Subject: Postdoctoral Positions in Indoor Air Microbial Ecology and Indoor Air Quality
Three Postdoctoral Scholar appointments are available at the University of California, Berkeley. The successful candidates will join a team of researchers funded for 3 years by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to develop the field of indoor microbial ecology by 1) investigating the processes of bacterial and fungal community assembly in the indoor environment; 2) developing an understanding of the relationship between building design, external climate, and interior microbial community; 3) improving measurements of microbial derived volatile organic compounds, microbial toxins, and allergens in indoor air. The postdoctoral scholars will work directly with our faculty team including Ed Arens (Dept. of Architecture), Gary Anderson (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Tom Bruns (Plant & Microbial Biology-PMB; Environmental Science Policy & Management-ESPM), Allen Goldstein (ESPM; Civil & Environmental Engineering-CEE), Steve Lindow (PMB), Bill Nazaroff (CEE), and John Taylor (PMB). The expected outcomes of the project are to improve understanding of the sources, factors and processes involved with development of microbial communities and their implications for the indoor environment, while attracting new talent into and increasing the visibility of this understudied field. Appointments will be made for an initial period of 1 year with possibility of extension for additional years. A recent Ph.D. and experience in applying molecular methods to describe the diversity and structure of bacterial and/or fungal populations is required for those wishing to address objective 1 while a background in atmospheric science, chemistry, physics, engineering, or a related field is required for those wishing to address the other objectives. Applicants should send a cover letter describing their research experience and interests, a curriculum vita, and have three reference letters sent to: Prof. Tom Bruns, Dept. Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California 111 Koshland Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-3102 po...@berkeley.edu (email preferred). Review of Applications will begin Dec 1, 2010. Please refer to the University's statement on confidentiality at http://apo.chance.berkeley.edu/evalltr.html. Minorities and women encouraged to apply. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Investigator web pages Mycology group Bruns Lab (UC Berkeley): pmb.berkeley.edu/~bruns/people/tb.html Taylor Lab (UC Berkeley): http://pmb.berkeley.edu/~taylor/people/jt.html Microbiology group Gary Andersen http://esd.lbl.gov/esd_staff/andersen/ Steve Lindow http://epmb.berkeley.edu/facPage/dispFP.php?I=20 Bioaerosol dynamics group Ed Arens http://iurd.berkeley.edu/About_IURD/Faculty_Researchers/Edward_Arens http://www.cbe.berkeley.edu/aboutus/staff-edward.htm Allen Goldstein http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/~ahg/ Bill Nazaroff http://www.ce.berkeley.edu/faculty/faculty.php?name=Nazaroff
