About the position

The Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management (MINA) at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) has a vacant postdoctoral position in alpine ecology.

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About MINA

The Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management (MINA) works with nature and the environment, sustainable use of natural resources, biological and geological processes.

MINA’s employees undertake teaching, research and dissemination within the fields of geology, hydrology and limnology, soil science, environmental chemistry, forestry, ecology, natural resource management, renewable energy, and nature-based tourism.

Our vision is to be a key actor in knowledge production and dissemination, and our goal is to deliver research of high, international quality, and varied and excellent teaching. The faculty’s employees are significant participants within their respective fields of expertise, both nationally and internationally. The faculty is dominated by a vital research culture and high levels of scientific production.

The faculty has about 200 employees, 90 PhD students and 650 students.

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The postdoctoral researcher will conduct research at Finse, Norway on a project to examine responses to climate warming and changes in snow duration across trophic levels (i.e. vascular and cryptogram communities, soil fauna, insect herbivores), and interactions between these groups. We will elucidate how responses at these levels affect carbon and nutrient cycling. The candidate will perform sampling and data analysis from previously established experiments, as well as set up new experiments on temperature and snow effects on plant, insect and soil-fauna interactions.

The position is funded by NMBU and will last for two years, with a starting date of April 2020.

Main tasks

The main activities include the following tasks:

• Be responsible for existing and new field experiments
• Set up, run, and analyse data from time-lapse cameras for insect monitoring
• Sample and analyse plant, insect, and soil fauna data
• Write articles for publication in peer-reviewed scientific journals on both existing and new data

We are looking for someone who:

Required Academic qualifications

• Successful applicants to the postdoctoral researcher position must hold a PhD degree in a relevant scientific area.
• Knowledge on alpine plant, lichen, soil fauna and insect species
• Experience with time-lapse cameras
• Proficiency using the statistical programming language R and various R packages.

The following experience and skills will be emphasized:

• Ability to work in the field under harsh conditions
• Desire to work as part of a team
• Independent and self-motivated

You need to:

• Have excellent writing skills in English
• Be part of the team at MINA NMBU on a daily basis

Remuneration and information

The PhD-position is placed in government pay scale position code 1352 Postdoctoral Fellow, wage framework 24 (salary grade 59-65) (NOK 523.200-583.900), depending on qualifications. Seniority Promotion in position.

For further information, please contact:

• Professor Kari Klanderud, E-mail: kari.klanderud@nmbu.no; phone +47 45295921

Information to applicants

Application

To apply online for this vacancy, please click on the 'Apply for this job' button above. This will route you to the University's Web Recruitment System, where you will need to register an account (if you have not already) and log in before completing the online application form.

Up to ten publications selected by the applicant as most relevant must be attached to the application. If it is difficult to identify the contribution of the applicant in multiple-author publications, a short explanation about the applicant’s part of the work is suggested.

Printed material which cannot be sent electronically should be sent by surface mail to the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management, P.O. Box 5003, NO-1432 Ås, within (dd.mm.year). Please quote reference number (reference no.)

Applicants invited for an interview will be asked to present verified copies of diplomas and certificates.

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