PhD Student ‘Tundra Plants Monitoring Present and Past Climate’
For 0,8 - 1,0
Vacancy number: 1.2007.00231
The department of Systems Ecology of the Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences of VU University Amsterdam offers a PhD position for the project ‘Long-lived evergreen shrubs from polar ecosystems as monitors of present-day and past cilmate change, the development of a tree ring like proxy to reconstruct polar climate’.
The project aims to:
- Develop transfer relations and correlative relationships between climate factors (temperature, precipitation) and morphological and isotope (δ18O, δ13C, δ2H) plant growth parameters.
- Eco(physio)logically analyse the response of evergreen polar shrubs to (experimental) warming, PAR and precipitation in terms of growth, morphology and the build-in of 18O/16O, 13C/12C and 2H/1H into plant dry matter.
- Reconstruct palaeo-temperature based on the above tree-ring like transfer relationships from living and (sub)fossil remains of evergreen arctic shrubs.
- Compare reconstructed palaeo-temperature with other (palae)-climate reconstructions and existing instrumental weather records.
Field work will be performed on Svalbard and possibly other arctic locations.
The project is funded by the Dutch International Polar Year programme of the Dutch Science Foundation (NWO).
Required Skills and Education
University degree (MSc) with preferably experience in field and lab plant ecophysiology, isotope analysis, (palaeo)-climatology, tree ring research, data analysis. Good statistical skills and writing skills are required. The candidate must be willing to work for some weeks per year at Svalbard.
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August 19th, 2007
PhD Student ‘Microinterface Techniques for Coupling of Capillary Gas Chromatography to Biological Assays’ f/m
For 1.0 fte
Vacancy number 1.2007.00272
The VU University in Amsterdam is one of the leading institutions for higher education in Europe. It is part of international science networks and collaborates with manya major universities throughout the world. The Faculty of Sciences consists of three departments including researchers, lecturers, full- and part-time professors.
In the group of Biomolecular Analysis, we have a vacancy for a PhD student in the project “Microinterface techniques for coupling of capillary gas chromatography to biological assays’.
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August 19th, 2007
Postdoctoral Researcher in Political Science f/m
Specializing in democratic representation in the European Union
For 1,0 fte for two years
Vacancy number 1.2007.00245
The Department of Political Science at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the VU University Amsterdam invites applications for a position as Postdoctoral Researcher in Political Science, specializing in democratic representation in the European Union.
Political Science at the VU University Amsterdam
VU University (www.vu.nl) aims to be inspiring, innovative and involved. It comprises twelve faculties and has teaching facilities for 18,000 students.
The Department of Political Science (www.politicalscience.nl) is a vibrant, small, high quality department offering a full range of degree programmes in Political Science (BSc, MSc, MPhil, PhD). These programmes integrate comparative politics, European Union politics and international relations, while providing students with the opportunity to specialise within this broad context. The
main themes addressed in the teaching curriculum are closely related to the Department’s Research Programme (entitled Multi-Level Governance in EUrope and Beyond).
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August 19th, 2007