PhD Fellow microbial community and carbon cycle in the Southern Ocean

6th June 2024
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PhD Fellow microbial community and carbon cycle in the Southern Ocean
PhD Fellow microbial community and carbon cycle in the Southern Ocean
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PhD Position

We have a vacant fixed-term position for three years as a research fellow to study the marine microbial community and the carbon cycle in the Southern Ocean.

The position is part of and is funded by the I-CRYME and WOBEC project. I-CRYME investigates the effects of melting cryosphere (glaciers and sea ice) on ocean ecosystems, and WOBEC focuses on biodiversity and changes in ecosystems in the Weddell Sea. More information can be found here I-CRYME – Norsk Polarinstitutt (npolar.no) and WOBEC I

Your place of work will be in Tromsø. Some travel must be expected, including fieldwork and project-related activities in the Southern Ocean.

Work content

The project aims to understand the impact of cryosphere-ocean interactions and other environmental factors (e.g., sea-ice dynamics) into a context of marine microbial communities and the nutrient and carbon cycle in King Håkon VII's Sea in the Southern Ocean.

You will work with plankton dynamics, nutrient cycles and CO2 dynamics along ice-ocean gradients in King Haakon VII Sea in the eastern part of the Weddell Sea. The tasks include analysis of phytoplankton and ice algae composition, as well as biomass data from the water column and sea ice. Furthermore, you will investigate bulk properties such as Chl-a, particulate organic carbon, and biogenic silica.

In addition, you will analyze the physical and biogeochemical properties of the environment. This includes measurements of natural isotopes of oxygen (d18O), macronutrients, dissolved inorganic carbon (CO2), and total alkalinity).

Qualifications

This position requires a master’s degree or equivalent in Biological Oceanography, Marine Biology, Marine Environmental Sciences, Marine Ecology, Geology, or a related field (including documentation of the BSc and MSc education with grades translated to English or in a Scandinavian language)

A Norwegian Master’s degree or equivalent master’s degree from a foreign university is required. You are welcome to apply if you have not completed your dissertation yet, but you must then provide documentation that your dissertation has been submitted for evaluation before the position’s deadline.

In addition to a completed degree, your grades from the master’s degree must meet the enrolment requirements for the PhD program at the UiT The Arctic University of Norway (UiT). See UiT’s home page for more information https://www.uit.no/phd-en.

In addition, the position requires:

• Strong numerical and statistical skills (e.g. Matlab).
• Experience working in a marine biology or biogeochemistry laboratory.
• Experience with phytoplankton identification.
• Good writing skills.

It is an advantage if you have:

• Experience in sampling and analysing samples for marine biology and biogeochemistry (Chl-a, POC&PON, biogenic silica, macronutrients, d18O, DIC&TA, primary production incubations).
•  Experience with processing and studying in situ sea ice biology, biogeochemistry, and physics (Chl-a, POC&PON, biogenic silica, macronutrients, d18O, DOC, flow cytometry, DIC&TA, primary production incubations, temperature, salinity, brine volume, ice texture).
• Experience in remote fieldwork in the Southern Ocean.
• Experience working on sea ice.
• Experience in using satellite derived data for sea ice and Chlorophyll-a concentration.
• Good data analysis skills and basic knowledge of a programming language (e.g. R, python or Matlab)
•  Scientific publications and/or reports

We are looking for you who are highly motivated to obtain a PhD and who are eager to learn and collaborate with the three supervisors from NPI, UiT and IMR. You are a positive, independent and solution-oriented person, which will be especially important when you are on cruises in the Southern Ocean, where adaptations to the marine environment are necessary to carry out good oceanographic research.

Good language skills in English are required. Our working language is Norwegian, so knowledge of the Norwegian language will carry weight in the assessment. If you do not speak Norwegian you are expected to attend language courses within the first two years of your employment since communicating in Norwegian will be important for you, as well as for the institute. We pay for courses that are completed successfully.

Working conditions on field work may be challenging and demand good health. Passing a health check in accordance with the institute's guidelines is a prerequisite for participating in field work and a valid contract of employment.

We offer

• Interesting and exciting work tasks in a highly international research environment.
• Salary according to the Norwegian State salary code 1017 PhD Fellow. 2% is deducted to the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund.
• Cruise and field pay according to national and local agreements.
• Membership of the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund. The membership includes many benefits, such as lifetime retirement pension, the right to financial support if you become ill or disabled, financial support for your family if something happens to you in our service, insurance against occupational injury/illness, as well as good mortgage terms.
• Membership in our staff association, which among other things has its own cabin and facilitates various social gatherings.

We believe a diverse work force is a strength, and want employees with different skills, subject combinations, life experience and perspectives. If you are qualified for the position, you are welcome to apply regardless of your gender, age, cultural background, disabilities, or gaps in your CV. We also accommodate special needs in the workplace, if needed. There are special health requirements for this position that could limit our possibilities to accommodate special needs in the workplace.

Tromsø and the surrounding area have excellent conditions for experiencing the midnight sun, polar night, Northern lights, varied outdoor activities and a lively cultural and entertainment environment. Tromsø is situated at nearly 70°N with just about 75.000 residents. The city is an expanding centre for research, with numerous governmental and private research institutions and a major well-established university.

Application

Further inquiries about the position may be directed to Senior Researcher Sebastien Moreau, [email protected], tel. +47 412 422 65, Professor Karley Campbell, [email protected] or Senior Researcher Melissa Chierici, [email protected].

The application deadline is 6 June 2024.

Your application must be submitted in Jobbnorge. The application should include details of your relevant qualifications and experience, attachments, CV, publications list, copies of your transcripts and names of three references. Please, do not include copies of publications or other works in the application, but note that this may be requested later in the process.

A statement of personal and scientific interest and a separate outline of a potential PhD project idea (total max. 2 pages) must be included in the application.

We collaborate with Semac (www.semac.no) on electronical reference interviews and background checks to ensure a good recruitment process. This helps ensure that we recruit the right expertise and contribute to a fair evaluation of the applicants. The background check often consists of verification of information provided in the application, CV, diploma, etc.

All applications are handled in confidentiality until the application deadline. Thereafter, a public list of applicants will be prepared. Applicants who wish to reserve their applications from the public list must give reasons for this in their applications. Information about an applicant can be made public even if the applicant has requested that they be excluded from the public list of applicants, cf. Freedom of Information Act, Section 25, 2nd paragraph.

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About us

The Norwegian Polar Institute is a directorate under the auspices of the Ministry of Climate and Environment and has approximately 160 employees located in Tromsø, Svalbard and Antarctica. The institute is the main strategic adviser for the Norwegian State in polar issues, represents Norway internationally with respect to polar sciences and management committees and processes, and is Norway's environmental authority in Antarctica.

For more information visit www.npolar.no .

 

Questions about the position

Sebastien Moreau

seniorforsker

+47 412 42 265

[email protected]

Karley Campbell

professor

[email protected]

Melisaa Chierici

Senior Researcher

[email protected]

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Deadline

6th June 2024

Employer

The Norwegian Polar Institute

Municipality

Tromsø - Romsa

Scope

Fulltime (1 positions) Fulltime (%)

Duration

Fixed Term

Place of service
Framsenteret, 9296 Tromsø

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