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Scholarship Announcement!  Cocos Island Research Expedition

Masks on! We’re excited to announce our 2018 Cocos Island Conservation Scholarship. 

We’re offering a fully-paid scholarship for a person beginning or early in their ocean conservation career to participate from December 7 – 17, 2018 in a ten-day shark and sea turtle SCUBA tagging expedition to Cocos Island National Park, Costa Rica. 

This scholarship covers the approximate $6,000 cost for the expedition aboard the Undersea Hunter Argos vessel, which includes:

• All meals
• Shared lodging
• Tank refills
• Rental equipment
• Nitrox certification if needed (thanks to Undersea Hunter!)

Find out more by visiting seaturtles.org/scholarship and send all required application materials to cveelenturf@seaturtles.org by September 1, 2018.

Employment Opportunities

Postdoctoral Position, IFREMER, Plouzané, France

A postdoctoral position is available at IFREMER (Plouzané - France) to study diagenetic processes and interpret the sedimentary record of deep-sea fans. Such depositional centers are known to be the place of fluids formation and migration through the sediment column, leading to precipitation/dissolution processes altering the mineral phases. Working with data from cores from the Zambezi deep-sea fan on the east African continental margin, the postdoctoral fellow will use numerical modeling to assess the impact of diagenetic processes on paleoreconstruction, constrain the origin of the methane and identify controls on the position of the sulfate-methane transition zone. The fellow will also be able to conduct additional analyses if required on existing core material

The post-doctoral researcher will have skills in numerical modelling and in geochemical processes; knowledge in sedimentology and geophysics are an advantage. The modeling work will be done in collaboration with Dr. Meile at the University of Georgia, USA, with the possibility of extended visits at his lab.

The position involves collaboration with both academia (IFREMER, and The French Institute of Petroleum IFPEN) and industry (TOTAL). It is for 18 months, with an anticipated start date in Fall 2018.

Please direct questions to Dr. L. Pastor (lucie.pastor@ifremer.fr). To be considered, please provide a CV, a statement of interest and the names and contact information of three referees to Dr. Pastor and Dr. Meile (cmeile@uga.edu).