The Department of Forest Ecology and Management
(http://www.slu.se/en/departments/forest-ecology-management/)
conducts research and education in both basic and
applied science in the areas of Vegetation
Ecology, Soil Science and Forest Management. The
major research focus is on the boreal landscape,
including peatlands, forests and surface waters,
but we have activities also in other biomes. The
current position is in Soil
Science/Biogeochemistry. In a recent evaluation
(2009) of the university the Soil Science/Soil
Biogeochemistry group was ranked among the top
seven out of a total of 130 groups at the
university. The department has about 85 members
of staff of which 12 are professors. Research
areas include plant-soil interactions, surface
water hydrogeochemistry, soil chemistry, soil
biology, biosphere-atmosphere exchange, forest
history, forest management, forest regeneration,
plant population and community ecology. The
department has modern technical facilities, close
collaboration with several state-of-the-art
technical platforms at Umeå University, and
access to unique long-term forest ecosystem
experiments and other field sites.
We are seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral
Researcher with focus on: Boreal Landscape Carbon Dynamics and Exchanges
Project and Tasks
The postdoc will investigate the carbon balance
of a boreal landscape in Northern Sweden. For
this project, the postdoc will use a unique set
up that integrates the well-established SITES
research infrastructure of the Krycklan catchment
with the ICOS-Svartberget tall tower flux station
providing data of all terrestrial and aquatic C
fluxes over a 68 km2 managed forest catchment.
Combined with >500 forest inventory plots, 16
long-term monitored streams, high-resolution
Lidar scans and an advanced hydrology model,
these state-of-the-art research tools provide
exceptional resources for investigating forest C
dynamics, budgets and its underlying drivers
spanning from the plot to the landscape scale.
The successful candidate will be mainly
responsible for processing and interpreting
eddy-covariance data and for publishing findings
in relevant high-rank scientific journals.
Additional opportunities include integrating
tower flux data with closed chamber, climate and forest inventory data.
The postdoc location is at the Forestry Faculty
of the Swedish University of Agricultural
Sciences (SLU), Department of Forest Ecology &
Management, in Umeå, Sweden. The field work will
be carried out around the ICOS Svartberget flux
station
(www.icos-sweden.se/station_svartberget.html)
which includes eddy covariance and meteorological
measurements on a 150m tall tower located within
the Krycklan Catchment
(http://www.slu.se/Krycklan) and Svartberget
Experimental Forests
(www.slu.se/en/departments/field-based-forest-research/experimental-forests/vindeln-experimental-forests/),
SLU is an equal opportunity employer.
Further information about the position is provided by
Matthias Peichl
+46 907868463
matthias.pei...@slu.se
Associate Professor
Dept. of Forest Ecology & Management, SLU
Union representatives are Saco-Kansliet, SACO +46(0)18 671085
Hans Åkesson, ST +46(0)90 786 8342 hans.akes...@slu.se
Inga-Lis Johansson, SEKO +46(0)90 786 8210 inga-lis.johans...@slu.se
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Documents that should be included with the
application: CV, publication list, PhD diploma,
copies of up to three relevant publications and a
short but well-conceived motivation letter (max.
2 pages) outlining previous research, current
research interests and other activities of
relevance for the position. Names and contact
information of at least two reference persons are
also required. All application documents should be written in English.
Application:
We welcome your application marked with Ref no.
SLU ua 4118/2015. Please submit your application
to the Registrar of SLU, P.O. Box 7070, SE- 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden,
or registra...@slu.se no later than January 4, 2016.
