape Ecology, Faculty of Life

Study Subject: Forest and Landscape Ecology
Employer:University of Copenhagen

Level:PhD

Scholarship Description:The primary aim of the Ph.D. project is to unravel the influence of nitrogen availability on some aspects of soil C dynamics. The second and broader aim is to evaluate the potential C sequestration in Nordic forest soils due to elevated N deposition or changed forest management. The PhD will use a combination of (i) large observational databases of soil carbon content in forests, (ii) well described long-term forest managements experiments, and (iii) mathematical simulation models.
The results will be used to advice the forestry sector on best management practices and strategies for protection of and/or increasing the soils carbon sink. The results will be of relevance for future post-Kyoto climate change mitigation and adaptation agreements. The work is linked to a Nordic research network “Forest Soil C sink” funded by NordForsk and the Danish project C-For-Soil funded by the Villum Kann Rasmussen Foundation. Shorter and longer stays at Nordic partner institutions are expected. The project involves collaboration with research partners from the Nordic countries.
Job description
Your key tasks as a PhD fellow at LIFE are:

* Manage and carry through your research project
* Take PhD courses
* Write scientific articles and your PhD thesis
* Participate in international congresses
* Stay at a research institution abroad for a few months
* Teach and disseminate your research

Key criteria for the assessment of candidates

* A master´s degree related to the subject area of the project. Specifically, the appointee should have qualifications within the following areas:

1. Experience with field work, an interest for data analysis and for mathematical simulation models.
2. Soil science, quantification of carbon and nitrogen pools and fluxes
3. Forest ecology and nutrient cycling.

* The grade point average achieved
* Professional qualifications relevant to the PhD programme
* Previous publications
* Relevant work experience
* Other professional activities
* Language skills
* Interpersonal skills

Scholarship Application Deadline: 18 November 2010

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Students who have experience in radiation transport and/or hydrodynamics can apply for this scholarship.

/ October 26, 2010 Leave a Comment

Students who have experience in radiation transport and/or hydrodynamics can apply for this scholarship.

Study Subject: Computer

Employer: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,

Level: Postdoctoral

Fellowship Description: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) invites applications for a Postdoctoral Position in Computational Cosmology to begin in Summer or Fall 2011. The fellowship will be awarded initially for two years with the possibility of extension.

LBNL, in collaboration with UC Berkeley, participates in several astrophysical/cosmological observational programs, including SDSS-III (BOSS), BigBOSS, DES, Planck, and JDEM/WFIRST. The rich cosmology program in Berkeley includes the Berkeley cosmology group (http://cosmology.lbl.gov) and the Berkeley Center for Cosmological Physics (http://bccp.lbl.gov). The Computational Cosmology Center (https://c3.lbl.gov) and the Center for Computational Sciences and Engineering (https://ccse.lbl.gov) are currently extending the computational capabilities of an existing massively parallel radiation-hydrodynamics code to perform cosmological simulations relevant to the aforementioned experiments. In particular, we will be focusing on a study of the observability of baryon acoustic oscillations in the intergalactic medium as probed by the Lyman alpha forest.

Qualifications
Ph.D. in relevant field within the last five years is required. Applicants should have a strong programming background (in C, C++, and/or F90) and experience working on radiation transport and/or hydrodynamics. While not required, parallel programming experience is desirable.

Fellowship Application Deadline: December 31, 2010

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This research is sponsored under the Marie Curie initiative

/ October 26, 2010 Leave a Comment

This research is sponsored under the Marie Curie initiative

Study Subject: Computational Science, Computer Science, Computational Physics, Biomedical Engineering

Employer: University of Amsterdam

Level: Postdoctoral

Fellowship Description: We offer a two year postdoctoral position in the field of large scale computing for biomedical applications, located in the Computational Science research group of the Faculty of Science of the University of Amsterdam. The position is part of MeDDiCa, a large European research project in the field of medical devices for cardiovascular applications. The aim of the research is to explore large scale distributed computing in the domain of multiscale biomedical simulations, exploiting high-end infrastructures as offered by PRACE and EGI.

MeDDiCA is a Marie Curie Initial Training Network sponsored by the European Commission. This network consists of 16 partners from all over Europe. MeDDiCA (Medical Devices Design in Cardiovascular Applications) investigates, through modelling and simulation, percutaneous stent devices and artificial heart valves. The research is multidisciplinary, ranging from medicine and biology to physics, engineering and computational science. The research at the University of Amsterdam is focussed on multiscale modelling and simulation, as well as large scale distributed multiscale computing. You will be working with three PhD students (supervising one), and another postdoc, forming a team working on multiscale modelling and simulation in the domain of the Virtual Physiological Human (VPH). Being embedded in the seminal well-recognized VPH research the work on MeDDiCA offers opportunities to establish sustainable collaborations with the diverse research groups in this framework.

Requirements

Candidates should have a PhD degree in Computational Science, Computer Science, Computational Physics, Biomedical Engineering or related disciplines. Applicants should have a proven track record in large scale computing. Direct experience with Grid computing is not required, but candidates should have a strong affinity with such modes of distributed computing. Experience in the biomedical field is not immediately needed, but a strong interest is required. Candidates should form a bridge between the HPC community and the Biomedical engineering community, and should therefore be capable to ‘speak both languages’, and should be willing to publish both in Computational Science journals as well as Biomedical Engineering journals. Candidates should be able to work in an international multidisciplinary team. Moreover, given the nature of the MeDDiCA project, the candidate should be willing to participate in all project related networking activities. As this research is sponsored under the Marie Curie initiative, the Marie Curie mobility rules apply. So, before applying, candidates are requested to check their eligibility.

Fellowship Application Deadline: 19 November 2010

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