Thèses/PhD

PhD programme ? Forest and Nature for Society
Forest and Nature for Society is an EU-funded 3 year PhD programme. It will fund 8-10 studentships every year to work with supervisors at 2 out of 5 of the institutions listed below on topics in the general area of sustainable forest and nature management. Students can come from anywhere in the world. Please look at the website for more details (http://www.fonaso.eu/AboutFONASO.aspx). In the first instance students need to chose a topic from the general areas listed on the site and write a short synopsis. I'd suggest the if you are serious about applying that you make contact with potential supervisors at the relevant institution.
For example I am very keen to hear from students interested in conservation biology, monitoring, payments for ecosystem services, traditional knowledge, sustainable harvesting. If you want to get in touch directly please send me a CV and a brief idea of what you are interested in doing for a PhD (ideally with reference to one of the topics mentioned on the website). I encourage anyone interested in conservation-related PhDs to look at this opportunity!
The institutions involved:
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden Bangor University, UK Dresden University, Germany University of G?ttingen, Germany AgroParisTech, France University of Padova, Italy

Open positions in Copenhagen

The new "Danmarks Grundforskningscenter", Center for Macroecology,
Evolution and Climate, which starts officially 1st of January 2010, has
just announced a number of postdoctoral positions and PhD-stipends
within 16 different research themes in Macroecology, Biogeography,
Evolution, Population Biology, Oceanographic Processes, Climate,
Conservation Biology, and Environmental Economics.

More information at http://www1.bio.ku.dk/english/about/jobs/cmec/
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Titre de la thèse: Caractérisation de la pompe biologique dans les grands systèmes océaniques lors de l'expédition TARA (2009-2012). L'objectif de la thèse est de comprendre et quantifier les stocks et flux géochimiques entre compartiments planctoniques et leurs environnements dans des situations variées. L'étudiant évaluera notamment le couplage existant entre couche de surface et couche profonde des océans (flux de matière et captation de CO2). Pour cela, l'étudiant devra analyser les données des instruments embarqués (CTD, grappe optique, Profileur de Vision Marine) mais aussi les données satellites couleur de l'océan. Il s'agit d'une opportunité de thèse exceptionnelle car elle prend place dans le contexte exceptionnel de TARA. Le profil idéal est le suivant: - intérêt fort pour l'écologie marine - intérêt fort pour l'écologie numérique (plutôt l'analyse des données), traitement des grands ensembles de données océanographiques (profils CTD et données satellitaires) - bonne capacité de programmation scientifique (R, matlab ou autre) et d'utilisation des bases de données - aptitude au travail à la mer (potentiellement deux missions de 1,5 mois) Le thésard sera basé à Villefranche et travaillera avec l'équipe de Dynamique du Plancton (Gabriel Gorsky et Lars Stemmann) et d'Optique (Fabrizio d'Ortenzio, http://www.obs-vlfr.fr/LOV/equipes_1_fr.php). Il sera inscrit à l'UPMC. Le poste doit être pourvu pour le 15/10. Pour toute question, contacter: stemmann@obs-vlfr.fr

A fully-funded PhD studentship is available to study the ecology of lichens, mosses and liverworts and their responses to deer management on the magnificent Letterewe Estate by Loch Maree in Wester Ross, Scotland. Funds are available to cover University fees plus living expenses, and there is free accommodation when in Scotland. The study will involve roughly 6 months per year field work in the Highlands, plus roughly six months per year at Silwood Park, Ascot, Berkshire, where the Biology Campus of Imperial College London is located. Applicants should enjoy doing field work in all weathers, and need to be willing to walk over rough terrain and to scale 1000m peaks in search of biodiversity. Training in identification of species will be available if required, but an existing interest in lower plants would be an advantage. Applicants should possess a first or an upper second class degree, or a Masters degree in a science subject.

Please send a CV plus a covering letter explaining why this is the PhD for you, as attachments to an email to m.crawley@imperial.ac.uk<mailto:m.crawley@imperial.ac.uk>. Prof. Mick Crawley FRS.

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