id:
YzM1ZTYxMzktYWFiMi00OWNlLThmOWEtYTYxNTEwMTRjMTgxIDgx

reference: c35e6139-aab2-49ce-8f9a-a6151014c181

documentId: 9845785

connectionPointId: 81

lastModificationDate: 1549535404092

Työnimike: Project Researcher or Postdoctoral Researcher

Työnkuvaus:
The University of Eastern Finland, UEF, is one of the largest multidisciplinary universities in Finland. We offer education in nearly one hundred major subjects, and are home to approximately 15,500 students and 2,500 members of staff. We operate in Joensuu and Kuopio. In international rankings, we are ranked among the leading universities in the world.

The Faculty of Science and Forestry operates on the Kuopio and Joensuu campuses of the University of Eastern Finland. The mission of the faculty is to carry out internationally recognised scientific research and to offer research-education in the fields of natural sciences and forest sciences. The faculty invests in all of the strategic research areas of the university. The faculty's environments for research and learning are international, modern and multidisciplinary. The faculty has approximately 3,800 Bachelor's and Master's degree students and some 490 postgraduate students. The number of staff amounts to 560. http://www.uef.fi/en/lumet/etusivu

We are now inviting applications for

a Project Researcher or a Postdoctoral Researcher position, Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences (Biochemistry Research Group) Kuopio Campus


We are seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Researcher to join a research team with focus on Greenhouse gas fluxes from agriculture and forestry in Finland'.

The project involves eddy covariance measurements of GHG exchange from an agricultural site cultivated with a mixture of red clover and perennial grasses and from a clear-cut forest floor site. The agricultural site is located in the Maaninka region, about 40 km from the UEF Kuopio Campus. The clear-cut forest site is located adjacent to the University of Helsinki operated SMEAR tower in the Hyytiälä forest station, about 270 km from UEF Kuopio. The objective of agricultural measurements is to quantify the annual CO2 balance and N2O exchange from the legume grass mixture and investigate the controlling factors. Measurements at the clear-cut forest floor site will help us understand the impact of forest management options such as the intensive forest harvesting for bioenergy use. This open position offers an excellent opportunity to interact with the internationally known eddy covariance community in Finland and elsewhere.

Qualifications:
-The candidate must have a PhD awarded in the fields of agronomy, forestry, environmental sciences, ecology, physical geography, computer science or any other closely related subject.
-Demonstrated experience with eddy covariance data and micrometeorological theory including data processing and interpretation is required
-The candidate must be able to conduct fieldwork independently and possess a driver's license valid in Finland
-The candidate must be fluent in English to be able to write, communicate and interact in an English-speaking environment.
-The candidate must have documented experience in writing and publishing scientific articles
-Experience in either one or more of the following is highly desirable: carbon cycle research in boreal landscapes (i.e. agriculture, forests), as well as skills in R, Python, Matlab, GIS, logger programming and/or in the handling and processing of large data sets.

A person to be appointed as a postdoctoral researcher/project researcher shall hold a suitable doctoral degree. If the employee has been awarded his or her doctoral degree less than five years ago, the post will be one of a Postdoctoral Researcher. If the doctoral degree has been awarded more than five years ago, the post will be one of a Project Researcher. The position will be filled for a fixed term due to it pertaining to a specific project (positions of postdoctoral researcher shall always be filled for a fixed term, UEF University Regulations, Section 31).

English may be used as the language of instruction and supervision in this position.

The position will initially be filled for one year starting from April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020 or as agreed. The continuation of the position will be agreed separately.

The salary of the position is determined in accordance with the salary system of Finnish universities and is based on level 5 of the job requirement level chart for teaching and research staff (€2,935.55/ month). In addition to the job requirement component, the salary is supplemented by a personal performance component, which can be a maximum of 50% of the job requirement component.

For further information on the position, please contact: Head of the research team, Docent Narasinha J. Shurpali, Ph.D., tel. +358 40 355 3321, e-mail narasinha.shurpali a uef.fi For further information on the application procedure, please contact Executive Head of Administration Arja Hirvonen, tel. +358 29 445 3002, e-mail arja.hirvonen a uef.fi.

 A probationary period is applied to all new members of the staff.

 The electronic application should contain the following appendices:
 - a résumé or CV
 - a list of publications
 - a portfolio of teaching merits
- copies of the applicant's academic degree certificates/ diplomas, and copies of certificates / diplomas relating to the applicant's language proficiency, if not indicated in the academic degree certificates/diplomas

 The application needs to be submitted no later than 28 February 2019 (by 24.00 hours Finnish time) by using the electronic application form.

numberOfPosts: 1

jobCategoriesCodes_0: http://data.europa.eu/esco/isco/C2310

positionTypeCode: directhire

Työnantajan nimi: Itä-Suomen yliopisto

source: TIVA