Stillingstittel:
Researcher in ancient DNA at Tromsø University Museum, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway

Stillingsbeskrivelse:
Jobbnorge ID: 123689

Application deadline: April 15^th 2016

Ref. 2016/2307

Tromsø University Museum, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, has a five year fixed term contract vacant as researcher. The position is on the project "ECOGEN - Ecosystem change and species persistence over time: a genome-based approach". The project is a collaboration among Tromsø University Museum, Department of Marine and Arctic Biology, Department of Geology, and Department of Archaeology and Social Anthropology at UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, as well as University of Oslo, University of Southampton, University of York, University Joseph Fourier, Århus University, ETH Zürich, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, AMU - Adam Mickiewicz University, University of Bern, and University of Lausanne. In addition to the researcher, the project plan to employ 2 PhD students, 2 post docs (3 year each) and a technician for one year (to be employed later).

 

 

 

Application documents must be submitted electronically via the application form available on this page.

 

Further information about the position is available by contacting Professor Inger Greve Alsos, e-mail inger.g.alsos (at) uit.no, phone +47 77 62 07 96.

 

Position project

The main goal of the project is to develop high taxonomic resolution ancient environmental DNA methods in order to evaluate how drivers of change (human, climate, biota) affect species persistence and ecosystem tipping points in arctic-alpine biomes. The subgoals are to: 1) Improve methods for full genome analyses of environmental DNA, 2) Compile palaeo data to plan a balanced design of climatic and human impacts, 3) Do full genome analyses of lake cores to obtain information on past presence and abundance of vascular plant species and key herbivores, 4) Identify biotic drivers and disentangle their effects from human land use and climate change on ecosystem resilience and ecosystem services, 5) Estimate species persistence across periods of changes and identify factors causing extinction, and 6) Provide methods and knowledge to inform species conservation and ecosystem management.

 

Position responsibilities

The researcher will be responsible for the daily management of the project including co-supervising the PhD students. He/she will lead the fieldwork required to core about 20 lakes in northern Fennoscandia and 20 lakes in the Alps. He/she will also take active part in the processing of the sediment cores, the molecular work and data analyses, as well as the publication and outreach of the project. One purpose of this project is to strengthen the research group, and the successful candidate should contribute to this through active collaboration with the involved researchers. The successful applicant must also be willing to engage himself/herself in the ongoing development of his/her discipline and the university as a whole.

 

Position affiliation

This position is attached to the Department of Natural Sciences, which is responsible for developing and maintaining scientific collections of objects (animals, plants, fossils and minerals) as well as public outreach including Tromsø Arctic Alpine Botanical Garden. The department has a permanent staff of 16, of which 9 are in academic positions. At the moment, 3 PhD students and one post doc are connected to the department. The position is within the research group in taxonomy and biodiversity, which focuses on diversity, phylogeography and taxonomy of northern organism using molecular as well as traditional methods. The department has laboratories for modern and ancient DNA analyses, and is currently involved i

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Arbeidsgiver Navn: UiT Norges arktiske universitet

Arbeidsgiver adresse: 9037 TROMSØ

Job kort beskrivelse: Specialist medical practitioners

Land: Norge

Region: Troms

Kilde til jobbtilbud: NAV, Offentlige arbeidsformidlinger, Norge

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Lønn periode: Pr. år