Forwarding on behalf of my colleague, Dr. David Lapola:
Dear colleague,
The Amazon-FACE project (Assessing the effects of increasing atmospheric
CO2 on the ecology and resilience of the Amazon forest) is hiring 5
post-doc fellows to work in different project components, the majority of
them in Manaus, Brazil (see the three consecutive job descriptions pasted
below).
Could you please publicize it to potentially interested groups or
candidates?
Thanks in advance.
Grande abraço,
David
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*Two post-doctoral researchers in Amazonian forest ecosystem ecology*
Full-time, three year position (Nov.2014 – Oct.2017)
Net salary US$1,950 per month (US$ 23,395 per year) for scientists with PhD
degree obtained after 2004; and US$ 2,668 per month (US$ 32,014 per year)
for scientists with PhD degree obtained before 2004 (no taxes applicable to
salaries).
The Amazonas State Research Foundation (FAPEAM) and Brazil’s National
Institute for
Amazonia Research (INPA) in Manaus, Brazil wish to recruit two
post-doctoral researchers in
above-ground forest ecosystem science to participate in the AmazonFACE
project. The
extent to which increasing atmospheric concentrations will increase the
productivity of
Amazon forest and reduce its vulnerability to the potential negative
impacts of climate
change, is one of the greatest unanswered questions in ecosystem and global
change
science. The aim of this project is to determine how free air CO2
enrichment (FACE) affects
Amazon forest function. It will be the first FACE experiment ever carried
out in mature tropical
forest. The appointee will join a team of five post-docs that will initiate
and deliver the
experiment and its findings.
The posts will include extended periods of work at the ZF2 fieldsite, ~70km
north of Manaus
and will involve monitoring the responses of key above-ground processes to
the FACE
treatment. The successful applicants will help with the establishment of
the experimental
plots, monitor tree rates, litterfall, tree physiology, leaf and woody
tissue physiology,
canopy/leaf biophysical properties and phenology. The work will be carried
out in close
association with the other post docs working on belowground and modelling
processes, also
employed on this project. A key aim will be to use both individual
measurement and
integrated datasets to address hypotheses that may be organ- or
tree-specific, or integrated
among species, and/or at ecosystem scale.
The applicants shall have considerable expertise in terrestrial ecology,
especially the
interactions of carbon, water and nutrient cycles, ideally with past
experience of working in
tropical forests. They shall be able to work effectively both in remote
field locations and in the
laboratory, and need to be comfortable working both independently and as
part of a large
networked and international consortium. The researchers will join a team,
will need to work
closely with other researchers, and also be able to visit collaborating
laboratories as required,
within Brazil and internationally. Key attributes beyond expertise in the
specific scientific area
include the abilities to identify new scientific challenges, work fairly,
collaboratively and
sensitively within a team, be able to supervise a small field team as
required, to analyse data
and write scientific publications, and to both understand and develop
bridges between the
experimental data and their use in ecosystem models.
The positions will also involve presenting information on research progress
and outcomes,
and communicating the science orally, in writing and electronically to the
Amazon-FACE team
and to external audiences, at meetings, workshops or conferences. The
ability to
communicate clearly in Portuguese and English, or a demonstrated ability
and willingness to
learn either language, is essential. The applicants should also be able to
lead and co-author
high-quality scientific publications within relatively short time periods.
The posts offer substantial potential as part of this project but also
through links with the lead
scientists with related on-going projects in Amazonia. Successful
applicants will join a world
class group of scientists at INPA, and other Brazilian and international
scientific institutions.
The work will be carried out under the supervision of Jean Ometto (INPE,
Brazil) and Tomas
Domingues (USP, Brazil), but closed linked to the Amazon-FACE Scientific
Steering
Committee, which includes Patrick Meir (University of Edinburgh, UK), David
Lapola (UNESP,
Brazil), Rich Norby (ORNL, USA), Carlos (Beto) Quesada (INPA, Brazil) Iain
Hartley
(University of Exeter, UK), and other international leading scientists in
the field.
Applicants should apply by sending an email to contato.labterra@gmail.com
before October
3rd, 23:59 CET, with subject line reading: “Post-doc application:
AmazonFACE-
aboveground”. This email should contain: a 1-page letter of interest
(indicating research
interests related to the position), and a biographical sketch (maximum of 3
pages,
including education and professional career, list of 10 main scientific
publications, and
indication of the quantity of scientific papers, participation in research
projects, conference
presentations and students supervised if applicable). Selected applicants
will be invited for an
interview with project coordinators.
For further information please contact contato.labterra@gmail.com.
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*Two post-doctoral researchers in belowground Amazonian forest research*
Full-time, three year position (Nov.2014 – Oct.2017)
Net Salary US$1,950 per month (US$ 23,395 per year) for scientists with PhD
degree obtained after 2004; and US$ 2,668 per month (US$ 32,014 per year)
for scientists with PhD degree obtained before 2004 (no taxes applicable to
salaries).
The Amazonas State Research Foundation (FAPEAM) and Brazil’s National
Institute for
Amazonia Research (INPA) in Manaus, Brazil wish to recruit two
post-doctoral researchers in
belowground forest science to participate in the AmazonFACE project. The
extent to which
increasing atmospheric concentrations will increase the productivity of
Amazon forest and
reduce its vulnerability to the potential negative impacts of climate
change, is one of the
greatest unanswered questions in ecosystem and global change science. The
aim of this
project is to determine how free air CO2 enrichment (FACE) affects Amazon
forest function. It
will be the first FACE experiment ever carried out in mature tropical
forest. The appointee will
join a team of five post-docs that will initiate and deliver the experiment
and its findings.
The post will include extended periods of work at the ZF2 fieldsite, ~70km
north of Manaus
Manaus, and will involve monitoring the responses of key below-ground
processes to the
FACE treatment. The successful applicant will help with the establishment
of the experimental
plots, monitor root growth rates, soil water dynamics, aqueous nutrient
fluxes, soil respiration,
and litter decomposition and nutrient mineralisation rates, as well as
collecting and analysing
litter, root and soil samples for carbon and nutrient concentrations. The
work will be carried
out in close association with the other post docs working on aboveground
and modelling
processes, also employed on this project.
The applicants shall have considerable expertise in terrestrial ecology,
especially the
interactions of carbon, water and nutrient cycles, ideally with past
experience of working in
tropical forests. They shall be able to work effectively both in remote
field locations and in the
laboratory, and need to be comfortable working both independently and as
part of a large
networked and international consortium. The applicant will join a team, and
will need to work
closely with other researchers, and also be able to visit collaborating
laboratories as required,
within Brazil and internationally. Key attributes beyond expertise in the
specific scientific area
include the abilities to identify new scientific challenges, work fairly,
collaboratively and
sensitively within a team, to be able to supervise a small field team as
required, to analyse
data and write scientific publications, and to both understand and develop
bridges between
the experimental data and their use in ecosystem models.
The position will also involve presenting information on research progress
and outcomes, and
communicating the science orally, in writing and electronically to the
Amazon-FACE team and
to external audiences, at meetings, workshops or conferences. The ability
to communicate
clearly in Portuguese and English, or a demonstrated ability and
willingness to learn either
language, is essential. The applicants should also be able to lead and
co-author high-quality
scientific publications within relatively short time periods.
The posts offer substantial potential as part of this project but also
through links with the lead
scientists with related on-going projects in Amazonia. Successful
applicants will join a world
class group of scientists at INPA and other Brazilian and international
scientific institutions, r
The work will be carried out under the supervision of Carlos (Beto) Quesada
(INPA, Brazil),
but closed linked to the Amazon-FACE Scientific Steering Committee, which
includes Iain
Hartley (University of Exeter, UK), David Lapola (UNESP, Brazil), Rich
Norby (ORNL, USA),
Jean Ometto (INPE, Brazil), Tomas Domingues (USP, Brazil), Patrick Meir
(University of
Edinburgh) and other international leading scientists in the field.
Applicants should apply by sending an email to contato.labterra@gmail.com
before October
3rd, 23:59 CET, with subject line reading: “Post-doc application:
AmazonFACE-
belowground”. This email should contain: a 1-page letter of interest
(indicating research
interests related to the position), and a biographical sketch (maximum of 3
pages,
including education and professional career, list of 10 main scientific
publications, and
indication of the quantity of scientific papers, participation in research
projects, conference
presentations and students supervised if applicable). Selected applicants
will be invited for an
interview with project coordinators.
For further information please contact: contato.labterra@gmail.com.
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*Post-doctoral researcher in tropical forest ecosystem modeling*
Full-time, three year position (Nov.2014 – Oct.2017)
Net salary US$1,950 per month (US$ 23,395 per year) for scientists with PhD
degree obtained after 2004; and US$ 2,668 per month (US$ 32,014 per year)
for scientists with PhD degree obtained before 2004 (no taxes applicable to
salaries).
The Amazonas State Research Foundation (FAPEAM) and Brazil’s National
Institute for
Amazonia Research (INPA) in Manaus, Brazil wish to recruit one
post-doctoral researcher in
forest ecosystem modeling science to participate in the AmazonFACE project.
The extent to
which rising atmospheric concentrations will increase the productivity of
Amazon forest and
reduce its vulnerability to the potential negative impacts of climate
change, is one of the
greatest unanswered questions in ecosystem and global change science. The
aim of this
project is to determine how free air CO2 enrichment (FACE) affects Amazon
forest ecosystem
functioning. It will be the first FACE experiment ever carried out in
mature tropical forest. The
appointee will join a team of five post docs set up to initiate and deliver
the experiment and its
findings.
The post will include the application and development of a few
state-of-the-art dynamic global
vegetation models (DGVMs) as a way to provide baseline hypothesis (related
to CO2
fertilization effect in tropical forests) to be verified in the field
experiment and also to improve
current DGVMs with the results generated from the experimental plots. As
such the post will
also include occasional periods of work at the ZF2 fieldsite, ~70km north
of Manaus. The
successful applicants therefore will help in promoting an effective link
between the science
generated by experimentalists and modelers in the AmazonFACE project,
upscaling the
results of the field experiment to the entire Amazon basin and other
tropical forests with
DGVMs.
Applicants shall have considerable expertise in ecological modelling,
terrestrial ecology,
especially the interactions of carbon, water and nutrient cycles, ideally
with past experience of
ecosystem model development and computational programming language. The
person will be
able to work effectively in a computational laboratory at UNESP campus in
Rio Claro, state of
São Paulo, with occasional visits to the experimental site in Manaus and
other modelling
groups in Brazil and abroad, and, as such, needs to be comfortable working
both
independently and as part of a large networked and international consortium.
The researcher will join a team, will need to work closely with other
researchers, and also be
able to visit collaborating laboratories as required, within Brazil and
internationally. Key
attributes beyond expertise in the specific scientific area include the
abilities to see new
scientific opportunities, work fairly, collaboratively and sensitively
within a team, to be able to
supervise a small field team as required, to analyse data and write
scientific publications, and
to both understand and develop bridges between the experimental data and
their use in
ecosystem models.
The position will also involve presenting information on research progress
and outcomes, and
communicating the science orally, in writing and electronically to the
Amazon-FACE team and
to external audiences, at meetings, workshops or conferences. The ability
to communicate
clearly in Portuguese and English, or a demonstrated ability and
willingness to learn either
language, is essential. The applicants should also be able to lead and
co-author high-quality
scientific publications within relatively short time periods.
The posts offer substantial potential as part of this project but also
through links with the lead
scientists with related on-going projects in Amazonia. Successful applicant
will join a world
class group of scientists at INPA and other Brazilian and international
scientific institutions.
The work will be carried out under the supervision of David Lapola (UNESP,
Brazil) but also
working closely with internationally recognised researchers, including Anja
Rammig and
Kirsten Thonicke (PIK-Potsdam, Germany), Prof Bart Kruijt (Univ.
Wageningen, Netherlands),
and other members from the Scientific Steering Committee such as Patrick
Meir (University of
Edinburgh, UK), Tomas Domingues (USP, Brazil), Rich Norby (ORNL, USA),
Carlos (Beto)
Quesada (INPA, Brazil), Iain Hartley (University of Exeter, UK) and Jean
Ometto (INPE,
Brazil).
Applicants should apply by sending an email to contato.labterra@gmail.com
before October
3rd, 23:59 CET, with subject line reading: “Post-doc application:
AmazonFACE-modeling”.
This email should contain: a 1-page letter of interest (indicating research
interests related to
the position), and a biographical sketch (maximum of 3 pages, including
education and
professional career, list of 10 main scientific publications, and
indication of the quantity of
scientific papers, participation in research projects, conference
presentations and students
supervised if applicable). Selected applicants will be invited for an
interview with project
coordinators.
For further information please contact contato.labterra@gmail.com.
—
*Thiago Sanna Freire Silva*
Assistant Professor
Department of Geography
São Paulo State University (UNESP)
Rio Claro, SP – Brazil
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